Re: deep shade evergreens
- To: s*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
- Subject: Re: [SG] deep shade evergreens
- From: A* B*
- Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 07:47:59 +0100
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At 09:19 PM 14.12.00 -0500, Bobbi Diehl wrote:
>
>I would love to try boxwood if I thought it had a prayer of surviving. It
>is a beautiful shrub and makes wonderful Xmas greenery too. Does anyone
>out there in zone 6 or below grow it successfully? If so, what particular
>species and cultivars do you grow?
>
Bobbi - I am not the right one to answer you about boxwood in zone 6, but
we have had in out garden long before my time started, for at least 50-60
years with no problem, but he I am supposed to live in zone 8 up here in
Norway! :) (mild coastline you know becacuse of Gulf stream) - we have
several placea, but all staning on notern side of houses together with
Rhododendrons and Hedera helix (ivy). The boxwood are getting big so we
have to prune them every year - maybe that is a helping reason I never have
seen any winter damage? the point was: it is god to prune them, and if you
get winterdamage you may just take it away with pruning?
Arnhild - Hardanger in Norway 60 *N
*The greatest gift of the garden is peace of mind*
