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["Ginda Fisher" <list@ginda.us>]

Evergreen huckleberry is a beautiful plant, but it seems fussy and is difficult to grow outside of the pacific northwest.  I've killed several of them.  :-)

-- Ginda

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Patsy King wrote:

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Hi Jerry, How about "evergreen huckleberry" which is a shrub, does fine in shade AND has good fruit?  I have several in varying degrees of shade, and even at a foot or so tall, mine have had fruit!    It is Vaccinium ovatum, I believe, and here's a link to quite an informative article from rainyside.com:

http://www.rainyside.com/features/plant_gallery/nativeplants/Vaccinium_ovatum.html

I also had musk strawberries recommended years ago for shade by Raintree Nursery's catalog, unless I am remembering wrong.  Now when I look at their site, I don't see mention of exposure.  But maybe more hunting online would give more information on them.

anyway, have fun!
--Patsy  zone 8 SW Oregon

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Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:57:30 EST
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Subject: [NAFEX] shady ground cover
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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

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