Plants and Trees

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Plants On The DS&RG

Below is a list of the different types of plants and trees that I have used on the DS&RG. For each type of plant or tree, I have included the well known name, the proper name, when known , and the care it needs, plus a photo. ~ New plantings will be added to the list when I buy a new item. ~ To keep the load time down, I have made the photos links.. To view a photo, click on the underlined word

Trees

Dwarf Alberta Spruce - Photo
evergreen - to 7-9 ft
full sun - well drained soil - medium water So far all my Alberta spruce have loved the summer heat and the cold winters.

Ground Covers ~ Stonecrop - Sedum Spurium   ~ Photo
prennial - 3-6 inches
full sun - any soil - low water This is a new plant on the DS&RG, So I have no info on it's likes and dislikes. ~ Stonecrop - Sedum Floriferum - Photo
Weihenstephaner Gold
prennial - 6 inches
full sun - any soil - low water This plant may be invasive. But a stong point is that it will survive to -40º F and take the summer heat. ~ Anglicum - Sedum     ~   Photo
prennial - 1/2 inch
full sun - any soil - low water This ground cover is a very nice dark green mat will make a nice meadows .. I'm using it as a cover for mountain tops between shrubs. ~ Sedum   ~ Photo
prennial - 3 inches
full sun - any soil - low water This plant is very hardy, likes to re-seed itself. Has small yellow flowers in summer. I use it as growth on mountains, and in rock work. ~ Devine Flower - Dianthus simulans - Photo
3 inches
full sun - sandy loom - low water This is a small fine leafed plant. Color of gret green, It has small pink flowers which attract humming birds and Butterflies. New on the DS&RG. ~ Phlox subulata - Emerald Blue - Photo
Creeping phlox
6 inches -
full sun - sandy soil - low water This is one of the few flowering plants on the DS&RG

Shrubs ~ Mugo Pine - Pinus Mugo Mughus ~ Photo
to 4 ft
full sun - any soil - medium water This small pine is doing very well. You do have to watch for spider mites. I use Raid Ant and Roach spray. I use this pine as a divider of one area from another.

Herbs ~ Santolina, grey -         ~ Photo
10 to 16 inches
Full sun - drained soil - medium water This plant is new on the DS&RG, So I have no info on it's survival here in the desert. I'm using it as a fill in a corner. ~ Santolina, Chamaecyparissus -   Photo
Lavender Cotton
18 to 24 inches
Full sun - rocky soil - medium water This plant looks the same as the one above. So I did not put a photo here. ~ Thyme, English -     ~   Photo
8 to 12 inches
full sun - drained soil - medium water This is new on the DS&RG, So I have no data on it's survival in the desert. I'm using it to break up the line of rock work.

Switching Yard

Created on 17 April 1999

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