Category Archives: Plant of the Month

Margarita Foothill Pestemon is being planted in many of our spring landscape installations this year, so it seemed like an appropriate choice for our April Plant of the Month! This compact evergreen perennial blooms from spring through summer, producing an abundance of vibrant reddish-purple to blue flowers that attract beneficial insects and hummingbirds. The bloom period will be extended through much of the…

Our March Plant of the Month, Agave 'Blue Glow', was selected for its striking form and beautiful blue-green leaves which are edged in vibrant red and yellow. A. 'Blue Glow' is on the small side for an Agave, forming solitary rosettes reaching 2-3 feet tall and wide at maturity. The tough, 18 inch long leaves…

Mozart rosemary is a newer variety of the well-known culinary herb, which has become quite popular for its deep green aromatic foliage and intensely blue flowers. This Mediterranean native is a mounding evergreen shrub reaching 3 feet tall and spreading 6 feet wide. In winter to spring, Mozart rosemary is covered with vibrant, showy flowers that attract bees and other pollinators. Lightly trimming back stems…