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Flannel Bush, Fremontia cv.
Jerusalem Sage
Forest Hills Pyracantha
Passion Fruit,  Liliko'i, Purple Gr
Flannel Bush, Fremontia cv.

Common name:Flannel Bush, Fremontia cv.
Botanical name:Fremontodendron 'California Glory'

This plant is a open and spreading evergreen shrub 10-20 ft. in height with many yellow flowers blooming in spring. It needs good drainage and little summer water. It is a native plant to California as the name suggests and it is drought tolerant.

Jerusalem Sage

Common name:Jerusalem Sage
Botanical name:Phlomis fruticosa

This hardy perennial is a useful, old-time garden plant with coarse, woolly gray/green, wrinkled leaves and yellow, 1" flowers in ball-shaped whorls. It handles drought and poor soils but needs full sun.

Forest Hills Pyracantha

Common name:Forest Hills Pyracantha
Botanical name:Pyracantha coccinea 'Forest Hills'

This shrub will grow 6-12' tall and has small, dark green leaves with white flowers that bloom in the spring. Red berries are in season during the fall.

Passion Fruit,  Liliko'i, Purple Gr

Common name:Passion Fruit, Liliko'i, Purple Gr
Botanical name:Passiflora edulis

The passion fruit vine that is famous for producing the, "passion fruit". An purplish egg-shaped fruit with a leathery hide that reveals inside, a pudding like mass, with edible seeds. Can be scooped-out or sucked-out of the halved fruit. Often invasive.

The Magic of Mulch

In the natural world the endless cycle of birth, growth, decay, death and rebirth flows throughout the seasons. Plants die, leaves fall and new growth springs up in its place. Nothing is lost and the fallen leaves and dead plants decay into the soil, enriching it for the next generation of growth.

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Designer: Shuba Fulambarkar

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Photographer: GardenSoft

Soils and Compost:

Maintain a two to four inch layer of mulch on the soil surface to reduce weeds, infiltrate rain water, and reduce compaction.

Integrated Pest Management:

Drip and other smart irrigation delivers water directly to roots, allowing no excess water for weeds.