Alcázar Garden

Plant List Resources

Botanical Name Common Name Garden Design and Signage Aeonium 'Zwartkop' Large Purple Aeonium Jim Bishop Agave lophantha 'Quadricolor' Quadricolor Century Plant Arctostaphylos 'John Dourley' Manzanita Garden Installation Artemisia pycnocephala David's Choice Marilyn’s Garden Design Beaucarnea recurvata Bottle Palm Marilyn Guidroz Beschorneria yuccioides Variegated Red Yucca marilynsgardendesign.com ‘Flamingo Glow’ MiraCosta College Horticultural Program Students Cercis mexicana Mexican Redbud Julia Coleman Cotyledon ChalkFingers Trisha Haslam Crassula argentea ‘Sunset’ Golden Jade Allison (Sanford) Miles Deborah Read-Ostner Cupressus guadalupensis Tecate Cypress Eri Sudo Echeveria Hybrid Echeveria Echeveria harmsiis Fuzzy Echeveria Garden Benches Euphorbia milii 'Pink' Pink Crown of Thorns Terry Allen Gardner Creative Services Euphorbia milii 'Red' Red Crown of Thorns [email protected] Galvezia speciosa Island Bush Snapdragon Wall Mural Helichrysum Frosted Berries Ed Roxburgh Helichrysum italicum CurryPlant edroxburghart.com Kalanchoe blossfeldiana Garden Kalanchoe Plant Suppliers Kalanchoe pumila Purple & Power Leucadendron 'Silvan Red' Leucadendron Armstrong Garden Centers

Lyonothamnus floribundus Catalina IronWood armstronggarden.com Metrosideros excelsus Variegated New Zealand Briggs Nursery & Tree Co. Inc. Christmas Tree briggstree.com Salvia chamaedryoides Germander Sage

Salvia leucophylla 'Point Sal Purple Sage Home Depot Spreader' Oasis Water Efficient Gardens Santolina chamaecyparissus Grey Lavender Cotton oasis-plants.com Tanacetum densum var. Turkish Tansy Waterwise Botanicals amanum Westringia fruticosa 'Blue Gem' Coast Rosemary waterwisebotanicals.com

Westringia fruticosa 'Morning Variegated Coast Rosemary Pottery Light' Backyard X-Scapes Yucca filamentosa 'Bright Edge' Variegated Yucca Zauschneria californica California Fuchsia backyardxscapes.com

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sdcwa.org WaterSmartSD.org Let’s Talk Plants! Supported by the San Diego County Water Authority and its 24 member agencies through a grant from the State Department of Water Resources sdhort.org Alcázar Garden

Our garden celebrates the Centennial of the Panama- inspiration garden with a tapestry of low-water-use California Exposition in Balboa Park with a recreation of plants. In the center of the garden, the waterless the Alcázar Garden, originally designed by Richard Requa fountain uses a large blue pot filled with succulents. To in 1935. make the garden feel larger, we’ve used a borrowed view of the surrounding landscape. This tranquil garden demonstrates the principles of water conservation, low maintenance, sustainability and While the bright colors and strong architecture of this climate appropriate plants. garden are the main focal points, it is also very appropriate for dry and sunny Southern California. We We’ve replaced the annual bedding plants from the hope it inspires you with ideas for your own garden.

Ideas to Take Home About SD Horticultural Society

Learn from History Monthly Meetings As our climate has grown drier and warmer, we can learn much Be inspired & learn at monthly (right here at the Fairgrounds) from traditional Mediterranean Gardens where every drop of meetings featuring horticulture experts & best-selling water was precious. authors. Parking is FREE.

Replace Your Lawn Newsletter A similar garden could fit easily into most California backyards, Our monthly newsletter, Let’s Talk Plants, is available online creating a relaxing space for entertaining and contemplation. It or in the mail. Read informative articles about upcoming is also very low water and maintenance. events, plant descriptions, local gardening, book reviews, and more. Add Hardscape Pathways of decomposed granite or gravel allow rain to soak Garden Tours into the soil and prevents runoff. Hardscape can define spaces Our spring garden tour features exceptional private gardens and create a more usable garden. Use ceramic tile and pots to in a different area of San Diego each year. We also host a create permanent color in the garden. special members-only visit to beautiful local gardens or specialty nurseries. Join us on a bi-annual out-of-town tour to Mulch, Mulch, Mulch horticultural hotspots. Use a three-inch layer of mulch to cool, soil, reduce evaporation and prevent weeds. Garden Workshops A variety of hands-on horticulture workshops are offered free Grow Food to members. Replace some or all of the plants in this garden with seasonal Website vegetables and fruiting shrubs and trees. Create a formal Visit sdhort.org to find out the latest Society information. pattern with lettuce and other greens. Use pomegranate, citrus, Members can signup for events online, renew their fig or persimmon trees for both sustainability and shade. membership, volunteer, or read current and past newsletters. Select WaterSmart Plants Join Online Today Succulent, Mediterranean, desert and native plants use less Memberships start at $30 per year. water and are low maintenance. They can add year-round color Join online at sdhort.org and create an exotic paradise.