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Japanese Boxwood
Climbing Rose
Glossy Ternstroemia
Tulip Tree, Tulip Poplar, Whitewood
White Lady Marguerite
Japanese Boxwood

Common name:Japanese Boxwood
Botanical name:Buxus microphylla japonica

Japanese Boxwood is often used as a hedge. It is compact, with small bright green leaves. It can reach 4-6' tall and wide or be kept smaller through pruninig. It can be sheared to shape. It does better in areas with milder winters.

Climbing Rose

Common name:Climbing Rose
Botanical name:Rosa 'Golden Showers'

With its dark green foliage and fragrant flowers of a full, double, velvety dark red color, this upright shrub is generally grown as a vine or pillar rose.

Glossy Ternstroemia

Common name:Glossy Ternstroemia
Botanical name:Ternstroemia gymnanthera

This elegant evergreen shrub of medium height with dark green to bronze leaves is highly valued for its glosy, polished appearance. For proper growth, the plant should receive shade.

Tulip Tree, Tulip Poplar, Whitewood

Common name:Tulip Tree, Tulip Poplar, Whitewood
Botanical name:Liriodendron tulipifera

This large, hardy, deciduous tree has a growth habit that is broad and pyramidal in form. Its leaves are 4 lobed, and turn bright yellow in fall. During the late spring, greenish-yellow, tulip-like flowers will appear.

White Lady Marguerite

Common name:White Lady Marguerite
Botanical name:Chrysanthemum frutescens 'White Lady'

This annual perennial has bright green foliage and produces an abundance of round, pure white flowers.

Sustainable Landscape Renovation

We can identify at least 11 steps of sustainable landscape renovation for consideration. They include critical design, installation and maintenance practices that conform to good principles of appropriate horticulture.

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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.

Integrated Pest Management:

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