RE: Myrtus
- Subject: RE: Myrtus
- From: david feix d*@yahoo.com
- Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 10:22:33 -0800 (PST)
Deborah,
Myrsine africana is another myrtle look alike, but I
am not sure whether it has more tolerance to
phytopthera and thrips. When you say low growing and
low maintenance, I am not sure of the exact
parameters, but here's a short list of things I might
consider:
Buxus microphylla japonica 'Green Beauty'
Carissa grandiflora 'Boxwood Beauty'
Escallonia 'Newport Dwarf'
Hebe menziesii or H. buxifolia
Myrsine africana
Nandina domestica 'Harbour Dwarf'
Ilex cornuta 'Dwarf Burford'
Sedum dendroideum
Lavandula angustifolium
Rosmarinus officinalis 'Prostratus'
Lantana montevidensis
Teucrium fruticans
Not all of the above will be as long lived as you
might prefer, or as frost tolerant as you may need.
If you could also use more of a herbaceous border in
lieu of a sheared hedge:
Aloe saponaria
Dianella intermedia
Dietes bicolor
Agapanthus 'Queen Anne'
Erigeron karvinskianus 'Moerheimii'
Limonium perezii
Hope this helps...
--- "Lindsay, Deborah" <Deborah.Lindsay@kaiseral.com>
wrote:
> Hi John,
>
> Well darn...I need a low, evergreen, preferably low
> maintenance hedge plant
> which is susceptible to neither Phytophthora nor
> Thrips, and looks good 365
> days
> a year (I know...but I can dream can't I?). The
> above named pests are my
> biggest
> headaches here.
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