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Shrub design advice...

DonSol
11 years ago

I have a 40 foot chain link fence in the back yard that faces south (with hunter green "slats" inserted vertically within the fencing) and I like the following shrubs but don't really know how I should use them within the design and would appreciate any advice and guidence. The following shrubs have caught my fancy:

"Arctic Fire" red twig dogwood http://www.soonerplantfarm.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/plants.plantDetail/plant_id/2307/typeID//index.htm

"Arctic Sun" yellow (with red tips) dogwood

http://www.soonerplantfarm.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/plants.plantDetail/plant_id/2295/index.htm

"Red Gnome" dogwood

http://www.soonerplantfarm.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/plants.plantDetail/plant_id/1294/index.htm

Viburnum "Raspberry Tart"

http://www.soonerplantfarm.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/plants.plantDetail/plant_id/656/index.htm

"Blue Muffin" Viburnum

http://www.soonerplantfarm.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/plants.plantDetail/plant_id/400/typeID//index.htm

I have a three car garage that faces west and I already have two "Autumn Jazz" viburnum that are in front and evenly spaced with a decorative stone bird bath separating the two.

If anyone has any design advice as to how to mix and match and properly design the south facing fence I would appreciate it. I'm looking to add 5 to 7 shrubs along the fence but I'm uncertain as to how I should choose and place amongst the choices that I've looked at. If you have a better idea for a shrub choice that I may have overlooked, feel free to bring that to my attention. Everything planted needs to withstand unrelenting full sun.

Thank you.

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