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Red Japanese Maple
Golden Running Bamboo, Fish Pole Ba
Wheeler's Dwarf Tobira
Torrey Pine
Variegated Japanese Sedge
Red Japanese Maple

Common name:Red Japanese Maple
Botanical name:Acer palmatum 'Atropurpureum'

This Japanese Maple grows as a small, deciduous tree complete with palmate leaves that turn red and endure for the entire season.

Golden Running Bamboo, Fish Pole Ba

Common name:Golden Running Bamboo, Fish Pole Ba
Botanical name:Phyllostachys aurea

This Bamboo will grow to about 25' tall and is drought tolerant with dense foliage. This running bamboo needs to be restricted or confined.

Wheeler's Dwarf Tobira

Common name:Wheeler's Dwarf Tobira
Botanical name:Pittosporum tobira 'Wheeler's Dwarf'

This handsome dwarf form of the Pittosporum tobira grows into a low, dense mound, 2'-3' tall and 4'-5' wide. This shrub is covered with glossy, evergreen foliage. Small, fragrant, white flowers cover this shrub in spring. It prefers full to part sun and is drought tolerant once its established. Give extra water in summer. Wheeler's Dwarf is dependable and easy to grow. Prune in winter to keep shape.

Torrey Pine

Common name:Torrey Pine
Botanical name:Pinus torreyana

This broad evergreen can reach a height of 80' if it grows straight. Better growth results from life on the coast, from which the sea winds promote a broad, open, irregular habit. While tolerant of both heat and drought, the tree reacts best with moisture and slight exposure to fog. Pines are highly combustible plants.

Variegated Japanese Sedge

Common name:Variegated Japanese Sedge
Botanical name:Carex oshimensis 'Evergold'

This low-growing, clumping grass consists of strap-like foliage that have a broad yellow stripe down the center with green margins. This grass needs a medium amount of watering and more during hot summer months. It prefers light shade and part sun. Plant near a water feature. It reaches about 1'-2' tall.

Designer: Jeff Gamboni Landscape Archite

Shade Garden by the Pond
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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.