Common name:Reed Grass
Botanical name:Calamagrostis foliosa

This tufted, perennial bunchgrass forms a beautiful, dense mound of gray green leaves that reach 2' tall, with showy arching flower stalks to 3' tall. Reed Grass leaves assume an attractive purple coloration in the fall and winter. This evergreen should be grown under sun, with little or no summer watering required. Tall grasses are highly combustible.

Common name:Pink Coral Rockrose
Botanical name:Cistus X skanbergii

This Rockrose is a bushy evergreen shrub 2'-4' high and 5' across with narrow, gray green leaves and complimentary clear pink flowers. Flowers appear in great profusion in mid-spring and can continue well into summer. It is more refined in character than most other rockroses, and well-suited to smaller gardens.

Maintenance Tips

Cistus X skanbergii is a compact, woody shrub from Mediterranean regions that grows 2-4’ tall and up to 5’ wide. The plant becomes covered with masses of pink flowers in the late spring. This is one of the easiest plants to keep in a California garden. It will do best planted in full sun and well-drained soil and planted in a location where it can reach its full size. This plant rarely has any pest and disease issues and no need for fertilizer. In mild climates, this plant can send out a later season blooming cycle if the weather in the fall is similar to the spring. The best way to encourage the second blooming cycle is to prune back the shrub by about a third in later summer.