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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.

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