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Sandy Lund

9 years ago

Beautiful outdoor space! What is the large plant along the back wall, just left of the tree? Thank you! Sandy

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Sandy Koepke
9 years ago
hi sandy. thanks for the kind words. the plant trained on the wall is bougainvillea. we crisscrossed some cable to get it started hugging the wall…and now prune it occasionally so it is sort of espaliered. in warm weather the color is spectacular!
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