Common name:Dwarf Vinca or Periwinkle
Botanical name:Vinca minor
This groundcover will grow less than 1' tall and has small, glossy, dark green leaves with blue, purple, lavender, or white flowers that bloom in the spring.
Common name:Gingerbread Man Daylily
Botanical name:Hemerocallis 'Gingerbread Man'
Attention-getting mahogany orange blooms over dark green foliage. Very heat tolerant. - Greenwood Daylily Gardens
Common name:Globe Blue Spruce
Botanical name:Picea pungens glauca 'Globosa'
The glauca 'Globosa' is a dwarf blue Spruce, with growth in a rounded form, 3' tall with an equal spread. An excellent patio tree with dense, blue foliage. Grafted on a 3' standard.
Common name:Star Magnolia
Botanical name:Magnolia stellata
This slow-growing, shrubby, deciduous Magnolia has narrow leaves about 4" long and 1" wide. These fragrant flowers, borne in the early spring before leaves, are white, with 19-21 star-shaped petals.
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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.
