[NAFEX] Shade plants

Chex chex.rice at gmail.com
Fri Dec 15 22:11:45 EST 2006


Jim, does the Gaylussia baccata (Eastern Evergreen Huckleberry) also
require an acidic soil?

Chris Rice
zone 5, IL


> Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 08:52:13 -0600
> From: "Jim Fruth" <jfruth at uslink.net>
> Subject: [NAFEX] Shade plants

> Ginda,
>     I grow Evergreen Huckleberry here in zone 3 Minnesota.  You may not know
> that what is called Huckleberry in the East is Gaylussia baccata and
> Huckleberry in the West is Vaccinum ovatum.  I sincerely wish we could
> outlaw common names so everybody knows what each other are talking about.
>     As for a continued list of shade plants, you may wish to check out
> ground covers.  Several shade lovers are Winter hardy; one that I know of is
> 'Snow on the Mountain."
>
> Jim Fruth



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