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Solanum xanti Mountain Pride in full bloom in March before treatments. Photo: SK Reid. This California native cultivar of purple nightshade also had mortality issues beginning before establishment, but only the two higher treatments had mortality after treatment irrigation began in 2015.
Correa pulchella Pink Eyre beginning to bloom in October 2015 on 20% ETo. Photo: SK Reid. This small Australian shrub cultivar was a consistently high performer on all irrigation levels in our trials.
Dianella caerulea King Alfred in September 2015 on 60% ETo. Photo: SK Reid. Another Australian native cultivar, this was a lovely, lush, grass-like plant with pale violet blue flowers on long stalks which were followed by bright purple berry-like fruits.
Rhus ovata in September 2015 on 20% of ET0. Photo: SK Reid. Sugar bush is a Southern California native evergreen shrub that had mortality issues during the establishment phase of our trial, losing 2-3 plants on each treatment before the irrigation period in 2015.
Lippia nodiflora 'New White' in October 2018. Photo: SK Reid. DAVIS- Northern California As noted in the Methods, all plants were trimmed to a 1-meter circle at the end of June. The average plant width subsequently attained by October for the standard Kurapia in Davis was 363.5 cm (143.1 in.
Calamagrostis acutiflora Karl Foerster in August 2013. Photo: SK Reid. Karl Foerster feather reed grass proved itself a tough and beautiful ornamental whose only drawback is the downtime after cutting back typical of ornamental grasses.
Cerastium tomentosum in May 2013. Photo: SK Reid. Snow-in-summer did not turn out to be as hardy a plant as we had hoped. The average overall appearance of these plants was barely acceptable at all irrigation levels during the second year.
Ceratostigma plumbaginoides in full sun in June on 60% ET0. Photo: SK Reid. Since we grew this species in both the full sun and shade, both treatments results will be discussed together for comparison.
Delosperma cooperi in May 2013 on 20% ETo. Photo: SK Reid. As a flowering groundcover, this iceplant was fairly fast spreading and sturdy in the trials field. It showed some sensitivity to hard frost, turning purple and dying back in some cases.
