Re: what to plant on the east side
- Subject: Re: [SG] what to plant on the east side
- From: G* B*
- Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2002 08:31:09 -0500
Hello Bobbi,
European ginger would be very nice... super clean, glossy green foliage
in the shape of hearts. they are a bit slower growing than our native and
about half the height. I certainly enjoy mine here in my raised beds. Try
with the other nice native ginger A. shuttleworthii. It turns beet-bronze in
the winter for a nice contrast...then alternate with clumps of Japanese
painted x lady "Ghost" ferns in silver-gray that are stiffly upright and
vase shaped in outline.
Gene E. Bush
Munchkin Nursery & Gardens,LLC
genebush@munchkinnursery.com
www.munchkinnursery.com
Southern Indiana Zone 6
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bobbi Diehl" <diehlr@INDIANA.EDU>
snip.....
but what about European ginger? It tends to stay
> kind of evergreen and is smaller. Woodruff might be cute but it does get
> ratty part of the year and goes completely dormant. I'd like to try
> boxwood if there is a teensy cultivar I could use. Other ideas?
