Common name:Pink Melaleuca
Botanical name:Melaleuca nesophila
This large shrub/small tree will grow quickly to 20' or 30' tall and 20'-30' wide. It has straggly branches with thick, gray green leaves and pinkish/white/yellow flowers that bloom most of the year.
Common name:Dusty Miller
Botanical name:Centaurea cineraria
This perennial plant won't grow more than 1' tall and has large, silvery white leaves with blue, purple, or yellow flowers that bloom in summer.
Common name:Terra Cotta Yarrow
Botanical name:Achillea millefolium 'Terra Cotta''
This millefolium is a hybrid with soft green foliage and flowers that start off a bright salmon color, fading to terra cotta and changing to buff. There are multi-colored blossoms on a single plant that bloom throughout summer. Yarrows propagate easily from rooted cuttings or division, which should be performed in the early spring or fall. Following bloom, one should dead head the plant and divide the clumps when it appears crowded.
Designer: Amit Reichman
Photographer: Amit Reichman
Practice grass-cycling by leaving short grass clippings on lawns after mowing, so that nutrients and organic matter are returned to the soil.
Adjust sprinklers to avoid watering sidewalks and driveways.
Attract, or buy beneficial insects such as ladybugs and lacewings to control pest outbreaks in your garden.
