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Plants That Work &
Don’t Workwith Joe McNally
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What do you have?
Sun
Soil/Drainage
Zone/Exposure
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Drainage problems can sometimes be solved by building a berm and lifting the roots above the excess moisture. Do Not build Mt. Fruiticus, the volcano is not the answer unless your tree is, well, a sacrifice.
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Right Plant Right Place
Landscape “Lifestyle”
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Native Plant Selections
Purple Coneflower Pale Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) (Echinacea pallida)
Eastern Beebalm Butterfly Milkweed (Monarda fistulosa) (Asclepias tuberosa)
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Drought Tolerant Perennials
Veronica ‘Giles van Hees’Bee Balm ‘Jacob Cline’
Sea Holly ‘Jade Frost’ Coreopsis ‘Mercury Rising’
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Hydrangea Endless Summer ‘Twist & Shout’
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Oakleaf HydrangeaHydrangea quercifolia
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Oakleaf Hydrangea ‘Sike’s Dwarf’
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Weigela ‘My Monet’
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Ninebark ‘Lady in Red’
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‘Amber Jubilee’ ‘Center Glow’
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‘Candy Lights’
‘Golden Lights’
‘Lemon Lights’
Azalea Northern Lights Series
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‘PJM’
‘PJM Compacta’
Rhododendron
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Seven-Sons FlowerHeptacodium miconoides
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‘Todd’s Broom’ ‘Fastigiata’
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Ginkgo ‘Jade Butterfly’Ginkgo biloba
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Kentucky Coffee Tree
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‘Espresso’ ‘Stately Manor’
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Picea omorika ‘Bruns Pendula’
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‘Aurea’ ‘Blue Sky’
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Taxodium distichum ‘Shawnee Brave’
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Plants That Don’t Work Not Hardy
Don’t have their needs met, they can be needy
WRONG PLANT/ WRONG PLACE/ WRONG SPACE
Live a good “Landscape Lifestyle”
Have FUN! And get your hands dirty!