1
Q
97
Varigated Japanese Sedge
- Division
- Slight shade
- Can handle wet feet
- Needs extra moisture
- Center of patch can rot over time
- Native to Japan
A
Carex morrowii ‘Varigata’
2
Q
103
Bush Morning Glory
- Root rot if over watered
- Water thrifty
- Can have heat enduced root rot
- Cuttings
- Hardy to 15 degrees
- Well-drained loam
- Native to Southern Europe
A
Convolvulus cneorum
3
Q
120
African Iris
- Low maintenance
- Can take over watering
- Very tough
- Division but usually seed
- Full sun
- Well-drained
- Native to South Africa
A
Dietes iridioides
4
Q
221
Lilac Vine
- Good climber
- Dry side of watering
- Slight shade
- Legume - fixes nitrogen
- Cuttings
- Tender to 21 degrees
- Native to Eastern Australia and Tasmania
A
Hardenbergia violacea
5
Q
264
Common Thrift
- Mild weather
- Shade will not allow flowering
- Loves morning sun
- Seed, cuttings, division
- Well-drained but moist
- Native to many ocean coasts
A
Armeria maritima
6
Q
322
Prostrate Myoporum
- Low spreading shrub
- Seen outside buisnesses and on medians
- To much moisture will cause root rot
- Cuttings
- Tender to 25 degrees
- Native to Australia
A
Myoporum parvifolium
7
Q
440
Tree Philodendron
- Grows well outside
- Can handle some cold weather
- Used in tropical landscapes
- Shade to part sun
- Seeds
- Well-drained loam
- Native to Brazil and California
A
Philodendron bipinnatifidum
8
Q
475
Pink Abelia
- Full sun / heat
- Bell shaped tubular flower
- Vigorous growth up to 6ft by 6ft
- Brittle wood on new growth
- Rich / well-drained soil
- Cuttings
- Native to China and Mexico
A
Abelia grandiflora ‘Edward Goucher’
9
Q
486
Dwarf Natal Plum
- Water thrifty
- Tough
- Easy irrigation
Attractive flowering - Good security plant
- Cuttings
- Full sun to part shade / heat
- Tender to 25 degrees
- Native to South Africa
A
Carissa grandiflora ‘Tuttle’
10
Q
494
Pink Australian Correa
- Dry area for growth
- Susceptible to root rot
- Cuttings
- Half shade
- Well-drained soil
- Half hardy to 20 degrees
- Native to Australia
A
Correa pulchella
‘Wynn’s Wonder’
11
Q
572
Flowering Maple
- Protect from excessive heat
- Planted usually for good flowering
- Spring to summer flowers
- Hard frost will cause damage
- Cuttings
- Native to Western Hemisphere
A
Abutilon hybridum
12
Q
640
Fraser’s Photinia
- Water stress for slow gorwth and better supported structure
- Evergreen
- Small tree that is very clean
- Variable soil
- Full sun
- Half hardy to 12 degrees
- Cuttings
- Hybrid
A
Photinia fraseri
13
Q
818
Australian Willow
- Usually a small willow
- No excessive cold
- Well-drained
- Thin foliage when water stressed
- Non-invasive roots
- Seed propagated
- Full sun
- Native to Australia
A
Geijera parviflora
14
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Japanese Blueberry Tree
N/A
- Small Tree / Evergreen
- No excessive heat
- Well-drained
- White flowers in the spring
- Cuttings
A
Elaeocarpus decipiens
15
Q
124
Dwarf Abyssinan Bananna
- Tropical plant
- Commonly used as a large house plant
- Moisture with rich soil
- Water regularly
- Propagated by tissue culture
- Larger pot will promote more growth
- Tender at 25 degrees
- Native to Ethiopia
A
Ensete ventricosum
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