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bcretired

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on: Jul 22, 2018
What are some of the features that you would include in the design of a low-maintenance landscape?
 
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When at a nursery, how can you check to make sure a dormant bareroot plant that you would like to buy is alive?
 
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leahchrapun

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Reply #1 on: Jul 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Extensive paving, raised planters, groundcover in lieu of grass, automatic irrigation, limited number of plants, low-maintenance plants, flowering shrubs in place of perennial and annual flowers, insect and disease-resistant plants

Answer to Question 2

Scrape a tiny area of the bark with your fingernail and check for green color underneath.


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Reply 2 on: Jul 22, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)

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Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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