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Posted by EGO45 6bCT (My Page) on Fri, Dec 31, 04 at 10:44
Hi, all!
Happy and prosperous New Year to you from Connecticut.
Very dear friend of mine live in North East Ukraine, where winters are as cold as in MN and summers are as hot as in IO. He ask me to compose for him a list of ORNAMENTAL shrubs and small trees that doing good here, in US.
I live and gardening in a much warmer zone than you are, therefore I'm not familiar with yours realities.
It would be great if you could help me, since the only thing I could think right of the bat is PG and 'Annabelle' hydrangeas.
Some hint about their soil, to the best of my knowledge their soil is a rich loam, neutral to slightly alcaline and underground water contains a lot of iron, though rainwater is acidic.
I don't know if it will be of any help, but say Lilacs and Peonies are growing there as a weeds, though Rhododendrons and Azaleas (even the hardiest one) are exotic plants and could not be grown in open grounds.
Thank you very much in advance.
George. |
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| I suggest any of the Vibernums. Pretty flowers in spring and nice berries for birds in fall, varies in size from dwarf up to 12 feet. Dogwoods in shrub form, crabapple trees, service berry trees. Cold hardy shrub roses that repeat bloom would be a nice addition. Sorry, I don't have any specific varieties off the top of my head. Hopefully someone more knowledgeable will jump in here and help you. Be sure to check the northern gardening site also. They will have good suggestions as well. Good luck in your search. Cricket |
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