Re: alternative to a boxwood hedge
- To: m*@ucdavis.edu
- Subject: Re: alternative to a boxwood hedge
- From: N* S*
- Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 08:22:46 -0800
Give us some more details, Anne. Where do you live, what else do you grow,
what is the exposure, what is the soil like, etc. What kinds of plants do
you like? What kind of look do you like?
Nan
>Help! (I don't have much imagination.)
>I have just cleared a four foot wide by 14ft long section
>in front of my house (facing west) under my bedroom window,
>and my husband wants me to plant boxwood, because it is neat.
>It is a mostly sunny, fairly dry place, and I was wondering
>what suggestions the group can come up with for me for some
>perennials which wouldn't go much over 4feet tall. I think
>boxwood would be so BORING. I am tempted to plant lavender,
>but it isn't quite tall enough, and besides, I have it in
>lots of other spots (I love making lavender ice cream and
>cookies!), so I could really use some inspiration.
>Thanking you in advance, Anne
>
>
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Nan Sterman
San Diego County California
Sunset zone 24, USDA hardiness zone 10b or 11
