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Gallery: Arbors and Vine Supports

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Foxglove, Sunset
Yew, English
Rose, Climbing
Foxglove, Sunset

Common name:Foxglove, Sunset
Botanical name:Digitalis X mertonensis

With glossy dark green leaves, this flower spikes to 3' and produces large, red/salmon pink flowers.

Yew, English

Common name:Yew, English
Botanical name:Taxus baccata

A low spreading shrub with horizontal major branches. Lateral shoots droop and are somewhat stiff. Needles are a glossy dark green.

Rose, Climbing

Common name:Rose, Climbing
Botanical name:Rosa Climbing varieties

With its dark green foliage and fragrant flowers with full and double blooms, this upright shrub is generally grown as a vine or pillar rose. Climbing varieties come in many colors.

Sustainable Fertilization

If you mulch heavily as recommended in the compost and mulch fact sheets you should not need traditional fertilization. Sustainable landscapes fertilize themselves as soil organisms break down and recycle the dropped leaves into nutrients.

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Soils and Compost:

Physical weed control, including mulching, or hand removal protects the watershed from harmful chemicals.

Integrated Pest Management:

Remove irrigation water and fertilizer from areas where you don't want weeds to grow.