Re: Revised zones for yearround container plantings, any

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• To: woodyplants@mallorn.com
• Subject: Re: Revised zones for yearround container plantings, any
• From: "* P* L* <lindsey@mallorn.com>
• Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 19:39:21 +6600 (CST)

> I'd love to know if anyone on this list trains shrubs into
> topiary forms?  I am not allowed to plant my own shrubs in
> ground here but can put them in containers.  I am thinking
> of Inkberry (Michigan Holly) and boxwood.  What else would
> be good for this that would also be hardy to at least zone5
> or below?

Hi Diana,

   Some of the other possibilities include Juniper, Chamaecyparis,
   and various ivies such as the Euonymus fortunei cultivars.

   Of course, there's also bonsai, so any woody plant is game.

   If you're not planning on doing any training, here are some
   other woody plants for containers:

      Buxus sempervirens 'Suffruticosa'
      Calluna vulgaris
      Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'Ellwoodii'
      Chamaecyparis pisifera ('Boulevard', 'Filifera Aurea')
      Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Nana Gracilis'
      Chamaecyparis 'Minima' (specific epithet unknown)
      Cotoneaster (specificially apiculatus 'Tom Thumb' and 
                   microphyllus thymifolius)
      Erica spp.
      Euonymus fortunei (i.e. 'Emerald and Gold')
      Gaultheria procumbens
      Hedera helix
      Juniperus squamata 'Blue Star'
      Juniperus communis 'Compacta'
      Thuja orientalis 'Aurea Nana'
      Vinca minor 'Variegata'

Chris
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