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Reply Re: Privacy Hedge, LONG - PART V

PART V (the last part!)

(Fall fruiting plants continued)

---Ilex species (Holly)There are over 800 species of Holly, of which about
30 are deciduous.  Hollies are a topic of their own.  I am currently
reading the new book "Hollies: The Genus Ilex" by Fred C. Galle (available
at Timber Press, http://www.timber-press.com/index.html) in prep. for doing
a book review on it that I will put up on Suite101.  If you have any
specific holly questions, I can do some research on them for you.  Galle
describes over 600 of the evergreen and 27 of the deciduous species and
their cultivars.  Numerous ones would be very good for your border and you
can probably find a good selection in one of the area nurseries - or as I
said before, if they are too expensive, you can get smaller plants
mailorder.  I. opaca (evergreen) is native to our area, although the native
ones in my woods are not as attractive as many of the cultivars.  All
hollies, except for I. cornuta 'Burfordii' (evergreen) and one other that
slips my mind, require both male and female forms to produce berries.  I.
c. 'Burfordii' or one of its cultivars would be quite nice.  The species
gets to 10' tall or more and is hardy USDA z. 7-9.  You can get hollies in
all sizes from smaller shrubs to large trees.

* Winter-Fruiting Plants

These are plants whose fruit stays on into the winter.  Various Ilex
(Hollies) can also fall into this category.  
--- Malus (Crabapples).  Deciduous trees or large shrubs.  There are a
*lot* of crabapples around.  You have to be careful to choose one that is
resistant to fireblight and some of the other diseases to which they can be
prone.  A good one is:
--------M. 'Donald Wyman' -- 15-20' tall x 20-25'.  White flowers in
spring, abundant, small red persistent fruit in fall.  Hardy to USDA z. 4a.
Others, like Sumac (Rhus species) and Virginia Creeper (Parthenocissus
quinquefolia) are native to our area and I wouldn't go out and buy them or
put them in a border on purpose.  They may just show up one day and you may
decide to leave them.

*  Nut and Acorn Plants

These include oaks (Quercus), hickories (Carya), buckeyes (Aesculus),
chestnuts (Castanea), butternuts (Juglans cinerea), walnuts (Juglans regia)
-- the squirrels plant these all over my garden and they're the devil to
pull up, and hazels(Corylus).  Most of these get to be very large trees and
may be out of the scope of what you are thinking of.

Well, in spite of being so long-winded about this, I have scarcely tapped
the possibilities for your 'hedge' :-)  Hope this gives you a starting
point at least.

Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@clark.net
Editor:  Gardening in Shade
http://www.suite101.com



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> From: RobsGardn@aol.com
> Date: Monday, August 11, 1997 8:03 AM
> I would like the area to be somewhere in the area of 40'x40' to 30'x50'.
I
> plan on using the hedge as a year 'round divider, with perennials such as
> butterfly bush and cone flower to highlight the area as well as attract
birds
> and butterflies. If the you can suggest a mixed hedge, I would be very
> interested in it. As I said, I don't want to look too stiff, just have an
> area in my back yard that that is "protected" all year.

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