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- From: louiset@informix.com (Louise Twiggs)
- Newsgroups: rec.gardens
- Subject: Re: winter garden questions
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.135348.29339@informix.com>
- Date: 22 Jan 93 13:53:48 GMT
- References: <9880043@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM>
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- In article <9880043@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM> duanej@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Duane Jacobson) writes:
- >
- >I'm in the process of planning a winter garden. What are your favorite
- >evergreens, or other plants that exhibit some interesting feature during
- >the cold months? Nothing too big, as the area I have in mind is only
- >about 20' by 20'. Extra credit for drought-tolerant species.
- >
- >Here's my list of possibilities so far. Comments on these and any other
- >potential species are appreciated. I'm expecially looking for suggestions
- >on the grasses and junipers. I intentionally left out rhododendrons, since
- >the soil here is quite alkaline.
- >
- >English ivy
- >Pyracantha
- >Moonglow juniper (a bluish upright)
- >Sarcoxie Wintercreeper (Euonymous)
- >Yucca species (glauca, other suggestions??)
- >Dwarf Mugo Pine
- >Mahonia (Oregon Grape, etc)
- >Ornamental Grasses (Blue Avens, other suggestions??)
- >Evergreen viburnums (suggestions?)
- >Hawthorne species (looking for smaller varieties with thorns and fruit
- > persisting into the winter)
- >
- >--
- >Duane Jacobson
- >Ft Collins, Co
- >USDA Zone 5
-
-
- I cannot right at this moment think of the name of the plant I'm about
- to describe, but I am sure someone else will know the name. The plants
- I am thinking of are fairly unimpressive small bushes (2-3.5')
- for most of the year and are used extensively by commercial landscape
- gardeners (here in the UK) as they are hardy, grow to a reasonble size,
- and can survive most soil types and conditions. Apart from these qualities
- (which makes them suitable for covering large areas around office blocks)
- their special quality is that they have bright orange/yellow or deep red
- woody stems which when planted in or with evergreens look especially good
- in winter.
-
-
- Does anyone know the plant I am describing. They are _very_ common here
- in the UK - but I don't know about abroad.
-
- Louise Twiggs
- Informix Software Ltd
-