Common name: Purple Showers Viola
Botanical name: Viola cornuta 'Purple Showers'

Purple Showers Viola is an attractive perennial with purple colored flowers with yellow centers, under 1' tall and spreading 2', used as a ground cover. Fragrant blooms appear from spring through fall, above foliage. Trim spent flowers in summer to encourage more blooming. Foliage is glossy, green and heart shaped. This is short lived perennial, perhaps lasting 2 growing seasons. It tolerates full to part sun with well draining soil, moist soil. May need more water during hot summer months.

Common name: Trailing African Daisy
Botanical name: Osteospermum fruticosum

This groundcover-small shrub will grow 1' tall, spreading 4' in a year. It has medium-size green leaves with lavender that have a dark purple center. The flower color changes to white the next day! The flowers bloom in fall and winter but in mild coastal areas, may bloom all year. It needs well draining soil. This plant looks great on a hillside or in a hanging basket. Other Names: Freeway Daisy

Common name: English Primrose
Botanical name: Primula x polyantha

This mounding perennial will grow less than 1' tall and has large, dark green, veined, oval leaves with flowers that come in a wide range of colors that bloom in spring. This plant does best in partial shade and needs rich, well draining, moist, acidic soil. Used mostly as an annual and ground cover.

Common name: Carnation
Botanical name: Dianthus caryophyllus

Dianthus caryophyllus is a perennial. It produces double flowers in red, pink, white or yellow in the spring. Bluish green leaves and leafy stems often become woody at the base. It prefers afternoon shade in hot inland areas with alkaline soil. Encourage more blooms by deadheading. Carnations have a faint fragrance and make excellent cut flowers. Also known as Clove Pink.