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[Michael Dossett <phainopepla@yahoo.com>]

Not sure about poisonus or not, but both rhododendrons and mountain laurel 
(Kalmia) have a dry capsular seed pod, not a fleshy fruit, so you wouldn't 
want to eat them anyway.

There are lots of different shade tolerant shrubs out there depending on the 
height and spread you want...

Michael


Michael Dossett
Corvallis, Oregon
www.Mdossettphoto.com
phainopepla@yahoo.com


--- On Mon, 11/30/09, Ginda Fisher <list@ginda.us> wrote:

> From: Ginda Fisher <list@ginda.us>
> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] shady ground cover
> To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Date: Monday, November 30, 2009, 8:45 PM
> 
> 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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