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Pincushion Flower
Don Juan Climbing Rose
CatMint
Blue Star Creeper
Pincushion Flower

Common name:Pincushion Flower
Botanical name:Scabiosa caucasica 'Butterfly Blue'

This perennial will grow 1.5'-2.5' tall and 1'-2' wide. It has medium-size green leaves with lavender-blue flowers that bloom in summer.

Don Juan Climbing Rose

Common name:Don Juan Climbing Rose
Botanical name:Rosa 'Don Juan'

With its dark green foliage and fragrant flowers of a full, double, velvety dark red color, this upright shrub is generally grown as a vine or pillar rose.

CatMint

Common name:CatMint
Botanical name:Nepeta faassenii

Nepeta faassenii makes soft, gray-green, undulating mounds o 1.5 ft. high in bloom. The small leaves are attractive to cats. This perennial has lavender blue flowers in late spring, and early summer.

Blue Star Creeper

Common name:Blue Star Creeper
Botanical name:Laurentia fluviatilis

Blue Star Creeper has bright green, nearly stemless, 1/4 in. leaves. In late spring and summer, these form a backdrop for equally tiny, star-shaped pale blue flowers. Also known as Isotoma.

Designer: Jennifer Chandler

Rose Arbor and Gate

Photographer: GardenSoft

Soils and Compost:

Incorporate compost 6" into your soil to retain water, reduce compaction, feed earthworms, and provide valuable nutrients to your plants.

Integrated Pest Management:

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