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Compact Japanese Boxwood
Royal Sunset Climbing Rose
Compact Japanese Boxwood

Common name:Compact Japanese Boxwood
Botanical name:Buxus microphylla 'Justin Brouwers'

This dwarf variety of boxwood is very attractive and slow growing. It retains its dark green color through winter. It makes a good accent or compact hedge, clipped or unclipped.

Royal Sunset Climbing Rose

Common name:Royal Sunset Climbing Rose
Botanical name:Rosa 'Royal Sunset'

With its dark green foliage and fragrant flowers of a full, double, deep apricot, yellow-pink blend or orange color, this upright shrub is generally grown as a vine or pillar rose. With age, it fades to a pink-tinged color. It climbs to about 10' high.

Designer: Laurie Sager & Associates

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Photographer: David Gibb Photography

Soils and Compost:

Maintain a two to four inch layer of mulch on the soil surface to reduce weeds, infiltrate rain water, and reduce compaction.

Water-Saving Tip:

Consider replacing some lawn areas with groundcovers, trees, and shrubs.

Good candidates for removal are portions of large lawns, areas where no one uses the grass, patches that don't grow well, or spaces too small to water without overspray.

Integrated Pest Management:

Attract, or buy beneficial insects such as ladybugs and lacewings to control pest outbreaks in your garden.