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Shrubs for shade and cold winters

Posted by garden4u 3 (My Page) on
Fri, Aug 14, 09 at 16:10

Our house faces north and theres an overhang of 4 or 5 feet. We get some morning sun. I am in zone 3. Anything that I have planted seems to be reaching for the sun. I have pulled out a couple of shrubs as they are so spindly from lack of sun. Right now I have only 1 shrub left and its a silver leafed dogwood, it did really well for a number of years but now it to is pretty dog eared looking. I have just painted my doors , shutters and trim of my house and it looks pretty bare without any shrubs or greenery. I am hoping sommmeone out there can give me some advice. Thank you. garden4u


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RE: Shrubs for shade and cold winters

What size should it be? Will it not get rain if there is a 4-5ft overhang?

What is the application? Is it really the front of your house and will be used as a fondation?

You could use a Canadian Yew for the backdrop to give structure and winter interest and then Annabelle Hydrangea for flowers during the summer.


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