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Incense Cedar
Irish Yew
Lombardy Poplar
Australian Rosemary
Impatiens, Busy Lizzie
Incense Cedar

Common name:Incense Cedar
Botanical name:Calocedrus decurrens

The cedar is an attractive, stiff, narrow evergreen tree which has a columnar growing pattern and maintains a central leader. The foliage is comprised of scale needles, while the coarse bark has an attractive cinnamon red-brown coloring. The cedar typically retains its color in winter. It serves as an effective screening. It will slowly grow to 30' tall and 15' wide. Small brown cones appear in summer.This plant is fire-prone! Please use caution when planting near your home.

Irish Yew

Common name:Irish Yew
Botanical name:Taxus baccata 'Stricta'

Irish Yew is either a tree or shrub depending upon the size that it is kept. It is a terrific hedge plant and can make a bold vertical statement as well. This is a highly combustible plant.

Lombardy Poplar

Common name:Lombardy Poplar
Botanical name:Populus nigra 'Italica'

The 'Italica' is a beautiful, fast-growing, upright, columnar, deciduous tree. Its leaves are bright green, 4" in length with a triangular shape. These leaves turn bright yellow in the fall season. It can be used as an exellent windbreak or skyline tree.

Australian Rosemary

Common name:Australian Rosemary
Botanical name:Westringia fruticosa

The Australian-rosemary is an evergreen shrub that grows 3-6 ft. tall. It has soft gray-green leaves and white flowers throughout the year and prefers sun and little to average amounts of water . This shrub is also drought tolerant. -Cornflower Farms

Impatiens, Busy Lizzie

Common name:Impatiens, Busy Lizzie
Botanical name:Impatiens walleriana

This ground cover will grow up to about 3' tall and has small, glossy, dark green leaves with lavender, orange, pink, red, violet, or white flowers that bloom in summer and fall.

Designer: Debbie Snyder-Brooks

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Photographer: Debbie Snyder-Brooks

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:

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