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Virginia Gardening
cava_gw

evergreen, exposed site, wet area,zone 7

cava
17 years ago

Need advice on zone 7 evergreen, in exposed site, wet-ish clay soil, growing to 15-30' high, 12' wide max. Hope to get "specimen" tree for visible location. Would like unusual specimen....not a holly. Thanks....

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