Re: garage landscaping

Thank you.  re: The "firethorn" part of this fellow's name: is that
meaningful??

-----Original Message-----
From: PRIMROSES [s*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU]On Behalf Of
Kitasei
Sent: Friday, December 15, 2000 9:05 AM
To: shadegardens@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
Subject: [SG] garage landscaping


My suggestion: espalier firethorn.It's evergreen, flowers in the spring,
gorgeous berries in the fall and winter, and can be pruned to whatever
degree of formality or abandon you like.

Good luck!

-----Original Message-----
From: PRIMROSES [s*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU]On Behalf Of
Diann Barbee Thoma
Sent: Friday, December 15, 2000 9:49 AM
To: shadegardens@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
Subject: Re: [SG] deep shade evergreens


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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