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Trailing Germander
Little Princess Japanese Spirea
Kramer's Supreme Shade Camellia
Heartleaf Bergenia, Winter Bergenia
Trailing Germander

Common name:Trailing Germander
Botanical name:Teucrium X lucidrys

This mini-shrub with small, shiny, dark green leaves on woody stems can be sheared and shaped. The stems trail and rise to 24", with lovely, reddish purple flowers between the upper leaves. It can be used as a low hedge plant in herbal knot gardens. To encourage branching, it should be pruned in the spring. -Holland WIldflower Farm

Little Princess Japanese Spirea

Common name:Little Princess Japanese Spirea
Botanical name:Spiraea japonica 'Little Princess'

The 'Little Princess' is a deciduous shrub with rose-like blooms in the summer, with overall growth reaching a height of 2'-3'.

Kramer's Supreme Shade Camellia

Common name:Kramer's Supreme Shade Camellia
Botanical name:Camellia japonica 'Kramer's Supreme'

This large shrub produces rich, turkey red, fragrant flowers that bloom mid-season and has dark green, glossy leaves.

Heartleaf Bergenia, Winter Bergenia

Common name:Heartleaf Bergenia, Winter Bergenia
Botanical name:Bergenia hybrids

This evergreen perennial has round, heart-shaped, glossy leaves that possess waxy-toothed edges. Its growth is clustered, and flowers that bloom in the spring are in shades of lilac or rose, held on stems above the leaves.

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Photographer: GardenSoft

Soils and Compost:

Maintain a two to four inch layer of mulch on the soil surface to reduce weeds, infiltrate rain water, and reduce compaction.

Water-Saving Tip:

Consider replacing some lawn areas with groundcovers, trees, and shrubs.

Good candidates for removal are portions of large lawns, areas where no one uses the grass, patches that don't grow well, or spaces too small to water without overspray.

Integrated Pest Management:

Remove irrigation water and fertilizer from areas where you don't want weeds to grow.