Water Conservation Garden plant list - Utilities Kingston
Water Conservation Garden plant list - Utilities Kingston
Water Conservation Garden plant list - Utilities Kingston
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Plant or Feature Prefers * Features Characteristics Zone Care instructions Image<br />
pale grey green foliage attracts beneficial insects everywhere<br />
Russian Sage<br />
grows tall blooms from July to August leave flowerhead for winter interest<br />
tiny purple flowers Hearty/full sun cut down in early spring<br />
Sun Smells good drought tolerant<br />
Well drained moist<br />
soil<br />
self seeding<br />
cut down to 6" before new growth<br />
appears in spring<br />
Sun<br />
round<br />
Deep tap root = extremely<br />
drought tolerant<br />
21<br />
remove debris and from within the<br />
<strong>plant</strong>'s leaves<br />
Yucca Spanish Bayonette or Adam's<br />
Needle<br />
Enlish Lavender Grosso<br />
Very Well Drained<br />
soil<br />
Sun<br />
Very Well Drained<br />
soil<br />
spikes - ouch! careful Spire of Summer flowers Cut down stalk after bloom is done<br />
adams needle is bigger<br />
Fragrant purple flowers<br />
enjoys room for ventilation<br />
To encourage lateral branching,<br />
pinch <strong>plant</strong>s throughout first<br />
year and thereafter in spring.<br />
After flowering, cut back <strong>plant</strong>s<br />
by one-third, and water<br />
thoroughly.<br />
keep mulch away from crown<br />
21,23,27<br />
propagated by offshoots from base<br />
of the <strong>plant</strong>s. Dig <strong>plant</strong>lets at any<br />
time of the year by pulling back the<br />
soil at the base of the parent <strong>plant</strong><br />
Promote 2nd bloom. When flowers<br />
fade prune lavender. Cut back the<br />
flowering stems just above the<br />
vegetative (leafy) part of the <strong>plant</strong>.<br />
loves dry conditions remove leaf<br />
matter and mulch away from base of<br />
<strong>plant</strong><br />
in spring, watch for new,bright green<br />
growth poking out of the blackish<br />
stems. Cut back to just above the<br />
uppermost of that new growth.