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Patt Wagner's Eclectic Landscape: Plan, Costs and Products Meet Patt Wagner and find out the gardening challenge plan. From "Garden Sense" episode DGAR-309

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Dollars and Sense

We used 16 plants in Hardiness Zone 7 and spent $1,130.

The most expensive plant was the contorted filbert at $150 dollars, but it was worth the cost.

The least expensive plants were the lantana at just three dollars apiece.

Plant prices may vary by zone.

Sensible Tools

These are the tools and garden supplies used on our project by Walter and the DIY team and also given to the homeowners to help care for their new landscape:

• Tools and wheelbarrow provided by Corona Clipper (www.coronaclipper.com)

• Garden Gloves provided by (Atlas Gloves)
  
• Nursery assistance provided by The Loveland Greenhouse and Pike Family Nurseries
  
• Swan 50 ft. Sprinkler Hose (www.swanhose.com)
  
• Corona Shovel
  
• Miracle Gro Weed Preventer (www.miraclegro.com)
  
• Scotts Slow Release Fertilizer (www.scotts.com)
  
• Ortho Dial N' Spray (www.ortho.com)
  
• Roundup Weed & Grass Killer (www.roundup.com)
  
• Cobra Head Weeder (www.cobrahead.com)
  
• Osmocote Plant Food (www.osmocote.com)
  
• Gilmour Watering Timer (www.gilmour.com)
  
• Yard Glove (www.upcountryproduct.som)

Gardening by Zip Code If you're looking to start a gardening projectbut don't know your gardening zone—visit the National Gardening Associations's USDA Hardiness Zone Finder. Enter your Zip Code to identify the proper zone.

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RESOURCES :

A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants
American Horticultural Society
Dorling Kindersley Publishing Inc.
ISBN 0-7566-0616-0
Website: www.dk.com