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Sustainable Landscapes:  Key Principles  |  Plans  |  Plants  | Video

Plants Used in the Demonstration Garden

Selecting appropriate plants is essential for creating a low water use landscape that works with San Diego’s Mediterranean climate. This garden uses a variety of native and Mediterranean plants to demonstrate sustainable landscape principles of  grouping plants based on water use and appropriate spacing, which helps to avoid overcrowding and the need for excessive pruning.

All 36 /Groundcover 8 /Shrubs 21 /Succulents 4 /Trees 2
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Gazania

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Graffiti Bright Red Star Clusters

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Graffiti Pink Star Clusters

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Graffiti Lavender Star Clusters

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Pink Angel’s Flower

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Cherry Red Angel’s Flower

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Orange Stalked Bulbine

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Limelight Licorice Plant

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Coreopsis Hybrid “Gold & Bronze”

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Dallas Red Lantana

Mexican Bush Sage

Huntington Carpet Rosemary

Apple Blossom Beard Tongue

Walkers Low Catmint

Munstead English Lavender

Gold Mound Lantana

Spreading Rush

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Pacific Coast Hybrids Iris

Dark Yellow Yucca

Brakelights Red Yucca

Siskiyou Pink Gaura

Bush Snapdragon

Pink Santa Barbara Daisy

Flax Lily

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Morning Glory

Cape Rush

Emerald Carpet Manzanita

Kinnikinnick

Coral Aloe

Fan Aloe

Dymondia

Slender Sedge

Desert Museum Palo Verde

Cutting Edge Monkeyflower

Howard McMinn Manzanita

Natchez Crape Myrtle

This project is financed under the Safe Drinking Water, Water Quality and Supply, Flood Control, River and Coastal Protection Bond Act of 2006, administered by State of California, Department of Water Resources.

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