Re: deep shade evergreens

Diann, if you plant nothing else, please plant a winterberry holly. THey
are so showy! I think some cultivars get quite large, but some are fairly
small.

Gene's suggestion of I. compacta 'Shamrock' is appealing. I think that
will be the next one I add to my collection. Black berries are very pretty
too. I take it this one doesn't need a male to pollenate?

Bobbi Diehl
Bloomington, IN
zone 5/6


On Fri, 15 Dec 2000, Diann Barbee Thoma wrote:

> We built a garage a year ago and now it's time to get serious about
> landscaping.  There's a long flagstone (?white-yellow stratified limey
> stuff) walkway next to it leaving about 2' of space right by the garage.
> This walkway faces East, but is fairly close to the house next door.  I'm
> wondering what choices would be good for shrubs or small trees here.  Am
> open to anything of interest and hardy in z5b, preferably not needing
> pruning more than once a year to maintain its allotted space.  Red berries
> in the winter would be lovely, but would forego for other suggestions.
>
> Thanks much,
> Diann
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: PRIMROSES [s*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU]On Behalf Of
> GeneBush
> Sent: Friday, December 15, 2000 6:34 AM
> To: shadegardens@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
> Subject: Re: [SG] deep shade evergreens
>
>
> Hello Nancy,
>     We did quite a bit of landscaping around here this year. One of the
> shrubs we
> choose for the east side of the potting shed was two dwarf ink berry holly.
> Ilex
> crenata compacta 'Shamrock'. This one will do well in half-day shade, but we
> hedged our bets by placing one at each end of the building where they would
> get
> additional light. These stay within 3 to 4 feet height, can be trimmed.
> highly
> glossy deep green rich foliage out here now.
>     Gene Bush     Southern Indiana    Zone 6a     Munchkin Nursery
>           around the woods - around the world
> genebush@otherside.com     http://www.munchkinnursery.com
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Nancy Stedman <stedman@RCN.COM>
> 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)
>
>
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