Correction: Abelia (grandiflora) Daphne 'Summer Ice' Tsuga canadensis 'Bennett' Pinus sylvestris 'Hillside Creeper' Tsuga canadensis 'Gentsch White' Picea omorika 'Nana'/'Pimoko' Blueberries and Snowberries for fruiting and for fall color, and for bark appeal on the Blueberries. Taxus cuspidata 'Aurea' (green in summer - gold in winter) Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Spiralis' Pinus mugo 'Sherwood Compact' Pinus sylvestris 'Gold Coin' Possibly flanked on the corner with a nice light in color Acer palmatum such as 'Butterfly'. Or given a distance to grow but still on the corner (10 feet away minimum so roots don't do damage to your foundation) - my favorite summer pine, Pinus contorta var. latifolia 'Taylor's Sunburst'.... Maybe a 'Purple Fountain' Beech... and on and on we go! Dax

OK--I'll head on over to the NATIVES forum and ask for some suggestions. Thanks! As for posting a picture--I wish! However, when the younger generation visits this weekend, I should be able to get help with that. Please check back here next week.

Depending on what size you are looking for there is the strawberry tree, an evergreen dogwood, and Bay trees which can be containerized or pruned smallish. For something bushy but smaller there are the Elaeangus; ebbingei and pungens are evergreen, tea plants, a few huckleberries, and barberry. For something smaller there are many ground covers with varying degress of edibility, like the official Heather (tea and medicinal), wintergreen, kinnikinnik, cranberries, Salal, Oregon grape, and several herbs like sage, thyme, and lavender. Hope this helps, researching edibles is nearly all I have been doing in the last few weeks, or has it been months now...yeesh! For a reference online I have been using the Plants for a Future Database (you can google it) to help determine edibility and cultivation etc. Check out Burnt Ridge Nursery, and One Green World for these plants. I really like Burnt Ridge Nursery's prices, plants, service, and variety of edibles. I have not ordered from One Green World yet but they are the only place I have found some of these plants listed and sold as edibles :)

First, Beware fast growers! Most loropetalums get to large for that space. I see maybe one taller upright shrub closer to the entrance and then lower, more spreading things to fill the rest of the bed. Like maybe a 'Yuletide' or 'Leslie Ann' camellia for the upright spot. Lower things: Indian hawthorn, Gardenia, Some of the Encore or Bloom-a-thon Azaleas (with lots of water) Boxwood hybrids (really, they are NOT slow growers!), Eleagnus 'Giltedge' or 'Eleodor' (Will require shearing) Distylium myricoides, 'Vintage Jade' or 'Blue Cascade' Abelia (many, many cultivars) Daphne odora (if you have good drainage) Nandina (dwarf FirePower or other dwarfs) Osmanthus x burkwoodii (keep sheared), O. heterophyllus variegatus or 'Goshiki', 'Rotundifolius' if you can find it (rare). Pittosporum (if it's hardy for you) Ternstroemia (look for dwarf varieties) Ilex Meserve hybrids such as Blue Princess/Prince, Ilex Dwarf Burford, Ilex 'Carissa', Ilex crenata 'Hoogendorn', 'Helleri', 'Soft Touch'. Viburnum tinus, Viburnum 'Moonlit Lace' if adaptable to your heat. Viburnum x 'Conoy' Or make a xeric bed with Agave ovatifolia or parryi, Delosperma, Sedums, Hesperaloe, etc, and fill with crushed rock or pebbles - very low maintenance.