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Re: Understory Plantings and Pink Potentilla

You're welcome, Denise.

No, Ilex opaca and winterberry aren't the same.  In fact, I have seldom
seen berries on the I. opaca in our woods, although somebody must be making
them because there are seedlings popping up here and there!  Winterberry is
Ilex verticillata.  It's also hardy for you, Dirr says it is slow in youth
but can be induced into faster growth with fertilizer and water.  It is
deciduous, so should be able to take the winter winds better than an
evergreen.

Mahonia aquifolium is also called Oregon Grapeholly.  M. bealei is
Leatherleaf Mahonia.

The Euonymous would take both the wind and dryness I should think.  The
others I mentioned wouldn't be so crazy about either condition.

Sorry I can't help you with the pink potentilla.  I've tried them and they
really hate my hot, humid climate.

Good luck finding the perfect plant for your conditions.

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

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> From: Denise Leonard <dal@equinox.shaysnet.com>
> Date: Friday, July 18, 1997 8:32 AM
> 
> Thanks Marge for all your suggestions.  I was wondering if the Ilex opaca

> is the same as winterberry?  That certainly would be a nice possibility. 

> I was thinking of the clethra; I think I want something a little taller 
> than the Itea (I do have one of those and I really like it).  I do have a

> Hydrangea quercifolia which is growing in a different spot and is covered

> with blooms this year.  The area in question is subjected to the winter 
> winds so that whatever I put there has to tolerate the dry shade as well 
> as the winter winds.  Is there a common name for Mahonia?  I will look 
> that up in Dirr (book is home-I am at work).
> 
> On a slighly different note-has anyone grown the new pink potentilla.  
> Anyone know how hardy it is and what its growing characteristics are.  I 
> have a white, a pale yellow and a yellow one.  Wayside carries the pink 
> one.  I saw one in England several years ago and would like to get one.

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