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Acapulco Night Hybrid Daylily
Butterfly-Iris, Fortnight Lily
Indian Hawthorne
Shore Juniper
Acapulco Night Hybrid Daylily

Common name:Acapulco Night Hybrid Daylily
Botanical name:Hemerocallis 'Acapulco Night'

'Acapulco Night' has dramatic, velvety, dark, black red flowers with a yellow throat. It is stunning with lush tropical foliage.

Butterfly-Iris, Fortnight Lily

Common name:Butterfly-Iris, Fortnight Lily
Botanical name:Dietes iridioides

This clumping evergreen Iris bears tall, narrow leaves to 30" tall and white flowers marked purple in the center on stalks up to 3' tall. This variety has stiffer, darker foliage than the bicolor form. It requires sun to part shade with little or no summer watering when established.

Indian Hawthorne

Common name:Indian Hawthorne
Botanical name:Rhaphiolepis indica

This small shrub will grow 2' tall and 4' wide. It has small, dark green leaves that get a red tint in the winter and deep pink flowers that bloom fall through spring.

Shore Juniper

Common name:Shore Juniper
Botanical name:Juniperus rigida conferta

This is a very low growing hardy juniper that works great as a lawn alternative. It is problem free and reliable performer in the California garden.

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Photographer: GardenSoft

Soils and Compost:

Practice grass-cycling by leaving short grass clippings on lawns after mowing, so that nutrients and organic matter are returned to the soil.

Integrated Pest Management:

Develop healthy soil for plants that are vigorous and naturally pest-resistant.