Re: Snowberry

Nancy,

Yes,  Leucothea grows very well in shade.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Nancy Stedman" <stedman@RCN.COM>
To: <shadegardens@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU>
Sent: Saturday, July 10, 2004 3:36 PM
Subject: Re: [SG] Snowberry


> Thanks for the heads-up. Now I know why snowberry is hard to find.
> I love the idea of a pieris, but I'm not sure this soil (which is largely
> granite chips and compost, plus store-bought top soil) is acid enough. (I
> could, of course, test the soil--but somehow I never do.) I also wonder if
> about two hours of direct light a day (late morning to early afternoon) is
> enough for blooms to happen. What about leucothoe--is that more
shade-tolerant?
> Nancy Stedman, NYC
>
> At 12:07 PM 7/10/2004 -0400, you wrote:
> >In a message dated 7/10/04 8:51:41 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
stedman@RCN.COM
> >writes:
> >
> >
> ><<Anyone have any experience growing Symphoricarpos albus or related
species?>
> > >
> >
> >Snowberries will grow and do well in deep shade but they will not bloom
and
> >fruit without sun.  They will however, and this is what prompts me to
write
> >this note, establish themselves in time and sucker all over your garden.
Only
> >when used as hedges and kept in line by the lawnmower should you plant
these
> >shrubs.  If you have an old garden and you already have one of these
> >menaces, so
> >be it but it you are planting anew, why put in something that will cover
a
> >half acre all by itself in time.
> >
> >There are so many shrubs that do not sucker, do think carefully about
those
> >that do.  If you are an avid gardener and keep you soils fertile, these
> >monster
> >plants will take advantage of your good soils and crowd out non-suckering
> >plants.  A little research will save you years of snowberry sprouts.
Also
> >have a
> >good long look at the berries.  They are not so great looking like some
sort
> >of ugly growth on the plants in the fall.  Of  course, this last comment
is my
> >opinion and may be colored by the trouble the plants have caused here
over
> >the years.
> >
> >Those berry articles you read every fall and the handsome pix hardly ever
> >tell you the blooms that precede the berries are not much to look at and
the
> >shrubs are generally coarse and unattractive.  Exept hollies from that
> >comment.
> >
> >Claire Peplowski
> >NYZ zone 4
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