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Any ideas?

Alex 4Alex 4 Posts: 56

I want a shrubby type evergreen hardy plant for a very large pot on a north-facing wall - it gets very little sun. Ideally growing to 4-5 foot. Any ideas?

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  • Ladybird4Ladybird4 Posts: 37,905

    Hi Alex. Here are a few to think about: choisya, euonymus and sarcocca.

    Cacoethes: An irresistible urge to do something inadvisable
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,504

    Bay tree. It could get bigger but you can keep it pruned . You can shape it as well if you want to. It doesn't have to be a lollipop.

    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • Ladybird4Ladybird4 Posts: 37,905

    Drat - just spotted typo - sarcococca!

    Cacoethes: An irresistible urge to do something inadvisable
  • Alex 4Alex 4 Posts: 56

    Are there any ferns which are evergreen, hardy and grow to 3-4 feet? I haven't got any ferns.

  • Ladybird4Ladybird4 Posts: 37,905

    The shuttlecock fern - Matteuccia struthiopteris - is the only big fern I know apart from tree ferns but it is not evergreen.

    Cacoethes: An irresistible urge to do something inadvisable
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