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Oregon Grape
Improved Meyer Lemon
Pomegranate Wonderful
Jujube, Chinese-Date
Hot Lips Sage
Oregon Grape

Common name:Oregon Grape
Botanical name:Mahonia 'Golden Abundance'

This compact bush is 5'-8' high and 4'-5' wide and has shiny, green leaves with very showy yellow flowers.

Decomposed Granite Pathway

Improved Meyer Lemon

Common name:Improved Meyer Lemon
Botanical name:Citrus X 'Improved Meyer'

Improved Meyer Lemon is an evergreen tree that grows 3'-6' tall and 3'-6' wide; it has year around leaves that are glossy green. This tree likes well drained loam soil, with full sun; medium watering is required. It has white flowers and yellow edible fruit.

Pomegranate Wonderful

Common name:Pomegranate Wonderful
Botanical name:Punica granatum 'Wonderful'

This relatively small tree will grow 20' high and 15' wide; it produces red flowers that bloom in the spring. The red orange fruit appears in September and ripens in October and November.

Jujube, Chinese-Date

Common name:Jujube, Chinese-Date
Botanical name:Ziziphus jujuba

This deciduous tree will grow 15'-30' tall and 10'-15' wide. It has glossy, bright green leaves with clusters of small, yellow flowers that bloom in late spring and summer. Fleshy red fruit is produced in the fall and can be eaten.

Hot Lips Sage

Common name:Hot Lips Sage
Botanical name:Salvia 'Hot Lips'

Salvia 'Waverly' is a perennial shrub that reaches 3'-5' tall and wide. It needs full sun and medium amount of water. Pinkish white flowers bloom in the spring but this shrub has blossoms most of the year. This shrub will get knocked down to the ground when the first frost arrives; however, it will come back vigorously especially if pruned in February or March. Hummingbirds love the flowers.

Designer: Amelia Herndon-Steen, SMWD

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Photographer: SMWD

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:

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