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["Lon J. Rombough" <lonrom@hevanet.com>]

Gaultheria (Salal and  wintergreen) are very shade tolerant  and both 
plants have good fruit.  Salal ( G. shallon) is an evergreen shrub with 
black fruit that tastes like blueberries with a slight aftertaste.  
Wintergreen (G. procumbens) is a ground cover with  bright red berries 
with wintergreen flavor.
-Lon Rombough
Grapes, writing, consulting, my book, The Grape Grower, at 
http://www.bunchgrapes.com  Winner of the Garden Writers Association 
"Best Talent in Writing" award for 2003.
Grape pruning video: http://www.bunchgrapes.com/dvd.html View a short, 
low resolution clip here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Q58zFY0B1M
A video about The Grape Grower : 
http://cookingupastory.com/index.php/2008/04/18/the-grape-grower/

On Nov 30, 2009, at 8:45 PM, Ginda Fisher wrote:


On Nov 30, 2009, at 10:57 PM, Jerrydana5@aol.com wrote:

> I have a spot quite heavily shaded, on the edge of a woods by a path, 
> I'd like to plant with a bush or ground cover.  Any suggestions?  A 
> bush would be better.  Anything that blooms would be ideal.   Thanks.  
> Jerry in southern Indiana
>  _________
Around here, the standard bushes to plant in shade are rhododendron and 
mountain laurel.  You can find cultivars that will mature to be small, 
medium, or large bushes, and they have attractive flowers in the 
spring.  But our soil may be more acidic than yours.  They like low pH, 
like holly and blueberry.  I think that both rhodies and mt. laurel are 
poisonous, however.  (So not great fruit sources.)

Ginda_______________________________________________
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