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- From: C* L* C*
- Date: Sun, 03 Oct 1999 17:09:17 -0500
need advice...
i have a flower bed (facing west) approx. 3'X24' long. Have spent more
time and money than i like to think about trying to develop a flower bed
-- and it has not become the oasis of beauty I envisioned!! Took me
more than two years to finally remember that we had pfitzer juniper
shrubs growing there for years -- and altho our soil is very
alkaline, these pfitzers have probably really acidified the soil or
they did something that makes it very difficult to plant other
things.. This bed fronts an "old fashioned" porch w/white railing -
the house is antique brick. I have about given up on flowers -- but
want shrubs that will be thick and about "knee high" or that can easily
be pruned to that. I have an euonymous shrub in my back yard (and I
don't know what variety). It has shiny green leaves, grows in a loose,
but attractive upright way (never have noticed a flower or berry)...
i really like it and it looks like it can be easily pruned to keep its'
height in bounds....
do you think a row of these would grow in this bed? Also have three
Black Knight (?) caryopteris growing in this front bed right now -- and
they are doing ok? Should I remove them or could I intersperse them
with the euonymous? would this be attractive or junky?
it amazes me that i feel i have an unerring sense of taste and style for
the interior of my home -- but i step out in the yard and turn into an
idio!!
we live in zone 5a.... thanks
Carol
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