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I'm looking for something to go along the lawn side of these stairs.
The house blocks most of the morning sun. The giant pinoak does the rest of that.
30" - 48" tall pruneable to grow in thick... but not too exotic or tempermental.
One main function is for privacy at what will be a bedroom window and a patio area
I'm looking for something to go along the lawn side of these stairs.
The house blocks most of the morning sun. The giant pinoak does the rest of that.
30" - 48" tall pruneable to grow in thick... but not too exotic or tempermental.
One main function is for privacy at what will be a bedroom window and a patio area
Suggestions?
Thanks.
So...if you want something 48" tall, does that mean you want a shrub and not a perennial flower???
So, like, azaleas? or mahonia?
For shade perennial flowers I do love my hellebores, and they spread themselves nicely.
1. Smooth Hydrangea - Native and do well in almost total shade. You can pick between several cultivars like incrediball, annabelle or invincibelle or bella anna. These do not do well, I believe in very dry soil. OK in neutral or alkaline soil. Pale yellow fall color. Flowers go from greenish to white then to greenish.
2. Oakleaf Hydrangea - Native and do well in shade. These prefer dryer or more well drained soil. For acidic soil. There are dwarf cultivars like sikes dwarf and ruby slippers. Red, burgundy and pink fall color.
I have smooth hydrangea doing well under a norway maple in an area that gets runoff from downspouts. It is also in the woods which are on the moist side. I think there is a range of PH. I have oakleaf hydrangea in the moist woods and in a dryer area under a pine.
I found a pretty good list/chart of shrubs that do well in North Carolina. You can see how tall they grow, if they have flowers, if they do okay in shade, etc.
I was thinking rhododendrons at first, but it doesn't look like they do that well in your area, from the quick look I did on Google. Then I found this site:
I would put three azaleas or hydrangeas in the corner, and hardy ferns, hosta, and liriope flanking them. The ferns and the hosta, as with most other perennials, will die back in the winter, leaving the bed bare. Liriope will hang in for most of the winter, then just give it a mow in the spring when the new growth starts.
I would choose the plants for the foliage, and sturdiness, and think of the flowers as a bonus.
I love the Oakleaf Hydrangeas that someone suggested, but they can get very big and need more sun than I think you have in that area.
Golden Guineas aren't very fussy and could provide some fast growing privacy.
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