"will" wrote in message
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| Turks Cap- Is this a plant that will stay around all year long? This
is
| all in the very front of the house, so I don't want it to look
"barren"
| during a season or two of the year.
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| Does anybody else have any more suggestions on shade-loving plants?
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| Any good groundcover suggestions?
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| =will=
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Turk's cap will drop its leaves (it's beginning to do so now), but its
berries stay until the birds eat them, after which the stems may be
pruned off at ground level if you like. It will grow taller if the
bare stems are left thorugh the winter, however.