Wright Scoop Identifies 2016 Plants, Products, Services of CARE

Across the Nation, climatic shift occurs, challenging all to identify eco sustainable plants, products and services that enable greening their urban suburban landscapes. For the summer of 2016, the Wright Scoop recognizes ‘Mock Orange’ and ‘Ecological Footprint’ for their eco sustainable characteristics.

Mock Orange –

For introducing a stunning citrus fragrance in the garden, you can’t go wrong with Mock Orange shrub (Philadelphus virginalis). This late spring-blooming deciduous bush looks great when placed in a border, used in groups as screening or simply as stand-alone specimen plants. Though it’s not a true orange, its name is derived from the fragrant white flowers which in some varieties are thought to resemble that of orange blossoms. Mock orange shrubs are hardy in Zones 4-8. They enjoy areas with full sun to partial shade and moist, well-drained soil. Adding compost to the soil will help improve most issues.

 

Mock orange bushes come in many varieties, ranging in height from 4-8 feet or more. For its heirloom qualities and ability to naturalize an environment, plant ‘Mock Orange’ ‘is recognized as a ‘Plants of CARE’, July of 2016. For those who do not have the privilege of hosting such a plant, it is available through vendors such as Monrovia, www.monrovia.com .

Ecological Footprint -

How much land area does it take to support your lifestyle? Take a quiz to find out your Ecological Footprint, discover your biggest areas of resource consumption, and learn what you can do to tread more lightly on the earth.  While some of each person's Ecological Footprint is dependent upon individual choices they make in their own life, some of it is also their per person share of their societies' infrastructure. The first part can be influenced directly.

On the other hand, the second part is equally critical to living within the means of one planet, but must be influenced through more indirect action such as political engagement, green technology and innovation, and other work toward large-scale social change. To identify your eco impact, participate in an activity such as ecological footprint, www.footprintnetwork.org,

About the Wright Scoop –

Spotlight by Landscape Architect magazine as an Industry ‘mover and shaker’, the Wright Scoop – Sylvia Hoehns Wright urges all to become people who CARE - have a perspective of conservation, accountability, recovery and eco-efficiency. As founder of the Plants, Product & Services of Care programs, Wright challenges all to select and use plants/products/services that work-well in their region. For details of her programs, link to Plants of CARE, http://wrightscoop.blogspot.com/2015/12/plants-of-care-plant-recognition-program.html and Product/Services of CARE, http://wrightscoop.blogspot.com/2015/12/products-of-care-eco-sustainable.html Or, link to web site www.TheWrightScoop.com  or view video Landscape Gardening with CARE - https://youtu.be/ENPhCg9QQNc   or contact Sylvia@TheWrightScoop.com .