Re: A hedge by the sea
- To: p*@librs6k.vatlib.it, m*@ucdavis.edu
- Subject: Re: A hedge by the sea
- From: K*@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1999 10:26:20 EDT
Allesandra:
Although it is terribly overused as a landscape shrub here in California,
Indian Hawthorn, Raphiolepis indica, meets the height requirement, is drought
resistant, flowers profusely in the spring, and has a form and foliage that
wouldn't look out of place in the maquis. The cultivar "Ballerina" has pink
flowers that are larger and more highly colored than the type. Another plant
you might consider, also terribly overused here in California, is Nerium
oleander. There are a number of dwarf cultivars that have very attractive
form, foliage, and flower, and that would still meet the height requirement.
One dwarf cultivar that I've seen has single flowers of a lovely soft apricot
color. Neither of these should require any pruning and both would make a
beautiful, naturally low and undulating, flowering hedge. Good luck.
Kurt Mize
Stockton, California
USDA Zone 9
