Re: Understory "groundcover"
- Subject: Re: [SG] Understory "groundcover"
- From: C* P*
- Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 22:43:43 EDT
In a message dated 7/10/01 10:05:12 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
diannthoma@HOTMAIL.COM writes:
<< I've wanted to get some of that Cornus groundcover for quite a while, C.
canadensis ("Bunchberry"). It's called a "subshrub," gets flowers, then
berries. Anyone have experience with that? >>
I would not plan on Cornus candensis for a ground cover unless you have a
fairy godmother in the garden.
This is a very difficult plant to site and grow. It is native in my part of
the country and sometimes I think it does not like us.
Surely try two or three and check the culture carefully before you invest in
C. canadensis. It grows in acid soils and seems healthier the farther north
you go.
Claire Peplowski
NYS z4
