RE: Shade shrub other than Holly
- To: "'perennials@mallorn.com'"
- Subject: RE: Shade shrub other than Holly
- From: S* S*
- Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 09:10:20 -0800
And I would add that while really lovely, the snowberry suckers PROFUSELY.
Another thought: kerria japonica
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mark combellack [c*@comnet.ca]
> Sent: Thursday, November 11, 1999 11:41 PM
> To: perennials@mallorn.com
> Subject: Re: Shade shrub other than Holly
>
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> paula b wrote:
>
> > Hello everyone,
> > Greetings from 3 rains since August Zone 5..........
> >
> > I have a client that wants a deciduos shade shrub. Any
> ideas other than
> > Holly and Mountain Laurel? Would love any input.
> >
> > Hope you are all having better weather than this. I am
> afraid of Spring as I
> > can,t imagine what all has died.
> >
> > Peace, Paula
> >
> >
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> Hello from the north
>
> Paul you have quite a few choices in the way of deciduos
> shrubs for shade
> - Summersweet (Clethra alnifolia)
> - Smooth Hydrangia (Hydrangia arborescens) The
> cultivar'Annabelle' flowers well
>
> for me despite being planted under very heavy shade.
> - Wayfaring Tree (Viburnum lantana) I find this large shrub
> to be more tolerant
> of heavy shade than the rest of it's Viburnum brethren
> - Snowbery, Coralberry (Symphocarpus sp. not sure of spelling)
>
> Althogh not a shrub False Spirea (Aruncus) can be used in
> much the same way as
> the above plants.
> Hope this helps
> Mark
>
> PS sorry to engage in plant bashing but i find both the
> snowberry and annabelle
> hydrangea tend to look ragged as the season progresses so i
> tend to use them
> more as a background plant.
>
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