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Tiffany Hybrid Tea Rose
Crimson Pygmy Japanese Barberry
Dwarf Compact Heavenly Bamboo
Tiffany Hybrid Tea Rose

Common name:Tiffany Hybrid Tea Rose
Botanical name:Rosa 'Tiffany'

Rosa 'Tiffany' is a hybrid tea rose that has a very sweet fragrance and an interesting coloration with phlox pink with yellow at the base. The flowers are large and double, with high centered blooms on long stems. It flowers all summer. This deciduous shrub can reach 4' tall and is easy to grow to to its vigorous nature. Leaves are dark green. This shrub tends to be very thorny and prone to mildew.

Crimson Pygmy Japanese Barberry

Common name:Crimson Pygmy Japanese Barberry
Botanical name:Berberis thunbergii 'Crimson Pygmy'

Pygmy purple leaf barberry is a deciduous shrub with arching branches which reaches 2 ft high and 3 ft wide. The foliage becomes bronzy red in summer and fall. 'Crimson Pygmy' prefers full sun and regular watering, more in hot summer months. This plant has thorns. It makes a great hedge. Prune in winter to re-shape.

Dwarf Compact Heavenly Bamboo

Common name:Dwarf Compact Heavenly Bamboo
Botanical name:Nandina domestica 'Nana'

The ' Nana' is a small, rounded shrub that grows from 12"-15" high. Its growth habit is dense, and the leaves become bright red in color in cold winter areas. It can receive sun to part shade, and is used well as an accent plant.

Designer: Homeowner

Walkway On Side of House
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Soils and Compost:

Practice grass-cycling by leaving short grass clippings on lawns after mowing, so that nutrients and organic matter are returned to the soil.

Integrated Pest Management:

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