Re: Snowberry/ groundcover

Bill, Nancy,
    If you are going to use cyclamen and can expect a dormant period above
ground, why not a nice small groundcover to occupy the space until the
cyclamen comes back around? Mitchella repens, or Partridge berry, is my
favorite. Tiny round shiny green leaves that looks as though they had been
polished each evening. Nothing seems to bother the plant, and it is not
aggressive. Looks as though someone had pained the ground green it is so
flat. I like to use it with ariasema, troutlilies.
    Gene E. Bush
Munchkin Nursery & Gardens, llc
www.munchkinnursery.com
genebush@munchkinnursery.com
Zone 6/5  Southern Indiana

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Plummer" <remmulp@STNY.RR.COM>


> Nancy, I had snowberry growing in a hedge that only got afternoon sun.
> The back of our house which faces east is also surrounded on the three
sides
> by woods. I do get sun from late morning to early afternoon. have you
> thought of the dwarf boxwoods or some of the dwarf rhododendrons? Have you
> considered Pieris - there are dwarf ones available. You may not have
enough
> sun for Ericas, but they flower early spring. Cyclamen coum would do
nicely,
> but will leave bare spots during the summer.
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