On 8/11/04 12:21, in article ,
"will" wrote:

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I like the look of a leycesteria, and would love to have blackbirds
visiting. But will this thirve in the dry shade? Likewise with the hebes?
What other bushes do birds like to sit in that will cope with these
conditions?

We have Leycesterias in several places, mostly self-seeded. One is growing
out of a tiny chink in the granite wall of our drive, another is in fairly
damp soil and dappled shade among a lot of other plants, yet another was up
against another granite wall, under a tree and among a load of Vinca and its
friend was opposite it and among a very bossy bamboo, under a large Magnolia
delavayi and a rhododendron. I don't think they're choosy. ;-)
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Sacha
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