Re: Low plants for under deciduous trees
- Subject: Re: Low plants for under deciduous trees
- From: d* f* <d*@yahoo.com>
- Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 22:44:45 -0800 (PST)
I might suggest adding Pelargonium tomentosum, Ipheion uniflora, Chasmanthe floribunda v. duckittii, Erysimum linifolium 'Bowle's Mauve', Dianella intermedia, Euphorbia characias, Lobelia laxiflora and Zantedeschia aethiopica to Joe's list.
--- On Mon, 2/23/09, Joseph Seals <thegardenguru@yahoo.com> wrote:
> From: Joseph Seals <thegardenguru@yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: Low plants for under deciduous trees
> To: "'Mediterranean plants listserv'" <medit-plants@ucdavis.edu>, nmmueller@roadrunner.com
> Date: Monday, February 23, 2009, 3:34 PM
> Here's a starter list:
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> Acanthus mollis BEAR’S BREECH
> Aeonium haworthii HAWORTH
> AEONIUM
> Amaryllis belladonna NAKED LADY
> Aristea ecklonii BLUE STAR GRASS
> Protoasparagus densiflorus ‘Sprengeri’ ASPARAGUS
> FERN
> Bergenia BERGENIA
> Carex glauca (C. flacca) BLUE SEDGE
> Carex solandri NEW ZEALAND BUSH SEDGE
> Carex spissa SAN DIEGO SEDGE
> Carex subfusca RUSTY SEDGE
> Carex tumulicola BERKELEY SEDGE
> Crassula multicava FAIRY CRASSULA
> Dianella NEW ZEALAND BLUE-BERRY
> Dudleya LIVE-FOREVER
> Hemerocallis DAYLILY
> Heuchera maxima ALUM ROOT
> Iris Pacific Coast Hybrids PCH IRIS
> Melica imperfecta COAST RANGE MELIC
> Muhlenbergia rigens DEER GRASS
> Narcissus DAFFODILS
> Nerine bowdenii GUERNSEY LILY
> Pelargonium tomentosum PEPPERMINT GERANIUM
> Ribes viburnifolium CATALINA PERFUME
> Sedum dendroideum TREE SEDUM
> Sisyrinchium bellum BLUE-EYED GRASS
> Sollya heterophylla AUSTRALIAN BLUEBELL CREEPER
> Vinca minor DWARF TRAILING PERIWINKLE
> Zauschneria (Epilobium) species CALIFORNIA FUCHSIA
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> Now, convince her to remove ALL the grass.
>
> Joe
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> Joe Seals
> Landscape Designer, Horticultural Consultant
> Pismo Beach, California
> Home/Office: 805-295-6039
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> --- On Mon, 2/23/09, NMMueller
> <nmmueller@roadrunner.com> wrote:
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> From: NMMueller <nmmueller@roadrunner.com>
> Subject: Low plants for under deciduous trees
> To: "'Mediterranean plants listserv'"
> <medit-plants@ucdavis.edu>
> Date: Monday, February 23, 2009, 11:06 PM
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> A gardening friend here in Fallbrook is removing a lot of
> grass from her backyard. Between (and including) two large
> ornamental pear trees she is making a large oval. She need
> attractive plants (not too tall-say 3' or less) that can
> take low water, yet be in the shade during a large portion
> of the day (once the leaves return on the trees in late
> Spring), and coexist with any trees roots. Any ideas? To
> add to her wish list – she does not like orange.
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> Thanks!
>
> Nancy M. Mueller
> Fallbrook, CA
> Zone 23
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