.TL Cottage Garden Color/Low Maintenance .LP .nf Low Ground Covers: Sand Strawberry Fragaria chiloensis 6-10" white Crane's Bill Erodium chamaedryoides 3-6" white Dwarf Coreopsis C. auriculata `Nana' 6" yel-or Gazania 6-10" yellow Creeping St. Johnswort Hypericum calycinum 12-18" yellow Red Groundcover Verbena V. peruviana 6-8" red Lippia Phyla nodiflora 1-4" pink Woolly Thyme Thymus lanuginosis 2-3" pink Rose Carpet Knotweed Polygonum capitatum 5-8" pink Fleabane Erigeron karvinskiana 10-20" pink Ground Cover Geranium G. incanum 8-12" purple Seaside Daisy Erigeron glaucus 1 ft violet Periwinkle Vinca minor 4-8" lilac Blue Fescue Festuca ovina glauca 6-12" gray-green? Taller Yarrow Achillea sp. 4 ft many Creeping Coprosma C. kirkii 2-3 ft white Dwarf Rosemary Rosmarinus officinalis `Prostratus' 18"-2 ft Woolly Grevilla G. lanigera 3-6 ft Lavender Cotton Santolina chamaecyparissus 1-2 ft yellow `Pink Cascade' Leptospermum scoparium 1 ft pink Mexican Sage Salvia leucantha 2-4 ft purple Trailing Lantana L. monevidensis 2-3 ft lilac Ground Morning Glory Convolvulus sabatius 1-2 ft lavender Pt. Reyes Creeper Ceanothus gloriosus 12-20" blue-purp Australian Bluebell Creeper Sollya hereophylla 2-3 ft blue Plumbago P. auriculata 6 ft blue Lily-of-the-Nile Agapanthus orientalis 2-3 ft blue Perennials Strawflower Helichrysum bracteatum 1 ft+ many Fortnight Lily Dietes vegeta 4 ft white Basket of Gold Aurinia saxatilis 10-12" yellow Blanket Flower Gaillardia x grandiflora 2-4 ft yel, or, red Calif. Fuchsia Zauschneria californica 2 ft red ?Transvaal Daisy Gerbera Calif. Poppy golden Monkey Flower Diplacus aurantiacus 3-4 ft golden Chasmanthe C. floribunda 3-4 ft orange Montbretia Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora 3-4 ft orange Red Hot Poker Plant Kniphofia uvaria 4-6 ft or, yel Gayfeather Liatris spicata 2 ft purple+ Lupine purple Purple Sage Salvia leucophylla 3-6 ft purple Sonoma Sage Salvia sonomensis 3-6-16" blue-purp Woolly Blue-Curls Trichostema lanatum 3-5 ft purple Blue-eyed Grass Sisyinchium bellum 12-16" blue-purp Dusty Miller Centauria cineraria 1-3 ft yel, purp Nierembergia Statice Limonium sinuatum 2 1/2t many Sea Lavender Limonium perezii 3 ft blue Garden Penstemon P. gloxinoides 2-3 ft many Hellebore(s) Sweet Alyssum Lobularia maritima 3-4" white+cvs Geranium Pelargonium sp. Bleeding Heart Dicentra spectabilis 1-3 ft rose Native Bleeding Heart Dicentra formosa 12-18" pink-rose Nasturtiums Tropaeolum majus 8-15" or, cream, red+ Per. Candytuft Iberis sempervirens 8-12" white Blister Cress Erysimum hieraciifolium 2" yel,cream Wallflower Cheiranthus cheiri 1-2 1/2 ft many Western Sword Fern Polystichum munitum 4 ft California Ground Fern Polypodium californicum 18" Wood Fern Dryopteris arguta Binders: ?Dianthus ?Heliotrope ?Lamb's ears ?Nemesia ?Linaria ?Daylily ?Freesia ?Spring Star Flower (Ipheion uniflorum) Bulbs and Annuals Watsonia W. pyramidata 2-6 ft many African Cornlily Ixia maculata 2 ft many Anemone A. coronaria 18" many Love-in-a-Mist Nigella sativa 1-2 ft many Bachelor's Button Centaurea cyanus 1-2 ft many Cosmos C. bipinnatus 2-8 ft many Rock Cress Arabis 4-16" white+cvs Harlequin Flower Sparaxis tricolor 1 ft yel+burg Coreopsis Coreopsis sp. 2 ft yellow Marigold Tagetes erecta 1-4 ft yel, or Verbena 6-12" many Red Valerian Centranthus ruber 12-40" pink, rose+ Naked Lady Amaryllis belladonna 2 1/2 ft pink Iris Douglas Iris Iris douglasiana 18"-2 ft violet+ Spring Snowflake Leucojum aestivum 18" white Narcissus Spanish Bluebell Endymion hispanicus 20" blue+cvs English Daisy Bellis perennis 4-6" many Grape Hyacinth Muscari armeniacum 12-18" purple Star of Bethlehem Ornithogalum umbellatum 2 ft white Arab's Eye Ornithogalum arabicum 2 ft white Globe Candytuft Iberis umbellata 16" many Iceland Poppy Annuals: ?Owl's Clover ?Goldfields ?Toadflax (Linaria maroccana) .bp Not included in drought tol cottage garden list: Bones: Crown Pink (Lychnis) - invasive! Delphinium - reg. water ok: Aster frikartii 3 ft. Columbine - forest shade lover Campanula (inc. Canterbury bells) Shasta daisy (Chrysanthemum maximum) Scabiosa