Ornamental Shrubs. List #10

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1 Ornamental Shrubs List #10

2 Coprosma hybrids Evening glow

3 Evening Glow

4 Rainbow Surprise

5 Rainbow Surprise

6 Coprosma hybrids Tequila Sunrise

7 Coiprosma repens Marble Queen NOT COPROSMA HYBRIDS Just to Show a comparison

8 Coprosma hybrids These New Zealand Natives are valued for their ease of maintenance in difficult situations and for their handsome glossy foliage Typically 4-5 tall and wide and used as bright accents, for borders or in pots. Easy to control size in smaller areas

9 Euryops pectinatus Viridis

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13 Euryops pectinatus

14 Euryops pectinatus Viridis Green glory daisy Widely planted shrubby perennial in CA to 4-6 Finely divided green leaves Long flowering season with yellow daisy-like flowers 1 1/2-2 across Pick off old blooms Needs good drainage Can control by cutting back Euryops pectinatus with grey leaves is good choice also as a background or filler plant

15 Felicia amelloides

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21 Felicia amelloides - Blue marguerite Spreading perennial 1 1/2 tall and spreading 4-5 Continuous displays of sky blue yellow centered daisy-like flowers in profusion if old flowers are removed Vigorous and likely to overgrow and look ragged. Prune back hard in late summer Good in pots or spilling over a raised planter

22 Erysimum hybrids Bowles Mauve

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28 Erysimum hybrids Bowles Mauve - Wallflower Useful and popular perennial in the right place 3 tall and 4-6 wide Massed erect stems 18 with typical clustered 4 petaled flowers Good with grey and green foliage DON T OVERWATER! Good for Cottage Gardens

29 Breynia nivosa Roseopicta

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35 Breynia nivosa Roseopicta Snow Bush Native to Melanesia, delicate open growth 3-4 tall and wide with gracefully arching branches in zigzag pattern Thin roundish leaves almost opposite each other along the branches, are rich green variegated with white Colorful houseplant or shade garden specimen Best with good drainage Can get mites in dryer areas

36 Dietes bicolor

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39 Dietes bicolor African iris Clumping narrow stiff, iris-like leaves 2-3 Leaves an olive/yellow dark green Flowers light yellow with maroon blotches Long flowering season spring through fall Each flower last only a day but is soon replaced by another Bloom bursts seem to come in 2 week intervals

40 Dietes iridioides

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45 Dietes iridioides - Fortnight lily Clumping 4-5 Flowers 3 wide waxy white with orange and brown blotch and purple stippling Faster growing and more aggressive than bicolor Re-clumps from seed

46 Westringia fruticosa

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48 Westringia as a hedge

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52 Varieties Morning Light Smokey Mund Wynyabbie Gem

53 Westringia fruticosa Coast rosemary SYN. Westringia rosmanriaformis Spreading rather loose growth 3-6 and 5-10 wide Leaves medium to grey green above and white beneath Good near the coast Finer and filmier texture than rosemary leaves (without the aroma as well) Small white flowers Feb. through spring

54 Lavandula species

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57 English lavender 3-4 Spanish lavender 11/2 3 French lavender to 3

58 Lavandula species Many species with sizes, leaf color, and bloom shape Grey-green aromatic foliage Constant bloomer Drought tolerant Likes loose fast draining soils Prune after bloom to maintain shape and size (can get rangy)

59 Cuphea hyssopifolia Rosea

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63 Heuchera hybrids

64 Heuchera Kassandra

65 Heuchera Georgia plum

66 Heuchera hybrids - Coral bells Often short lived in warm Summer areas Usually form a mound 1 to 18 high and are grown for their extremely attractive foliage that comes in a large variety of colors Mound produces a flower stalk that rise above the mound 1-2 producing several white to pink pendulous bell shaped flowers Better with protection from the harsh sun planted under open shadier areas of the garden Prefer a fast draining soil made fade fast in clay if overwatered

67 Lavatera maritima

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72 Lavatera maritima Quick growing 6-8 Tree mallow Grey green 2 1/2 maple like leaves Summer long showing of pink 2-3 flowers with deep purple centers Open grower cut back hard to keep it compact

73 Tibouchina urvilleana

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79 Tibouchina urvilleana Princess flower From Brazil fast open growth 5-18 tall New growth shaded with velvety orange and bronze-red hairs Brilliant royal purple 3 wide flowers in clusters at ends of branches intermittently May through Jan. Likes somewhat acid well-drained soil Light pruning after each bloom cycle. Heavier trimming in early Spring

80 Ochna serrulata

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86 Ochna serrulata Mickey Mouse plant Low spreading growth to 4-8 high and as wide Leathery leaves are oblong, 2-5 long, and finely toothed bronzy in Spring and deep green later Yellow flowers in spring have sepals that turn vivid red Green fruits appear and eventually turn jet shiny black Slightly acid soil Good in tub or box or as an espalier

87 Pittosporum crassifolium Compactum

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91 Pittosporum crassifolium Compactum Dwarf karo Low growing dense plant 2-3 Tight grey green foliage lighter underneath Great as background or for texture in garden Natural rounded form

92 Polygala X dalmaisiana

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96 Polygala X dalmaisiana

97 Polygala X dalmaisiana Sweet pea shrub Open shrub to 5 with spreading habit Grey green leaves 1 long Constant producer of oddly shaped sweet pea like flowers purplish pink Not good up close because of legginess Can be helped with thoughtful pruning

98 Coleonema pulchellum

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103 Coleonema pulchellum Pink SYN. Diosma breath of heaven Delicate character; Grows to 5 or more sometimes to 10 Slender heather-like leaves Tiny pink flowers almost all the time Needs fast draining soil to really perform well Shear lightly after main bloom is over