We recently had to re-side our entire house (Wilmington, NC). In the process, the workman managed to destroy most of our VERY mature shrubbery around the foundation of our house. I am not sure of the name of what we had...but it looks like a boxwood but I believe it is holly. It was hedged around the front of our home.

We are going to have to pull out all of the holly and replace it and I would like some ideas. We do not want the holly again. We would really like a FAST growing evergreen shrub...and it would be fantastic to have flowering scrubs. A friend suggested Indian Hawthorne. Is that a good idea? The two areas that we must replace are 20' and 35' so we need something that will spread and grow together quickly as the rest of our garden is very mature.

Our home is "cottage like" (used to be stucco is now sand colored cedar siding) with a partial stacked rock front.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Thanks.
Pat

Betty

Sue

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