Trees for Shade
- To: s*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
- Subject: Trees for Shade
- From: M* D* C*
- Date: Thu, 9 Sep 1999 02:04:45 -0400
Hello; one of my favorite trees for dappled or partial shade (good for
understories) is Davidia involucrata. Catalogues always say hardy to Z7,
but I have one in my mismanaged garden, in the coldest section where even
Z6 plants don't live all winter. Paw-paws, dogwoods, redbuds, and many
ashes will tolerate shade very well in Z5. I like bird cherries (sorry, I
don't know the botanical name); no weeping branches, but the large,
dangling panicles of flowers give a weeping effect.
Sheila Smith
mikecook@pipeline.com
Niles, MI USA, Z 5/6
