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FLOWER POWER

When my wife and I moved into our home in 2000 in Lansdale, Pennsylvania, she set out to create a garden that would attract birds, populating it with native shrubs and plants.

Later, when we needed to replace a few dead and dying trees, she looked for a tree she felt would be most appropriate for the garden. After some research, she, or ‘Winter King’ hawthorn, the 1992 “Gold Medal Plant” as designated by the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society.

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