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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:

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:

Develop healthy soil for plants that are vigorous and naturally pest-resistant.