What kind of bushes are these? (flower, landscape, growing, front yard)
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I have a huge flower bed with a very random assortment of bushes. There are probably 8-10 bushes and about 6 are different species. I've been digging them up to start over, and I'm replanting some in different areas of my yard. Most of the bushes are pretty small, so I'm having good luck keeping the root ball intact.
Can anyone tell me what kind of bushes these are? I know it will be hard based on pictures, but I'm trying to figure out whether to keep these or trash them. I'd like to do some research on how big they will get, whether they like shade, etc. Thanks!
the top plant looks like an evergreen euonymus (perhaps euonymus patens "DuPont" or "manhatten") and the bottom plants look kind of like barberries (berberis) of some sort (maybe berberis thunbergii). the euonymus can probably deal with partial shade, the barberry generally prefers a sunny site (assuming that I'm right about what they are in the first place, LOL). hope this is of some help.
I have a thought on barberries. They can be colorful additions to the landscape, but if they are planted too close to a sidewalk or walkway, they have a habit of "grabbing" passers by. We took one of these out of our current front yard, because it became a lot of trouble to trim it back. Imagine a child tripping and falling into one of these! Or a kid on a bicycle.
I've also had similar probs with hollies. These kinds of shrubs need space to spread away from sidewalks and pathways.
I had a couple barberries growing right next to the front door of one of my previous homes (planted by a previous owner), and dug them up for exactly that reason -- they're very thorny and would scratch you and catch on your clothes if you brushed against them. I've heard of people planting them under windows to discourage burglars, and they make a hedge nobody wants to mess with, too.
Anyway, I'm afraid the barberries got revenge on me when I dug them up -- even though I was wearing gardening gloves, I got poked by the thorns, and with the dirt the punctures got infected, my thumb swelled up like a red balloon, and I had to get antibiotics. :-( So, be careful!
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