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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 />

Euphorbia mound of evergreen foliage esp attractive in spring 23,24<br />

Can be sheared down by a third after<br />

flowering to prevent seeding.<br />

Chameleon Spurge Sun red/green leaves<br />

CAUTION: sap is a skin and eye<br />

irritant/toxic if eaten.<br />

Well drained moist<br />

soil<br />

self seeding, look for little red<br />

green sprouts<br />

Cut back after flower to promote new<br />

foliage from base<br />

Spreading clump easily divided 24<br />

deadhead or wait until first bloom is<br />

finished and remove spent blooms all<br />

at once with shears.<br />

Coreopsis Verticillata ‘Moonbeam’<br />

Sun fernlike foliage drought tolerant<br />

Well drained moist<br />

soil<br />

creamy yellow flowers in July<br />

attracts butterflies<br />

Coreopsis ‘Sunshine’<br />

Sun Yellow flowers bloom in August Attracts beneficial insects 23,26<br />

deadhead to promote more<br />

blooming<br />

Well drained moist<br />

soil<br />

Yellow petal with black cone<br />

flowers<br />

7,24,27,32<br />

deadhead by cutting back flower<br />

stem to fork where another flower is<br />

growing.<br />

Brown Eyed Susan Rudbekia<br />

Sun<br />

Well drained moist<br />

soil<br />

Supports many flowers<br />

throught late summer<br />

leave seedheads for good<br />

winter interest

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