Re: deep shade evergreens
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- Subject: Re: [SG] deep shade evergreens
- From: R* M* D*
- Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 15:22:34 -0500
You might want to check out Ilex (hollies).
Roy Dales
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-----Original Message-----
From: Nancy Stedman [SMTP:stedman@RCN.COM]
Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2000 11:00 AM
To: shadegardens@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
Subject: [SG] deep shade evergreens
Gene has inspired me to plant more evergreens. Can anyone suggest a
small'ish (six feet tops) evergreen shrub that would survive pretty deep,
dry shade? I have had great success in a similar area with Mahonia
aquifolium and I'd be happy to plant another but they are expensive and
slow-growing. Hemlocks are out because they're all getting killed by woolly
algedid (or however it's spelled) and I'm just not the spraying type. Does
anyone have experience with Sarcococca (which is supposed to only be hardy
to zone 7 but I've seen it growing near me, in zone 6) or Leucothoe
fontanesiana? Are there any yews that are short and natural-looking (this is
a real woodland area)? Any other possibilities?
Thanks in advance,
Nancy S. (zone 6, NYC)
