Common name:American Germander
Botanical name:Teucrium canadense
American germander or Canada germander, is a woody-based, clump-forming, rhizomatous, herbaceous perennial of the mint family. It grows about 18 to 36 tall, and due to its rhizomatous nature, can spread 3 or more feet. Soft purplish-pink flowers on spike-like racemes bloom from June to September.
Common name:English Lavender
Botanical name:Lavandula angustifolia
English lavender is a dependably hardy, heat tolerant, drought resistant perennial, well suited to our arid, cold climate. Aromatic, green to grey-green foliage has a rich, resin scent, and grows in tight clumps 1 to 2 feet in height and width, depending on variety. Flowers form at the ends of stiff stems, in whorls of blue to lavender to purple, again, depending on variety. Flowers may add another 6 to 12 inches of height. Use in any sunny spot, such as perennial border, herb garden, parkstrip, lining a pathway.
Common name:Pink Chintz Mother-of-Thyme
Botanical name:Thymus serpyllum 'Pink Chintz'
'Pink Chintz' is a very low growing thyme, excellent for planting between pavers or as an alternative to a lower-play lawn. It has tiny, glossy This evergreen foliage, that is delicately fragrant when stepped on. A profusion of salmon-pink flowers appear in early to mid spring, and is one of the earliest thymes to bloom. Grows about 1 inch tall and 12 to 18 inches across.
Designer: Rick Laughlin | Ornament Garden 12 |
Photographer: GardenSoft |
Replace turf with groundcovers, trees, and shrubs. If you have areas where no one uses the grass, patches that do not grow well, or a turf area too small to water without runoff, consider replacing the turf with water-efficient landscaping.