Re:RE: Myrtus

David,

Many of these or similar cvs are also being considered. I'm having my usual
argument with myself about preservation of the original design intent vs
doing
something more interesting/more appropriate to the climate/more fun...The
bed
I'm working on had star jasmine as a low 40 ft long hedge in front to
discourage
people from walking into the rose bed behind it and harvesting flowers. The
roses are really tired, and are in competion for water and nutrients with a
gorgeous birch tree (Betula pendula,and the boundary hedge of Xylosma and
Ligustrum. The low hedge has deteriorated beyond my tolerance level. In
researching the drawings I have discovered that several designs were done
for
the area, none of them very exciting. It is absolutely the sunniest, warmest
place in the garden and to me cries out to be much more of a friendly and
year-round garden area rather than one which is dormant from Dec.-April. Low
water/nutrient requiring plants are needed that can do well in full sun with
the
fierce root competition. I may decide not to have the fronting hedge at all
but
it does slow down casual foot traffic in the bed and give the area
definition.
I've used Agapanthus 'Tinker Bell' for this purpose in some of the street
level
gardens I've re-designed and it has worked very nicely but I don't want to
overdo a good thing you know? What does A. 'Queen Anne' look like?

Deborah

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Subject:    RE: Myrtus
Author: "david feix" <SMTP:davidfeix@yahoo.com>
Date:       1/15/03 12:22 PM

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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