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Rosa Cream Veranda in full bloom in June 2015 on 40% of ET0. Photo: SK Reid. The Veranda series of roses was bred by Kordes roses to be smaller than standard shrub rose varieties and suitable for beds near porches.
Rosa Kardinal Kolorscape in October 2015 on 20% of ET0. Photo: SK Reid. The Kolorscape collection of roses was bred to be a self-cleaning, disease free landscape rose, and in our trial it proved itself to be just that. Reaching an average height and width of 39 x 45 (98.5 x 114.
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.
