Re: Shrub suggestion
- Subject: Re: Shrub suggestion
- From: L* J*
- Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 07:56:04 -0500
I vote for one of the spireas, meet all requirements except open up to 10",
but the spring, summer, and fall interest make up for that!
Lynn
At 12:41 AM 7/16/01 -0400, you wrote:
>Does anybody have suggestions for a shrub with the following
>requirements? Provided there is such a thing. :-)
>
>Full sun
>3-4' max height and width
>no pruning
>hopefully open from the base up to maybe 10"
>only water source will be rain
>will be in unamended soil (what is currently growing there is doing
>great despite this)
>hopefully something common enough to be found at a local nursery
>won't grow at a snail's pace
>can be deciduous or evergreen
>zone 5a
>
>This will be used to make an L shaped hedge at my mother's house. She
>currently has Euyonomous (Burning Bush) there, but is tired of the
>pruning required. She is unable to do the work herself, doesn't want to
>put any more burden on my sister or me, and has had no success with
>hiring out the pruning (as in butchering). I can think of boxwood and
>spirea. She thought maybe Snowmound spirea or Itea virginica "Henry
>Garret', but they may end up bigger than she wants. Any other thoughts?
>
>TIA
>Karen
>z5a, north central Ohio
>
>
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