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Improved Meyer Lemon
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Improved Meyer Lemon

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

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

Oleander

Common name:Oleander
Botanical name:Nerium oleander

Oleander is an evergreen shrub with moderate to fast growth. Leaves are narrow, 4-12 in. long, dark green, leathery, and glossy, attractive in all seasons. Flowers are in clusters on branch ends; blooms from late spring through fall.

Wax Leaf Privet

Common name:Wax Leaf Privet
Botanical name:Ligustrum japonicum 'Texanum'

This dense evergreen shrub of an upright habit is capable of growing as a shrub or small tree. Its dark green, leathery leaves are opposite those of a simple evergreen.

Designer: Tom Deyerlee Landscape Arch.

Blue Urns
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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.