Test PB Collection: FTE

Pink Supreme Flower Carpet continuing to bloom heavily in late August in Davis. Photo: K Reid Pink Supreme is a groundcover rose in the Flower Carpet series with dark green foliage and vivid deep pink flowers. These blooms are open-faced with accessible pollen and were frequently visited by bees.

Vitex Galactic Pink moderate water in mid-July 2020. Photo: K Reid Galactic Pink is a dwarf chastetree with the typically palmate leaves of Vitex but with pale pink blooms from June through October. These blooms were most showy in June in Davis and July in Irvine.

Pink Kurapia blooms on low water in August 2020 in Davis. Photo: K Reid Pink Kurapia is the latest in this line of very low, vigorous groundcovers. With the same characteristically shorter internodes of New White Kurapia, Pink created a tight mass of small leaves on spreading stems.

Tecomaria capensis Riot Red on low water at South Coast REC in October 2020. Photo: J Sisneroz Riot Red Cape honeysuckle is a perennial shrubby vine that remained in leaf in our milder Southern California site but was deciduous in Davis.

Rhaphiolepis indica Redbird on low water in Davis in May, 2020. Photo: K Reid Redbird gets its name from the variously hued new red foliage that emerges on this medium to large evergreen shrub. These ovate leaves mature into the bright green characteristic of the species.

Cotinus Winecraft Black with a few blooms remaining in July 2020 at South Coast REC Winecraft Black is a medium to large-sized shrub with roundish reniform leaves which emerge a rich wine-red color before turning a dark black-purple with a silvery sheen.

Laurus Little Ragu on Low in Davis in October 2020. Photo: J Sisneroz Little Ragu is a compact form of sweet bay with deep green, aromatic leaves. Results for this cultivar were compromised in Davis by foliar necrosis symptoms and stunted growth.

Lomandra longifolia 'Katrinus Deluxe' at UC Davis on low water in September 2020. Photo: J Sisneroz We have evaluated different Lomandra species and cultivars in both sun and shade, and 'Katrinus Deluxe' performed beautifully in Davis in the shade.

Hydrangea quercifolia Tara on low water in Davis in May 2020. Photo: K Reid Tara is an oak-leaved hydrangea, a deciduous sub-shrub, that forms a relaxed mound. Deeply lobed leaves appeared in early spring followed in May by large, conical, double panicles of white blooms.

Hydrangea paniculata 'LeeP1' White Wedding on medium water at UC Davis in July 2020. Photo: K Reid White Wedding is a deciduous perennial shrub with a somewhat more compact stature than most H. paniculata cultivars.