Hypericum x moseranum

Botanical Name: Hypericum x moseranum

Common Name: Gold flower

Family: Hypericaceae

Type: Broad leaved, evergreen shrub, perennial

Origin/Habitat: H. calcycinum x H. patulum

Leaf Character: Opposite, simple, 2" ovate to oblong, margin entire

Flower Type: cymes, 1-5, cup, prominent stamens, 2.5" 

Color: Golden yellow

Period: Spring and summer

Fruit: Dehiscent capsule

Bark: Reddish stems

Exposure: full sun

Water:

Remarks: flowers and foliage, used as hedge, specimen, ground cover and containers

Hypericum calycinum

Botanical Name: Hypericum calycinum

Common Name: Creeping St. John's Wart

Family: Hypericaceae

Type: Broad leaved, evergreen shrub

Origin/Habitat: Europe, Asia

Leaf Character: Opposite, simple up to 4" ovate to oblong

Flower Type: Solitary or in cymes regular, petals spreading, stamens erect and spreading, anthers reddish

Color: Bright Yellow

Period: Summer

Fruit: Dehiscent capsule

Bark:

Exposure: Full sun to partial shade

Water:

Remarks: flowers and foliage, used as ground cover, reaches a foot tall, grows fast 

Aesculus californica

Botanical Name: Aesculus californica

Common Name: California Buckeys

Family: Hippocastanaceae

Type: Broad leaved, deciduous tree, shrub

Origin/Habitat: California

Leaf Character: Opposite, palmate, 4"-10" divided, fan like, into large, cuneate, obovate, kealed, one floret with 5-7 flowers

Flower Type: Terminal pannicle 6" to 12"  flower irregular, calyx tubular

Color: White, palo rosa, blotched with pink and yellow

Period: April and May

Fruit: Leathery capsule

Bark: Smooth

Exposure: Full Sun

Water: 

Remarks: Reaches 10'-2-' height and spreads wider than its height.  Flowers, foliage and fragrance, bark 

Pelargonium tomentosum

Botanical Name: Pelargonium tomentosum

Common Name: Peppermint Geranium

Family: Geraniaceae

Type: Broad leaved perennial 

Origin/Habitat: Hybrid

Leaf Character: Alternate, simple, 3-5"  cordate-ovate, margin is lobed

Flower Type: Umbek, 4-20 flowers, with calyx spur, irregular

Color: white splotched 

Period:

Fruit: Capsule

Bark:

Exposure: Full Sun to partial shade

Water: keep on dry side

Remarks: Flowers, foliage and fragrance, used as container

Pelargonium peltatum

Botanical Name: Pelargonium peltatum

Common Name: Ivy Geranium

Family: Geraniaceae

Type:  Broad leaved, perennial

Origin/Habitat: Hybrid

Leaf Character: Alternate, simple, 2-3" shallowly 5 lobed, petate, broadly ovate, somewhat obtuse

Flower Type: Axillary umbels 5-7, single or double, irregular with calyx spur, 1"

Color: Red, rose, pink, lavender and white

Period: Spring and Summer

Fruit: Capsule

Bark:

Exposure: Full Sun to  partial Shade

Water: 

Remarks: Flowers and foliage, used as ground cover and containers, also hanging baskets

Pelargonium x hortorum

Botanical Name: Pelargonium x hortorum

Common Name: Common Geranium 

Family: Geraniaceae 

Type: Broad leaved perennial 

Origin/Habitat: Hybrid 

Leaf Character: Alternate, simple, 3-5", rounded to reniform, cordate, often variageted or zoned with read, blades and steams are usually hairy, margin is crenate-toothed

Flower Type: Umbel, 5 petals, irregulars, sometimes double, calyx spur

Color: Red, pink, white

Period: Spring and fall

Fruit: Capsule

Bark:

Exposure: Full Sun to partial shade

Water:  

Remarks: Flowers, foliage, used as specimen, in containers, bedding, background, edging, color

Pelargonium graveolens

Botanical Name: Pelargonium graveolens

Common Name: Rose geranium, Scented geranium

Family: Geraniaceae 

Type: Broad leaved perennial vine

Origin/Habitat: Hybrid

Leaf Character: Alternate simple, deeply 5-7 lobes lobed

Flower Type: Geraniaceae

Color: Red, pink, white

Period: Spring and Summer

Fruit: Capsule

Bark: 

Exposure: Full Sun to partial shade

Water: Keep on dry side

Remarks: Flowers, Foliage, Fragrance, used in containers, sachets, filler.

Pelargonium x domesticum

Botanical Name: Pelargonium x domesticum

Common Name: Martha Washington Geranium

Family: Geraniaceae

Type:  Broad leaved evergreen perennial 

Origin/Habitat: Hybrid

Leaf Character: Alternate simple 2-4" reniform to deltoid, ridged, obtuse, lobed to deeply divided, foliage is aromatic, margin is serrate

Flower Type:  Umbel, 4-8", irregular with a spur, 2"

Color: White, red, pink and purple

Period: Spring and Fall

Fruit: Capsule, long and pointed, 2"

Bark: Rough, tomentose

Exposure: Full Sun

Water: Moderate, regular

Remarks: Flowers and foliage. Used as specimen, border, foundation, color, quick effect.