| My local Nursery tells me my zone is about a 4 1/2 and is recommending either using blue boy holly or hicks yew for my hedge/screening needs (I have cars that drive by about 10 feet from my window). The yew sounds nice but it says it's slow growing and wonder how slow is slow. The holly pictures do not show arranged as a hedge and it does not appear as dense. Can the holly take a lot of pruning and shaping? Would actually like to use something more flowery like a vibernum burkwoodi but unfortunately most of the plants I really like our deciduous and I need some screening in the winter as well. Any recommendations? Thanks, Joanne |
| The fastest growing shrubs I can think of for your gardening region include: Chokeberry - Black (Aronia melanocarpa); Mature Height : 3-6 feet Mature Spread : 3-6 feet Mature Form : Oval Growth Rate : fast Sun Exposure : Full Sun - Full Shade Soil Moisture : Widely adaptable Soil Type : Widely adaptable Flower Color : White Foliage Color : Green Fall Color : Orange to purple Elderberry - American (Sambucus canadensis); Mature Height : 8-12 feet Mature Spread : 8-12 feet Mature Form : Rounded Growth Rate : fast Sun Exposure : Full Sun Soil Moisture : Widely adaptable Soil Type : Widely adaptable Flower Color : White Foliage Color : Green Fall Color : Yellow green Zones : 4 - 9 Mock Orange-MN Snowflake (Philadelphus x virginalis); Mature Height : 5-8 feet Mature Spread : 5-8 feet Mature Form : Upright Growth Rate : Medium Sun Exposure : Full Sun - Partial Sun Soil Moisture : Widely adaptable Soil Type : Widely adaptable Flower Color : White fragrant Foliage Color : Green Fall Color : Yellow green Zones : 5 - 8 Privet - Cheyenne (Ligustrum vulgare 'Cheyenne'); Mature Height : 6-8 feet Mature Spread : 4-6 feet Mature Form : upright Growth Rate : fast Sun Exposure : Full Sun - Partial Sun Soil Moisture : Widely adaptable Soil Type : widely adaptable Flower Color : white Foliage Color : gloss, deep green Fall Color : insignificant Zones : 4 - 8 Hope one of these suggestions is just right for your landscape. |
