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Red Flowering Currant
Purple Leaf Loropetalum
Winter Daphne
Red Flowering Currant

Common name:Red Flowering Currant
Botanical name:Ribes sanguineum

Upright, multibranched deciduous shrub with medium green maple shaped leaves. The rose-red flowers appear in clusters in mid-winter offering winter color for the garden, and food for hummingbirds. Can tolerate some shade on the coast, and needs shade in

Purple Leaf Loropetalum

Common name:Purple Leaf Loropetalum
Botanical name:Loropetalum chinese purple cvs.

Red Fringe Flower is a 6-12' shrub with arching branches and light green and reddish leaves .

Winter Daphne

Common name:Winter Daphne
Botanical name:Daphne odora 'Aureomarginata'

This shrub will reach about 6' tall and has small, glossy, greenish white leaves with pink flowers that bloom in winter and spring.

Designer: Michelle Dervis

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Photographer: Michelle Dervis

Soils and Compost:

Maintain a two to four inch layer of mulch on the soil surface to reduce weeds, infiltrate rain water, and reduce compaction.

Integrated Pest Management:

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