23 Beautiful Garden Plans for Attracting Birds and Butterflies
Blue fescue Botanical name: Festuca glauca Requirements: Well-drained soil and full sun.Bird benefits: Seeds feed them; foliage provides nesting material Gardener benefits: Mound-forming, semievergreen plants have striking blue-green foliage, making them valuable accent plants. Drought-tolerant plants are a good choice for low-water landscapes. Zones: 4-8 Size: 6-18 inches tall; 12-24 inches wide
Bluestem Gardening
'Karl Foerster' - Feather Reed Grass(Calamagrostis x acutiflora ) 4-5' x 24" wide. *2001 Perennial Plant of the Year.* Drought tolerant and tolerating a wide range of garden soils. It has a wonderful upright growth habit, making it very useful to place behind perennials with a spreading or rounded shape. The feathery plumes emerge in early summer and ripen to handsome wheat-colored seed heads by fall. Combine w/ Russian Sage. In groups of three or five for best effect. Zones 5-9.
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A garden of succulents about 8 months after being first planted, for a garden in the Oakland Hills. The largest plants were already in the garden, while all the smaller succulents were either added or moved around in the garden to achieve more dramatic effects. The Pincushion Protea at the top of the slope is incredibly happy in this setting, and almost sets the slope on fire with the sheer quantity of blooms. There are also a few California natives in this front garden, including Dudleya...
9 Plants That'll Make Your Southern California Garden Flourish
9 Plants That'll Make Your Southern California Garden Flourish via @PureWow. Penstemon Many of the plants bees like best have large, tubular flowers with petals that act as a landing platform. Penstemon, like this red variety, fit the bill.