This is the Eucalyptus you see in floral arrangements and is so fragrant with the medicinal scent (it is often used for bronchial ailments). Aside from initial establishment irrigation I have I have not watered this tree since I planted it about 4 years ago as a one gallon sized plant. It is not anContinue reading “Eucalyptus pulverulenta ‘Baby Blue’”
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Giant Buckwheat – A beauty in early fall
This is Eriogonum giganteum, or Giant Buckwheat. This plant needs VERY LITTLE supplemental water in the summer (ie. in general, maybe one deep watering a month depending on location and soil type). Flowers are creamy white during summer and turn this beautiful auburn color now in September. Love this plant!
Baldassano Front Yard (San Jose, CA)
Before… After!
Beachcliff Estates HOA (Aptos, CA)
Pantos Back Yard Shade (Scotts Valley, CA)
These clients had a beautiful established shady back yard but wanted their lawn removed and replaced with drought tolerant, natural looking shade plants. There are quite a few beautiful shade plants that can do well with little water once established and I utilized a number of them here such as Dietes vegata, Erigeron karvinskianus, HeucheraContinue reading “Pantos Back Yard Shade (Scotts Valley, CA)”
My Drought Tolerant Mostly Native Garden!
I have here growing from front to back: Salvia ‘Allen Chickering’, Watsonia ‘Red’, Epilobium (California Fuchsia), a baby Eucaluptus pulverulenta ‘Baby Blue’, Eriogonum gigantium (Giant Buckwheat), and Artemisia californica (and more behind but not visible in this picture) . I rarely water these plants, maybe 2 or 3 times during the summer. I didn’t waterContinue reading “My Drought Tolerant Mostly Native Garden!”
Baldassano Poolside Succulants (San Jose, CA)
The Baldassano’s wanted short plants along their pool that were colorful and low maintenance so I used a variety of beautiful succulants to fit that narrow area.
Eisenbeis Back Yard (Scotts Valley, CA)
This is a continuation of the front yard into the back with very colorful drought tolerant natives and non-native young plants. They will fill out in a year or two and require almost no water in the summer!
Eisenbeis Front Yard (Scotts Valley, CA)
This is an artificial lawn for a client who just wanted “some green” among her very drought tolerant landscape
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