Common name:White Birch, European White Birch
Botanical name:Betula pendula
This medium-size weeping tree will grow to about 40' tall and has a whitish/brown bark with deciduous green leaves.
Common name:Acapulco Night Hybrid Daylily
Botanical name:Hemerocallis 'Acapulco Night'
'Acapulco Night' has dramatic, velvety, dark, black red flowers with a yellow throat that blooms in spring. It is stunning with lush tropical foliage. It is a clumping perennial that reaches 2' tall. It prefers full sun and regular water. It may rebloom in summer if you cut the spent flowers.
Common name:Chinese Wisteria
Botanical name:Wisteria sinensis
While the sinensis is similar to the floribunda, it bears more rounded, full clusters of strongly fragrant flowers which open more or less, all at once. There are usually 13-15 leaflets per leaf, and they require full sun and average to little watering. It comes in many colors in the blues, whites and purples.-Monterey Bay Nursery
Common name:Calla Lily
Botanical name:Zantedeschia aethiopica
This perennial will grow 2'-4' tall and has large, glossy green leaves with beautiful cream or white flowers that bloom in spring and sometimes even summer.
Common name:Summer Lobelia
Botanical name:Lobelia erinus
This short ground cover has small green leaves with blue or red flowers that bloom in the summer and fall.
Common name:Shrub Rose
Botanical name:Rosa Shrub varieties
The dark green, heavily veined leaves of this bushy shrub are strong support for the pure white or pink, nearly double flowers it produces. This is a very tolerant, heavily scented plant with an impressive fall color. Also, large hips appear intermittently with this plant.
Common name:Hahn's Self-Branching Ivy
Botanical name:Hedera helix 'Hahns'
This vine takes on a more bushy form with branching at the tips; it produces amazing dark green leaves with insignificant small, white flowers. It will grow on fences, trees, walls and buildings. It can be used for topiaries, on hillsides for erosion control or for a lawn substitute. It tolerates full or part sun and is very hardy.
Common name:Tall Fescue, Marathon (turf blend)
Botanical name:Festuca arundinacea 'Marathon'
This grass is best when kept at about 2"-2.5" high, but it has a root depth of about 6'. It is a beautiful, dark green color all year and is used in a variety of locations.
Common name:Iceberg Floribunda Rose
Botanical name:Rosa 'Iceberg'
This is a shrub rose (there are climbing varieties) with an abundance of fragrant, medium sized, white blooms. It is one of the most popular roses and very tough.
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Maintain a two to four inch layer of mulch on the soil surface to reduce weeds, infiltrate rain water, and reduce compaction.
Replace turf with groundcovers, trees, and shrubs. If you have areas where no one uses the grass, patches that do not grow well, or a turf area too small to water without runoff, consider replacing the turf with water-efficient landscaping.
Remove irrigation water and fertilizer from areas where you don't want weeds to grow.