Posted by Mary Fisher on October 12, 2007, 5:47 am
We've decided to put colourful (red, green, yellow, anything else) leaved
shrubs outside the garden wall of our house. It's a narrow - 2' - strip but
it wouldn't matter if shrubs overhung the wide footpath and our wall is low
so they could overhang that too.
I need to know the names of some likely candidates, please. We'd prefer them
to be evergreen. low maintenance and not too tall. Flowers and berries
would be nice but a well covered frame is more important.
We know very little about shrubs :-(
Mary
Posted by Mary Fisher on October 12, 2007, 6:00 am
> We've decided to put colourful (red, green, yellow, anything else) leaved
> shrubs outside the garden wall of our house. It's a narrow - 2' - strip
> but it wouldn't matter if shrubs overhung the wide footpath and our wall
> is low so they could overhang that too.
> I need to know the names of some likely candidates, please. We'd prefer
> them to be evergreen. low maintenance and not too tall. Flowers and
> berries would be nice but a well covered frame is more important.
> We know very little about shrubs :-(
> Mary
Forgot to say - it faces due south and is a bit dry of course.
Mary
Posted by Cat(h) on October 12, 2007, 6:03 am
> We've decided to put colourful (red, green, yellow, anything else) leaved
> shrubs outside the garden wall of our house. It's a narrow - 2' - strip but
> it wouldn't matter if shrubs overhung the wide footpath and our wall is low
> so they could overhang that too.
> I need to know the names of some likely candidates, please. We'd prefer them
> to be evergreen. low maintenance and not too tall. Flowers and berries
> would be nice but a well covered frame is more important.
> We know very little about shrubs :-(
> Mary
I love pyracanthas, for that kind of situation. Cotoneasters trained
along the wall also. You get evergreen foliage, nice white flowers in
spring, and vibrant berries in the autumn which birds go mad for.
Pyracanthas have very nasty thorns - this may be a plus or a minus,
depending on where your wall is.
Cat(h)
Posted by Mary Fisher on October 12, 2007, 6:06 am
>> We've decided to put colourful (red, green, yellow, anything else) leaved
>> shrubs outside the garden wall of our house. It's a narrow - 2' - strip
>> but
>> it wouldn't matter if shrubs overhung the wide footpath and our wall is
>> low
>> so they could overhang that too.
>>
>> I need to know the names of some likely candidates, please. We'd prefer
>> them
>> to be evergreen. low maintenance and not too tall. Flowers and berries
>> would be nice but a well covered frame is more important.
>>
>> We know very little about shrubs :-(
>>
>> Mary
> I love pyracanthas, for that kind of situation. Cotoneasters trained
> along the wall also. You get evergreen foliage, nice white flowers in
> spring, and vibrant berries in the autumn which birds go mad for.
> Pyracanthas have very nasty thorns - this may be a plus or a minus,
> depending on where your wall is.
> Cat(h)
We already have a couple of pyracathas (a red berried and a yellow
berried) - not there though. Also a cotoneaster against the front bay. Next
to the boundary wall there's a bullace tree and a beautiful berberis next to
that then - well <hangs head> weeds :-( We want to tidy it and make it look
good.
Mary
>
Posted by Sacha on October 12, 2007, 6:31 am
On 12/10/07 11:03, in article
1192183403.138226.88410@y27g2000pre.googlegroups.com, "Cat(h)"
>> We've decided to put colourful (red, green, yellow, anything else) leaved
>> shrubs outside the garden wall of our house. It's a narrow - 2' - strip but
>> it wouldn't matter if shrubs overhung the wide footpath and our wall is low
>> so they could overhang that too.
>>
>> I need to know the names of some likely candidates, please. We'd prefer them
>> to be evergreen. low maintenance and not too tall. Flowers and berries
>> would be nice but a well covered frame is more important.
>>
>> We know very little about shrubs :-(
>>
>> Mary
>
> I love pyracanthas, for that kind of situation. Cotoneasters trained
> along the wall also. You get evergreen foliage, nice white flowers in
> spring, and vibrant berries in the autumn which birds go mad for.
> Pyracanthas have very nasty thorns - this may be a plus or a minus,
> depending on where your wall is.
>
> Cat(h)
>
>
Sarcococca is evergreen, grows to around 4' and has strongly scented tiny
white flowers in winter. Elaeagnus might do it and E. ebbingei also has
strongly scented flowers in late summer/autumn, its drawback is that it has
spines which are very sharp. I've seen Camellias grown tight to a wall and
some of those are scented. Callicarpa bodinieri var. giraldii 'Profusion'
isn't evergreen but the colour of the berries is absolutely outstanding and
birds don't seem attracted to ours at all. Hamamelis mollis will give scent
in winter and we grow a Hydrangea seemannii over a 4' wall rather than up a
tall one and it flowers profusely. It prefers a north wall but I don't think
it's absolutely essential. Photinia Red Robin and Viburnum tinus would be
good, also.
--
Sacha
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> shrubs outside the garden wall of our house. It's a narrow - 2' - strip
> but it wouldn't matter if shrubs overhung the wide footpath and our wall
> is low so they could overhang that too.
> I need to know the names of some likely candidates, please. We'd prefer
> them to be evergreen. low maintenance and not too tall. Flowers and
> berries would be nice but a well covered frame is more important.
> We know very little about shrubs :-(
> Mary