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Shrubs
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Variety |
Size
and Sun
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Traits |
Problems |
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Abelia
(Abelia
grandiflora)
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4-5
ft. x 3-4 ft.
sun
or semi-shade
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-fast
growing
-pale pink to white, small tubular blooms May-0ctober
-glossy green evergreen foliage
-makes compact shrub when pruned |
needs
regular pruning |
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Texas
Sage, Cenizo
(Leucophyllum
frutescens)
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4-6
ft. x 4-6 ft.
-sun
-good drainage
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-medium
growing evergreen
-red-wine blooms after rain during spring-fall
-graceful, fine textured plant
-will form a low, dense hedge or border
-attractive blue-gray foliage |
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Japanese
Yew
Podocarpus
macrophylla maki
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-slow
growing
-purple-gray fruit in late summer and fall
-good for narrow upright plantings-evergreen-"nagi
"-erect
and formal; "elongata"-flopping, weeping foliage and character
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shaggy
on corner of house. |
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Viburnum
Viburnum suspensum
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6-9 ft. T 6-8 ft. W
-sun or shade
-good drainage
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-medium-fast growing evergreen
-small white flowers in spring
-lowest growing of the viburnums |
Needs
moist soil to perform well. |
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Viburnum
Viburnum tinus
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8-10 ft. T x 5-6 ft. W |
-medium growing evergreen
-pale white or pinkish flowers in spring
-good for narrow upright hedge |
Needs
moist soil to perform well. |
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Japanese
Aucuba
Aucuba
japonica
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Width:
5 - 8 ft.; Height: 5 - 8 ft.
Full
Sun, Part Shade, Full Shade
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This
is a bushy and dense evergreen shrub with large, glossy, dark green
leaves and attractive purple flowers. The flowers are followed by
bright red, oval berries. To ensure good fruit production, grow
both male and female plants. This shrub will tolerate a wide range
of conditions including full sun to deep shade and dry to moist
soils. It does not care for boggy conditions, however, and must
be grown in well-drained soil. It is also available in a variegated
form with leaves of bright green and creamy yellow. |
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