Shrub Suggestion please?
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Dwarf Shrub Suggestions please!
Comments (3)Lilacs! When I read dwarf, I thought you wanted something about a foot tall. If so, you might consider Iberis. It does need to be cut back hard after bloom to keep it from getting woody and rangy, but it's evergreen and a great small shrub....See MoreHeat Humidity tolerant shrub rose suggestion, please
Comments (7)You might consider 'Caldwell Pink,' also on the Earthkind list. That was the most disease resistant rose I ever grew. I don't remember it ever having a leaf or two drop from Blackspot at any given time. It's only drawback is that is has NO scent whatsoever. Unfortunately, that's a big one for me, but you don't mention scent as one of your criteria. Seriously, though, if anyone would be interested in starting a rose breeding program for areas with high humidity, 'Caldwell Pink' would be a good place to start....See MorePrivacy Shrub Suggestions Please? Pic included.
Comments (9)If you have most of the whole area under the pink boards to work with you can do a nice mixed planting with one tree not large-growing enough to interfere with the pipes and various shrubs. Put the tree in front of the tallest part of the neighbor's house, as seen from where you took the above picture. Choose shrubs that correspond with the outline of what will become the new bed. Put smaller-leaved and -growing kinds in the more narrow parts of the bed and bigger-leaved and -growing in the wider sections. If the chairs being up against the fence indicates there are times when you want to sit out there but it is too hot then you would want to erect a shade structure, as suggested, so you can start having a pleasant outdoor room right away - trees take years to produce a substantial pool of shade. A good place to see trees there is the Capitol campus. Although most of the collection is large-growing kinds, including some now spectacular examples there is also a perentage of smaller-growing ones represented, including citrus trees. Where one that catches your interest is not identified pick a representative twig and take it to an independent garden outlet to see if they know what it is....See Morefoundation shrub suggestions...please...
Comments (3)Without knowing some of the information whitecap brought up, my first thought would be to go native and go with the toughest plants on the natives list. I'm in DFW but just finished planting evergreen foundation shrubs last fall to serve as the "bones" of my flowerbed. One suggestion (although not a Texas native) would be Wheeler's Dwarf Pittosporum. They only grow about 2-3 feet high and a bit wider. They're evergreen with a low, rounded, mounding and spreading growth habit and lovely shrubs. They survived the freezes we had in DFW and can take the heat as well. I only covered them when we were expecting ice but the other freezes, I didn't cover them. They've made it through with only slight damage to the tender new growth. I also find dwarf nandina really pretty as well as glossy abelia and Edward Goucher abelia. All evergreen, all fairly small at mature size (except the glossy abelia, which gets about 4 to 6 feet). I have these in my flowerbed and consider them pretty tough since they're planted in alkaline clay soil and have survived this weird winter we just had....See Moredbarron
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