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Rosy coral bells in June 2006. Photo: SK Reid. Rosada coral bells is an evergreen herbaceous perennial introduced by the University of California Davis Arboretum and is part of their Arboretum All-Stars collection.
Leucophyllum 'Lynn's Legacy' 60% of ETo. Photo: SK Reid. Lynns Legacy Texas ranger, also called Lynns Everblooming Texas sage, had high mortality rates in our trial grounds heavy silt clay loam soil.
Muhlenbergia dubia at the UC Davis Arboretum. Photo: SK Reid. This gray-green clumping grass is native to the southwestern U.S. and into northern Mexico. It strongly resembles the California native deer grass (Muhlenbergia rigens) but is about half the size.
Penstemon heterophyllus 'Margarita BOP' in San Joaquin County demonstration garden. Photo: SK Reid. A delightful introduction from the late Bert Wilson of Las Pilitas Nursery.
Saponaria x lempergii 'Max Frei'. Photo: SK Reid. This low-mounding perennial/groundcover produces masses of pink blooms that completely obscure foliage early in the season.
A tidy, low-growing succulent with small leaves and tiny, star-shaped yellow flowers in spring, this plant did not survive the heavy soils of our trial grounds and was not a success in the majority of the UC Master Gardener demonstration gardens where it was planted.
Overall these produced a really handsome, dense, tall shrub in 2 years. They would fit the niche of a tall, narrow hedge material quite well. Though the flowers were mostly inconspicuous, the seed heads gave the appearance of a general hairiness for weeks on the plants that flowered heavily.
Iris 'Canyon Snow' Photo: SK Reid. Possibly the best performer of the Pacific Coast Hybrid irises, Canyon Snow is a prolific spring bloomer with sturdy evergreen foliage. Though some tip death happens as the heat of the summer wears on, this is a fairly typical habit of irises.
Young Acacia boormanii in San Mateo County demonstration garden. Photo: SK Reid. A lovely, small multi-stemmed tree or large shrub with a willowy appearance and an incredible show of sulfur yellow flowers in February to March.
