plants under pines

Dear List,

I have recently moved to a new house here in Sebastopol, California. Along
one property line there is a row of tall Monterey Pines, Pinus radiata. I
would like to plant a row of large shrubs near the base of the pines as a
visual screen of my neighbors driveway and parking.

I was thinking of planting Toyon, Heteromeles arbutifolia, but I'm
wondering how they would do under the drip line of tall Pines. There is
afternoon sun, just a layer of pine needles and the morning shade of the
trees. 

Does anyone have experience of growing plants under pines?

Steve French
Sebastopol, California (Where it's raining and raining and is dark and gloomy.)
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