Re: Plants for **below** a Salvia clevelandii?

Cistus have done well in here in extreme heat and with little care; the
flowering period is short but showy, and the rest of the year the foliage
looks good.  Depending on the species used & willingness to shear the
plants, height can range from less than a foot to several feet tall.
-----Original Message-----
From: Ccopuntia@aol.com <Ccopuntia@aol.com>
To: medit-plants@ucdavis.edu <medit-plants@ucdavis.edu>
Date: Tuesday, January 25, 2000 6:33 PM
Subject: Plants for **below** a Salvia clevelandii?


>I was helping a customer today who has this problem: she has a hillside
>across from some picture windows in her house which is planted with several
>Salvia clevelandii that she says "show too many bottom branches" for her
>liking.  She loves the Salvia flowers and doesn't want to take it out, so
she
>was looking for solutions to "hide" or screen those lower branches.  Ok
>Medit-folks, anyone have some clever suggestions for what to plant in front
>of these?  She does have a few requirements -- the plants must have showy
>flowers (can be any color), be fairly low maintenance, must take extreme
>summer heat (Contra Costa Co., CA) and must not die back or look ugly at
any
>time......whew.  The area is on a drip, so the plants should require a
>similar water as the Salvia.  I look forward to any input and thank you
very
>much in advance!
>
>C. Carter
>
>
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