Bulbs, Tubers, and Roots   Basic Gardening Tips   Container Plants   English Garden   Fall Planting Guide   Ground Covers   Purify Your Home Air   Mediterranean Gardens   Patio Furniture Care   Planting Guide   Shade Garden Basics   Starlet Flowers   Toxic Plant Alert   Tree Lighting Suggestions   Main Care Sheets Page Mediterranean Gardens   Plant List   TREES PALMS   Acacia subporosa river wattle Chamaerops humilis Mediterranean fan palm Agonis flexuosa peppermint willow Cocos plumosa queen palm Citrus lemon, lime, orange, etc. Cycas revoluta sago palm Geijera parviflora Australian willow Phoenix reobelenii pygmy date palm Metrosideros excelsus New Zealand Christmas tree Olea europaea olive tree. SHRUBS GRASSES   _that can become small-stemmed trees or espaliers _ _ as accent plants _ Aloysia triphylla lemon verbena Imperata cylindrica Japanese blood grass Alyogyne huegelii blue hibiscus Koeleria glauca Grewia caffra lavender star flower Miscanthus sinensis `Gracillimus' maiden grass Leptospermum laevigatum Australian tea tree Pennisetum rubrum red fountain grass Nerium oleander oleander. MEDIUM PLANTS GROUND COVERS   Bougainvilleas `Rosenka,' `La Jolla,' `Oo La La' Chamaemelum nobile chamomile Ceanothus griseus horiz. Carmel creeper, California lilac Cerastium tomentosum snow-in-summer Cytisus canariensis Canary Island broom Salvia leucophylla prostrate sage, purple, golden Diosma pulchrum breath of heaven variegated Fuchsia Gartenmeister Bonstedt Thymus species lemon, golden, silver, creeping Hemerocallis daylily (Starburst Red) `Doone's Valley' Nandina heavenly bamboo (Moonbay, Gulfstream) Nerium oleander dwarf oleander Phormium hybrids New Zealand flax Pittosporum crassifolium `Nana' Pittosporum tobira `Wheeler,' `Turner's Dwarf' Salvia leucantha Mexican bush sage. SMALL PLANTS   Artemisia dranunculus French tarragon Oenothera berlandieri Mexican evening primrose Artemisia silvermound Rosmarinus officinalis upright rosemary Centaurea cineraria Dusty Miller Santolina grey Coreopsis verticillata `Moonbeam,' `Zagreb' Sedum spectabile Helichrysum petiolatum, nanum Solandra maxima cup of gold vine Lavandula angustifolia English lavender Stachys byzantina lamb's ears Lavandula dentata French lavender Tulbaghia violacea society garlic Limonium perezii sea lavender Verbena rigida dark purple, light lavender. MEDITERRANEAN PALETTE   Sample Garden Design         Miscanthussinensis            (BACK)            Pennisetum            'Gracillimus'                                             Rubrum   Salvia                                                                           Pittosporum Leucantha                            (FRONT)                            crassifolium                                                                                          (BACK)                                           - SIDE VIEW - (FRONT)