Earth Friendly Program

Greater Dayton Surgery Center

Earth Friendly Program - Easy Care Roses
Plants, Pots, and Tags that are friendly to the environment.

Grown well from the start. These no fuss roses perform wonderfully in drought conditions and are more resistant to diseases. Less watering and no spraying make these not only low maintenance, but eco-friendly as well. Grown in a biodegradable pot, with a biodegradable tag, allows you to toss, compost, or plant the packaging with less impact on the environment. All varieties perform well in full sun, are a shrub form in habit, and are great used as a specimen, border, or mass planting in your landscape or garden.

Plants

Double Knock Out® Rose

This absolutely carefree landscape rose has fluorescent double, cherry red blossoms that attract attention all summer into fall. It also has deep purple fall foliage coloring your garden with three seasons of interest. You don’t have to waste time removing old flowers from this blooming machine, it is self-cleaning. The Double Knock Out® Rose takes the maintenance out of roses with unsurpassed resistance to black spot and downy mildew leaf diseases. An excellent low hedge or accent. Hardy, drought tolerant upon establishment. Rounded habit, fast growing 4 to 4 ft high and wide. Full Sun, Zones 4-10. Deciduous. http://www.theknockoutrose.com/

Lady Elsie May® Rose

This All American Rose Winner produces masses of coral pink flowers providing continual bloom late spring through autumn. It rapidly establishes the first year and shows excellent tolerance to a wide spectrum of environmental conditions. Classified as a repeat-bloomer, Lady Elsie May® grows 3 to 3 1/2 feet making it an excellent landscape shrub rose for mass plantings. It exhibits hardiness to USDA Zone 5 performing well in sun or semi-shade. Use as a specimen plant, in containers, or in groups of 3 or 5. Rounded habit, 3 high and wide, Full Sun, Zones 5-10. Deciduous. http://www.ladyelsiemay.com

TAGS - The Bio Tag™ BioTag

State of the art polymer technology relies on bio-based products, such as corn and soybeans, rather than fossil fuel-based resins to create a product that is totally natural in composition.
Certified by a raw material supplier, BioTag is a totally biodegradable plastic.
Conforms to the American Society for Testing and Materials Standards D6400-04 (compostable plastics) and
D5338-98 (aerobic biodegradation).

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POTS – The Natural Fiber Container™

100% recycled paper
lets roots breathe
insulates and protects
made in the USA

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Plant Pot N' All Instructions

Follow the steps below or click here for a printable brochure.

PLANTING INSTRUCTIONS: For best results, remove the container completely before planting.
Though planting “pot & all” is acceptable with the following instructions.

1. Dig hole as deep as the pot and twice as wide.

2. Remove pot bottom, slit sides, and tear off rim.

3. Fill hole with soil, pack firmly to remove air pockets making a basin around pot for watering.

4. Soak soil well making sure to remove any air pockets.

5. Add 2"– 3" of mulch around plant, taking care to keep it away from the trunk.

Technical Bulletin
Western's fiber containers are made from 100% recycled paper. In addition to being better for the environment,
molded pulp is better for plants. Learn more about the benefits of molded fiber.
Click here for the Technical Bulletin PDF from Western Pulp Products.

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