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Actually, I have a currant in the shade, and while it doesn't produce  
as much as it's better-lit cousins, it does fruit.  On the other  
hand, I have lots of wild blueberries in the shade, and they rarely  
produce a single berry.  This year some of them got more sun due to a  
neighbor cutting down his woods, and plants that hadn't fruited in 10  
years bloomed and fruited.  Blueberries will survive for years in the  
shade, however, and they like the sort of soil you find under pine  
trees (usually acid) so that might be an okay ground cover.

Ginda


On Nov 19, 2006, at 11:19 AM, tanis cuff wrote:

> I'm sorry I can't currently supply full latin names, but in WI two  
> species
> of Aronia are recommended for landscaping.  One is more shade- 
> tolerant,
> often rated for shade.  I've seen it in both shade and sun, and  
> there's no
> comparison: it's definitely a sun plant!  I also have to wonder about
> currants in the shade being expected to produce fruit-- not practical?
>
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: "Jim Fruth" <>
> To: "NAFEX"
> Subject: [NAFEX] What to plant under Red Pine
> Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2006 08:03:42 -0600
>
> Burnt Ridge Nursery offers this list of plants for shady conditions:
> Aronia, Oregon Bay Laurel, Cascara, Currant, Red Osier Dogwood,  
> Goumi, Hardy
> Kiwi, Arctic Kiwi,, Oregon Grape, Salal, Sequoia, Spruce,  
> Wintergreen. Red
> Huckleberry, Evergreen Huckleberry, Bamboo, Beech, Cedar,  
> Gooseberry, Red
> Elderberry, Honeyberry, Magnolia Vine, Rhododendron, Salmonberry,  
> Snowberry,
> Thimbleberry, Bunchberry, Western Hemlock, Wild Blueberry,  
> Bearberry (Uva
> ursa).