Common name: Lemon Balm
Botanical name: Melissa officinalis
Lemon Balm's citrus fragrance is a wonderful garden treat and this plant can provide a nice foundation planting and background for more colorful plants. It should be grown in sub or shade with average, well-drained soil to a size of 2'. A versatile herb, it can be used in cooking, teas and skin cleaning. -Holland WIldflower Farm
Common name: Trailing Germander
Botanical name: Teucrium chamaedrys
This mini-shrub with small, shiny, dark green leaves on woody stems can be sheared and shaped. The stems trail and rise to 24", with lovely reddish- purple flowers between the upper leaves. It can be used as a low hedge plant in herbal knot gardens. To encourage branching, it should be pruned in the spring. -Holland WIldflower Farm
Common name: Basket of Gold
Botanical name: Alyssum saxatile
Use as a foreground plant in borders, in rock gardens, and atop walls. This plant is generally hardy but may be killed in extremely cold winters. Dense clusters of tiny golden yellow flowers cover the plant in spring and early summer.
Common name: Coast Live Oak
Botanical name: Quercus agrifolia
The coast live oak is and evergreen round-headed tree. It can reach 15-40 ft. high and 20 ft. wide and grows very well from the coastal areas to the interior valleys. It is native to California, is drought tolerant, and attracts butterflies. -Cornflower Farms
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