On Fri, 28 Mar 2003 14:29:44 -0500, spampot wrote:

I have lots of LotV which I intend to consolidate and let spread. I
also have a rectangle about 3 feet wide and ten feet long between my
boxwood and a stone sidewalk, facing the morning sun (straight east, in
fact). I know LotV likes some shade; is this rectangle a bad place to
put them? There are tall evergreens across the street from it, about 80
feet away, but between, say, 9 a.m. & noon, the rectangle gets full sun.
Advice? If not my LotV, what then? I'd like something that'll look
nice all year, so will go w/a ground cover and spring bulbs if that's
the right answer.

Also, has anyone tried planta genesta in zone 6b? I'm in Maryland,
between Baltimore & Washington.

They should grow well. Morning sun is good. Our LOV have been
spreading like crazy, mostly in full to part-shade. They are emerging
this week in zone 7. The smell is wonderful when they bloom, but in
late summer they look like crap.