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Rosa White Drift on 80% ETo May 2017. Photo: SK Reid. This new member of the Drift rose series was a steady bloomer, but showed leaf edge necrosis beginning in July.
A good specimen of Acacia Cousin Itt at South Coast REC in September 2019. Photo: SK Reid. Cousin Itt is a small shrub with fine leaves and a mounding, weeping habit. Over the trialing period, researchers observed non-uniform performance for this cultivar.
Rosa Icecap in Sept. 2019 at South Coast REC holding lots of old blooms with the new. Photo: SK Reid. Icecap is a shrub rose purported to be a competitor for Rosa KORbin Iceberg.
Rosa Pink Drift at South Coast REC on high water in September 2019. Photo: SK Reid. Pink Drift is a low spreading groundcover rose (generally under 18 tall) with bright pink single flowers. As the flowers age the petals change to white before shattering.
Geranium x cantabrigiense Biokovo on May 1, 2017. (80% ETo treatment). Photo: SK Reid. Biokovo hardy geranium is a naturally occurring hybrid first found in the mountains of Croatia.
Lomandra confertifolia Finescape on 80% ETo in October 2017. Photo: SK Reid. This cultivar of Australian dwarf mat rush only achieved moderately acceptable appearance in our trials on the two higher irrigation treatments near the end of the second year (Table 7a).
Lomandra Seascape on 50% ETo in September 2017. Photo: SK Reid. As with our other attempts to grow L. confertifolia cultivars, we killed more plants than we were able to keep alive; in this case 8 out of 24 plants survived, roughly evenly distributed between treatments (80% n=3; 50% n=2; 20% n=3).
Lomandra Platinum Beauty on 80% ETo in May 2017. Photo SK Reid. Platinum Beauty is an outstanding cultivar of this Lomandra species. Plants maintained excellent overall appearance throughout the trial and showed no significant differences in growth between treatments (Table 21a).
Lygeum spartum already showing striking flower heads in June 2017. Photo: SK Reid, False esparto grass is the common name for this very interesting Mediterranean native. Its leaves stay green throughout the winter which means no end of season pruning was necessary.
Muhlenbergia White Cloud on 80% ETo in Sept. 2017. Photo: SK Reid. The southeastern U.S. origin of this cultivar of hairy awn muhly grass is likely responsible for its poor performance in this trial in our hot, dry location.
