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Semi shady tolerant shrub
Hi - can anyone recommend a small shrub (to 1.5m h & w) which is densely packed & evergreen with some colour during the year?
I was considering Berberis Darwinii compact but have just read that it is susceptible to rust/mildew & a virus. As I live in a valley which can be quite damp I don't think this now would be a good idea.
I already have Pyracantha but it grows too large for this area.
Any ideas would be great thanks.
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Would Choisya be any good? You can prune it too stop it being too big.
Thanks Busy-Lizzie. I already have the yellow Choiysa but it is worth considering the green one. I'll see if anyone can come up with a few ideas. I'm trying to stop the easterly winds from affecting parts of my garden.
Look at holly, euonymous, camelia, fatsia, acuba, mahonia - some have more colour than others and not necessarily flowers wise.
Thanks Villaverde 123, that's given me something to look out for.
I would recommend a choisya, too. I have choisya 'Aztec Pearl' and it has gorgeous, white, fragrant flowers in spring. Although, it may not be as dense as what you want. Perhaps ans escallonia, which tolerates pruning very well. I have one that produces a mass of white flowers.
My first experience of Aztec Pearl was in my neighbour's garden a couple of days ago. I had to get it ID'd on here as I never seen it before. It's beautiful and the fragrance is lovely too. I'm going to have some snippings off that one!
Hi Plant Pauper, it is beautiful! FYI, the one I have at the moment is a young bush about 2' tall planted from a new growth cutting.
I broke the gardener's rule of 'If you love it, leave it.', when I moved a mature bush because it had outgrown its position. It died. I don't think I had enough of the root ball. Apart from the central roots this plant has lots of thin, delicate roots that grow close to the surface of the ground.
Fortunately, I took that cutting and just stuck it into a compost rich border, without any rooting hormone and it took very well.
Photinia Red Robin? I've got some in part shade under trees as standards and others in a bush style.
Easily trimmed to desired shape/height.
Soulboy her's is about 6 feet high and deep green covered in blooms. I'd only ever seen little knee high n'er do wells of the yellow sundance. I was impressed.
Sarcocca the Christmas Box would fit your criteria and give flowers at a time of year when there a very few flowers about.