Basic and Permanent Garden Plants - Southern California

Written by Pat Welsh

User Rating: / 0
PoorBest 

• Background Shrubs
• Basic and Permanent Garden Plants
• My Favorite Climbers  
• Patio Plants 

Favorite Basic and Permanent Garden Plants

• Strand Aloe - Aloe thraskii
  Spectacular bloom in winter, easy to grow in frost-free zones, drought-resistant, big and bold in shape.
  Additional Details
  
  
  
• Bougainvillea spp
  Gorgeously colorful, long bloom season, easy-to-grow, drought-resistant once established, reminds me us that we live in a salubrious climate. Reminiscent also of California's Spanish heritage, great against Spanish architecture and white walls.
  Additional Details
  
  
  
• Echium fastuosum
  Drought-resistant shrub with spectacular spikes of blue or purple flowers in spring on a large, gray-leaved shrub for banks. Looks great with bougainvillea.
  Additional Details
  
•  Australian Tea Tree - Leptospermum laevigatum
  Starts out as a shrub and eventually becomes a small tree with lovely gray-green, small-leaved, non-messy foliage, interesting shaggy bark and multi-trunks that in time can take on wonderfully twisted shapes. It can then become the focal point of a drought-resistant garden with hanging baskets of succulents dripping from its limbs. Takes wind and is very drought-resistant.
  Additional Details
  
  
  
• Pink Melaleuca - Melaleuca nesophila
  Fast growing to 10 feet at most, makes a good wind-screen, but eventually takes on a wonderfully twisted shape with cascading trunks that often lie on the ground affording fine climbing opportunities for young children. May in time become like a natural jungle gym. Very drought-resistant once established. Bears fluffy round flowers at the tips of branches in summer.
  Additional Details
  
  
• Chinese Wisteria - Wisteria sinensis
  Spectacular in spring, easy to grow in well-drained soil, long-lived, drought-resistant once established. Provide a strong support. Once established and covering a pergola this plant can add more character and romance to a garden than almost any other.
  Additional Details
  

TrackBack URI for this entry

Comments (0)

Subscribe to this comment's feed

Related Articles/Posts

Carnivorous Plants - Southern California...

Hummingbird Plants - Southern California...

California Natives - Southern California...

Platyceriums (Staghorn Ferns) - Southern California...

Shrubs - Southern California...

Bulbs - Southern California...

Christiane Holmquist - Southwest...

Trees - Southern California...

Yvonne Savio - Southwest...

Medicinal Herbs That Are Also Butterfly Hosts - Southern California...