RE: Looking for a very small tree or large bush to complement hosta
- Subject: RE: Looking for a very small tree or large bush to complement hosta
- From: P* M* W* (*
- Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2001 21:51:19 -0500
Which, if any, would you recomend for zone 5ish.
Mike
Milwaukee
-----Original Message-----
From: Shishi@aol.com [S*@aol.com]
Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2001 9:43 PM
To: hosta-open@mallorn.com
Subject: Re: Looking for a very small tree or large bush to complement
hosta
In a message dated 7/12/2001 10:32:58 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
ardissono@home.com writes:
I am
looking for suggestions on a tree/bush that doesn't get higher then 6
feet
and doesn't have a massive root system. I was thinking of an Acer but
am
not really familiar with them....
at 6' in the acer genus (palmatum), here are some choices:
any dissectum (over 6' after 10 years??) green or red
sharp's pygmy
beni hime
kiyo hime
koto hime
wilson's pink dwarf
shishigashira
all are small and slow growing.
there are more, but these came "off the top" of my head
harry
Harry Abel
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hand carved stone water basins traditional bamboo
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japanese maples dwarf bamboos hosta
bonsai
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