Re: Back of the Border plants
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- Subject: Re: Back of the Border plants
- From: M* T*
- Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 20:47:10 -0500
Agree with Marilyn...Miscanthus would fill that bill. Take two or
three years for them to reach large size, but they will eventually
get rather huge.
If you really want to keep people from stomping thru', consider one
of the taller, purple leafed barberries - lovely and very thorny
plants...
B. thunbergii 'Crimson Velvet' is a good one for this if you decide
to go the shrub route.
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@clark.net
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> From: Lowery@teamzeon.com
> Date: Monday, March 27, 2000 8:19 AM
>
>
> I am looking for some tall, blooming perennials (at least 4 foot)
to place
> along the back of a full-sun border. Ideally the plant should be
sturdy
> and full enough to provide some screening. I'm trying to plant
something
> that would discourage someone from taking "short cuts" through my
borders!
> Due to the awkwardness of this location, I would also like
something that
> wouldn't require a lot of care.
>
> This area of the garden gets full sun and stays on the dry side.
Summers
> are hot and humid. I would rather not have shrubbery at this site,
> although I am considering buddlea because of those wonderful
trusses of
> bloom. Any other suggestions would be much appreciated.
>
> Val in KY
> zone 6a
>
>
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