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Island Bed Care Tips

Come spring, the daffodils will light up the right side of the island, followed by the fritillary and the azalea in a spectrum of creamy peach and salmon pink. The bugleweed ground cover will produce fresh new foliage and spikes of deep blue flowers, and the decadent itoh peonies garner all the attention in late spring and early summer, complemented

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