Common name:Deodar Cedar
Botanical name:Cedrus deodara
This fast-growing, coniferous evergreen is capable of reaching a size of 80' high by 40' wide. Its needles are a light, silvery green color, 2" long. Flowers are inconspicuous. Barrel shaped cones appear in fall and winter. Branches are pendulous and spreadings. Plant in area that has ample room for growth.
Common name:White Spruce
Botanical name:Picea glauca
Picea glauca is an evergreen tree or shrub. Cone-shaped tree to 60'-70'., dense when young, with pendulous twigs and silver-green foilage.
Common name:Creeping St. Johnswort, Aaron's Bea
Botanical name:Hypericum calycinum
Hypericum calycinum is an evergreen perennial. Grows 1' high and 1'-2' in spread, and spreads by underground runners. Produces yellow flowers.
Putting the right plants in the right places in the right groupings is both the challenge and art of good landscape design.
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Designer: Mariette Olsen
Photographer: GardenSoft
Maintain a two to four inch layer of mulch on the soil surface to reduce weeds, infiltrate rain water, and reduce compaction.
Group plants in your garden according to their water needs (hydrozone).
Attract, or buy beneficial insects such as ladybugs and lacewings to control pest outbreaks in your garden.
