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Article: Double features: multi-tasking plants offer beauty plus privacy, protection, or plain old peace and quiet.(GARDENING)
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- Mississippi Magazine
- Article date:
- May 1, 2006
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Shakespeare may have said that a rose is still if called by another name, but he may have missed the mark entirely when it comes to understanding dual-purpose plants. A rose, like so many other plants, may in fact be chosen and grown because it serves more than one function in the landscape.
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