Looking for suggestions for evergreen shrub for confined area
Donnie
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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 MoreEvergreen shrub suggestions?
Comments (1)If deer are not a problem, you have endless choices of rhododendrons and azaleas and smaller Pieris. Rare Find nursery offers a remarkable choice of rhodies and azaleas, and they carry several Pieris as well. In parts of your yard that are a little sunnier, look at Kalmias. Kalmias and Pieris tend to be deer resistant....See MoreEvergreen Tree/Shrub For Shaded Area?
Comments (2)Hmmm. Maybe podocarpus? You're specifying a rather vertical shape. I'm not too familiar with zone 9 plants, so can't help too much. Also you could try: Anise-tree Banana shrub (Michelia figo) Carolina Cherrylaurel ('Bright 'n Tight') Sasanqua or Japonica camellia Tea-olive, fragrant (Osmanthus fragrans) might need more sun. Escallonia (needs more sun??) Japanese Ternstroemia (Ternstroemia gymnanthera) I'm sure there are many, many more. visit your local nursery or botanical gardens....See MoreEvergreen shrub suggestions needed
Comments (17)There are many zone 4 and 5 boxwood cultivars. You just have to place them out of winter wind and they are fine. Cryptomeria will not work anywhere in WI unless you truly have a unique microclimate alongside the lake. Even then not a risk I'd take for a foundation planting. I tried one as it was a free gift. Microclimate up against a structure and it died after one of the warmest winters on record for WI. I saw a dwarf cultivar of some sort sandwiched between other conifers at the Chicago Botanical that looked somewhat beat up and they are zone 6A....See MoreDonnie
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