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Annie's Place Garden 2
Climbing Rose, Golden Showers
Shrub Rose
Sky Flower. Golden Dew-Drop
Foxglove
Lavender Lady English Lavender
Sunray Coreopsis
Indian Hawthorne
Queen Palm
Climbing Rose, Golden Showers

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

This climbing rose has dark green, glossy foliage with lightly fragrant flowers that are loosely petaled and change from golden yellow fading to cream. There are few thorns on this vine and can grow 6'10' tall, arching gracefully.

Shrub Rose

Common name:Shrub Rose
Botanical name:Rosa Shrub varieties

The dark green, heavily veined leaves of this bushy shrub are strong support for the pure white or pink, nearly double flowers it produces. This is a very tolerant, heavily scented plant with an impressive fall color. Also, large hips appear intermittently with this plant.

Sky Flower. Golden Dew-Drop

Common name:Sky Flower. Golden Dew-Drop
Botanical name:Duranta erecta

This vining shrub grows from 15'-25' tall and 8'-12' wide. This plant blooms profusely with clusters of blue flowers all through the summer. Orange-yellow berries follow the flowers. Full sun and regular water are necessary to keep this shrub looking and performing its best.

Foxglove

Common name:Foxglove
Botanical name:Digitalis purpurea

This biennial foxglove will reach up to 4' when blooming in the early summer. The large spire of huge, bell-shaped flowers ranges from purple to pink to cream with purple specks. Large, textured leaves form an attractive rosette until bloom time. The plant likes a moist, filtered-sun area similar to the Lobelias and Columbines.

Lavender Lady English Lavender

Common name:Lavender Lady English Lavender
Botanical name:Lavandula angustifolia 'Lady'

A well-developed woody base is apparent with this evergreen subshrub. Its leaves assume an obtuse form, and have a gray green color above and a white woolly shade below. It needs little water, full sun, and well drained soils. Strong lavender scent is used for perfumes and sachets.

Sunray Coreopsis

Common name:Sunray Coreopsis
Botanical name:Coreopsis grandiflora 'Sun Ray'

Coreopsis lanceolata 'Sun Ray' is a perennial which grows 1'-2' high and 1'-1.5' wide. It produces yellow, 1.5"-2" blooms, with maroon centers, on pale green stems that open in late spring and summer.

Indian Hawthorne

Common name:Indian Hawthorne
Botanical name:Rhaphiolepis indica

This small shrub will grow 2' tall and 4' wide. It has small, dark green leaves that get a red tint in the winter and deep pink flowers that bloom fall through spring.

Queen Palm

Common name:Queen Palm
Botanical name:Syagrus romanzoffianum

This palm has a very straight trunk to about 50' in height. It has arching, feathery, bright green, glossy leaves that can be 10'-15' long. It is fragile in heavy winds and a fast grower. It will become damaged in temperature below 24 degrees F.

Designer: Annie Hall

Annie's Place Garden 2
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Photographer: GardenSoft

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.