Re: deep shade evergreens
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On Fri, 15 December 2000, Bobbi Diehl wrote:
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> 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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