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  • Landscape Makeover: A Gift for Grandma and Grandpa
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    Repairing cracked concrete and planting new shrubs rejuvenates this front landscape.
    From "Desperate Landscapes"
    episode DDSL-212


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    'Angelina' sedum
    'Angelina' stonecrop
    Sedum rupestre 'Angelina'

    This low-maintenance plant provides a pop of color with its bright yellow foliage.

  • Mature size: 6 inches tall and 2 to 4 feet wide
  • Disease resistant.
  • Cost: $83 for 8
  • Maintenance tip: It prefers to be a little dry and does not need to be watered too frequently.

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    Cranberry cotoneaster
    Cranberry cotoneaster
    Cotoneaster apiculatus

    Cranberry cotoneaster is a deciduous shrub that's prized for its bountiful red berries in winter. It has pink flowers in late May.

  • Mature size: 3 feet tall and 6 feet wide
  • Full sun to part shade
  • Low maintenance, but it can be pruned to shape
  • USDA Zones 4-7
  • Cost: $201 for 7

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    'Blue Princess' holly
    'Blue Princess' holly
    Ilex x meserveae

    One of the best of the female blue broadleaf evergreen hybrid hollies, 'Blue Princess' is shrubby in habit and offers leathery, glossy, bright green leaves and abundant red fruit.

  • Mature size: 10 feet high and wide, but may be pruned to maintain desired shape and height
  • USDA Zones 4-7
  • Cost: $345 for 2
  • Maintenance tip: Water well during summer is dry.
  • Maintenance tip: In the winter holly leaves give off moisture, making them prone to drying out. Some researchers say holly leaves can be protected with an anti-desiccant spray which leaves a waxy film on the leaves. Other researchers say anti-desiccants are ineffective.

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    Seven son flower tree
    Seven son flower tree
    Heptacodium miconioides

    This small tree is prized for its creamy-white flowers and exfoliating, light-colored bark. In the fall it produces colorful red calyces.

  • It has an arching, open habit.
  • Mature size: 15 to 20 feet tall
  • USDA Zones 5-8
  • Cost: $115
  • Maintenance tip: This tree needs at least one inch of rainfall a week until the first hard freeze.

    'Merlot' Virginia sweetspire
    Itea virginica 'Merlot'

    Virginia sweetspire is valued for its fragrant June flowers. 'Merlot' offers fall color that resembles wine.

  • Mature size: 3 to 4 feet wide and high.
  • Low maintenance; no known diseases or pests
  • USDA Zones 3-9
  • Cost: $276 for 8

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    Ornamental kale
    Ornamental kale
    Brassica oleracea cultivars

    Ornamental kale looks a lot like its edible relative, but its foliage is ruffled and more colorful. It comes in a variety of colors from whites to pinks and purples.

  • Extremely cold tolerant, but it does not do well in summer heat.
  • Plant in the fall.
  • Thrives in all zones
  • Cost: $276 for 8

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    Chrysanthemums

    Chrysanthemum
    Chrysanthemum

    There are hundreds of varieties of mums in various sizes and colors. Some are annuals, and some are perennials.

  • Plant in full sun.
  • They can be planted in all zones.


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  • RELATED PROJECTS:
  		• Landscape Makeover for a Tudor Home
  		• Concrete Step Repair
  		• Concrete Floor Repair
  		• Fantastic Facelift for a Front Yard
  		• Central Planter Box
  		• Foolproof Container Gardening
  		• Container Gardening

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