Re: shrubs, getting on, what's new?
- Subject: Re: shrubs, getting on, what's new?
- From: B*@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 22:46:54 EDT
In a message dated 6/5/2003 6:11:31 PM Eastern Standard Time, ECPep@aol.com
writes:
> A long intro to say I would like a discussion of new and superior woody
> plants plus older and less known woodies that are hardy in the Northeast.
Claire, one of my favorite shrubs is pearl bush, exochorda x macrantha 'The
Bride'. the flower buds do indeed look like pearls on a string. I first saw
this plant about 8 years ago at the national arboretum and it was in full bloom
and a total knockout. It was about 8 feet tall and probably 10-12 feet wide
and was in the conifer garden. I did a lot of searching to find one for myself
and planted one the following year. I doubt it will reach the size of the one
I saw in my lifetime.
In hunting one down I learned that it is a relatively old plant to gardens
and sometimes used when historic gardens are being replanted.
I don't know how it would do in Z4.
Bill Lee
Z6a Cincinnati
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