Chartreuse Evergreen Shrub suggestions
beitcherbelle
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Any suggestions for evergreen focal shrub for by a staircase?
Comments (4)7a isn't so bad, we hardly dip below 10 degrees. A lot of plants that were formerly thought not hardy here are proving hardy the last few years. I have some cape fuchsia pulling through. Yes, 'Goshiki' osmanthus is fully hardy here and I planted quite a few at my cousins. They can get massive I saw a mature specimen at a nursery near her house. I worry it will not fill the space as they are very slow growing though and more rotund than tall. I have seen a few other osmanthus at nurseries but they aren't offered here too much due to our area having variable dips in zones, it's super erratic so many places don't carry certain things and its only in the last few years that more solid zone 7 plants have been showing up in MD at nurseries. Our yard is definitely zone 7a though....See MoreFragrant Evergreen Shrubs 2' hardy in zone 6 - suggestions?
Comments (3)I have Daphne Odoras and they make it through the winters but NONE of the varieties of Gardenia I've tried (Frost Proof, Chuck Hayes and Kleims) made it through their first winter. So they can call themselves hardy to zone 7 but I'm not buying it, that's why I'm thinking something that says hardy to zone 6 I might trust. The problem with sweetbox and daphne is they aren't summer blooming, that's why I had the gardenia, trying to get some fragrant blooming shrubs in summer. I have too many deciduous trees/shrubs and need more evergreen shrubs around so it doesn't look so bleak in the winter....See MoreFragrant Evergreen Shrubs 2' hardy in zone 6 - suggestions?
Comments (19)bboy: you're not listening to me. I wouldn't care if it said I'm in zone 10 because I've had plants such as the Frost Proof Gardenia die in my zone despite them saying they're hardy in zone 7. Therefore I'm trying to be a bit more conservative and find plants that say they're hardy to zone 6 so I can stop killing plants and wasting money. Obviously something about where I live is tough on plants (I'm at 500' elevation and much of Puyallup is much lower elevation, those maps aren't going to take that into consideration so relying completely on those maps doesn't make sense). gardengal: I'm really glad you brought up Daphne x transatlanica 'Summer Ice' or 'Eternal Fragrance', I planted both of these last fall, they have both lost most of their leaves, not sure if I should worry about this as I've had this happen sometimes with Daphne Odora yet had them leaf out in the summer. I'll look into D. tangutica or xburkwoodii 'Carol Mackie' or 'Somerset', not familiar with those at all, thanks for the suggestion....See MoreEvergreen/foundation shrub suggestion
Comments (4)Why is the variegated monkey grass not solid and about 3 rows deep, forward of the hydrangea? Or use the red-flowering plant, it doesn't matter. But it should should be a bed of it, not alternating and not just here and there. It should be a thick, solid bed of it....See Morebeitcherbelle
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