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Re: [SHADEGARDENS] Winter-Interest Plants

Here in Michigan, I prune down to about 1ft in the spring.  Glad to know
these leaves will elongate eventually.  I'm severely limited because
management says we cannot plant our own shrubs--they think this bush is just
a perennial.


Diana Pederson
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-----Original Message-----
From: Shishi <Shishi@AOL.COM>
To: shadegardens@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU <shadegardens@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU>
Date: Sunday, March 01, 1998 10:49 AM
Subject: Re: [SHADEGARDENS] Winter-Interest Plants


>Diana, here in the south, 7a, the foliage acts as somewhat of a barometer
for
>changing weather.
>
>During the occasional cold spells, the silvry foliage looks dried and
>lifeless, but following a short warm up, it refoiliates and brightens op
the
>plantings.
>
>Hre, if left unpruned, they get to 8' or so, except for the dwarf
varieties.
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