Evergreen shrubs for moderate shade
Jpolk34 (New Orleans, LA, Zone 9B)
3 years ago
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Jpolk34 (New Orleans, LA, Zone 9B)
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looking for evergreen hedging shrubs for dappled shade
Comments (2)Bareness under groupings of tulip poplars is usual. Being magnolia relations they likewise probably won't be wild about planting holes being dug out of their root mats. How much maneuvering room do you have? To a large extend the best quality hedges are still yew, holly and box. Yew is of course poisonous to anything that might eat the seeds. You could get around this by planting a known male clone. Yew also must have excellent drainage, so does box. You may find more tolerance to clay-like soil among the great many different kinds of holly. Never use soil conditioners as in bark, compost, peat or sand when planting long-lived plants with large root systems such as shrubs and trees. Always refill the planting holes with the same soil that came out of them, without modification....See MoreEvergreen shrub 2 to 3 feet high for shade and part sun
Comments (4)There are camelias that grow low and wide. Plum yew has a nice evergreen foliage. Indian Hawthorne is pretty, comes in pink or white. Gardenias are always heavenly, but yes...check your soil...perhaps the azaleas got too much mulch and leaves piled upon the stems,they will rot or suffocate...plant them high. Boxwood leaf miner is becoming a big problem, so I'd hesitate to plant them....See MoreRecommend a small , evergreen shrub for shade?
Comments (20)OP is back ;-) I appreciate all the answers I've gotten and I realize that I didn't give you enough to work with. In the first picture, you see the spot. The distance between the house and the hedge is 5 feet and 9 inches. The window is facing north and there's a public walk/bike path on the other side of the hedge (so more or less right outside the window) as you can see in the second picture: The hedge is carpinus betulus and not particularly dense, especially not in the winter: The room (behind the window) is going to become our bedroom. The window sits rather low (knee-height) and it gets very dark here in the winter (from 3.30pm to 8.30am), so when the lights are on, we'd feel rather exposed :-( Blinds would be ok, but I'd also like some kind of plant outside the window that together with the hedge would make it less easy to see every little detail in our bedroom when the lights are on and the blinds open. I'm afraid I have no idea whether I have acidic soil... I'll look up the suggestions you've all given me, but please feel free to share your opinion now that you have more information....See MoreShrubs and evergreens for shade
Comments (25)Ah yes, the Houzz whackiness ;-( You absolutely need a professional test. Sulfur is a lot less forgiving than lime for a variety of reasons, so adjusting soil pH down isn't a trivial matter. It takes a long time to begin to work, and overapplications can make the soil uninhabitable. This is magnified with a heavy soil. It isn't like the common idea of liming the lawn every spring, whether it needs it or not. Lowering pH isn't something that is usually recommended unless the gardener is up for a regular monitoring routine. Anywhere there is a lime pit, lime kiln or other historical lime operation can have pockets of relatively high pH soil. The county Soil & Water people will know if it is reasonable. The group that seems to be also quite informed on the subject is plumbers. Those are the people who told me that the standard pH indicator fluids don't do a good job of distinguishing between about 7.1 and 7.4. Gardening, and general horticultural types tend to assume that the soil is acidic just because it is in the east. The Taconic range used to be limestone mountains as high as the Himalayas. All that lime had to go somewhere, and some of it is in my yard. At this point, I'd say almost all of my 'mysterious' problems with plants that should do well here can be attributed to soil pH issues. OTOH, according to William Cullina, the easiest ladyslipper to establish in a garden prefers neutral to alkaline soil. Someday . . . ....See More
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