Common name:Golden Bamboo, Fish Pole Bamboo
Botanical name:Phyllostachys aurea
This Bamboo will grow to about 25' tall and is drought tolerant with dense foliage. This running bamboo needs to be restricted or confined.
Common name:Dwarf Japanese Garden Juniper
Botanical name:Juniperus procumbens 'Nana'
The very dense growth of this plant is highlighted by foliage of a bluish green color. Its growth habit is very low, spreading, and mound-like, resembling a natural bonsai. This variety is one of the best Junipers for small garden spaces. Junipers are highly combustible plants.
Common name:Star Jasmine, Maile Haole
Botanical name:Trachelospermum jasminoides
The Star Jasmine is an evergreen vine that grows 20' tall or as a groundcover that reaches 1'-2' tall and 4'-5' wide. It has white fragrant flowers in the summer and can tolerate sun or partial shade. The Star Jasmine is also drought tolerant. -Cornflower Farms
Common name:Limber Pine
Botanical name:Pinus flexilis
Pinus flexilis is an evergreen tree. It grows 20'-30' tall in gardens at a slow to moderate pace. Its habit is dense and pyramidal when young, but changes to a flat-topped, broad crown when mature. Cones are 5" long, oval or cone shaped and brown in color. Needles about about 3" long, bluish green in color, slightly curved and cover the tree from tip to trunk. Pines are highly combustible plants.
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Practice grass-cycling by leaving short grass clippings on lawns after mowing, so that nutrients and organic matter are returned to the soil.
Be sure to fix all leaks promptly no matter how small they may seem.
Drip and other smart irrigation delivers water directly to roots, allowing no excess water for weeds.