North Facing Front Door Shrubs?
 

Hi there!

I'm looking to plant a shrub/bush/small tree either side of our (north facing) front door. I'd prefer evergreen, and something with flowers/variegated leaves/fragrance so it keeps year round interest and doesn't look too depressing in the winter time! I was thinking of something that won't grow too fast or try and spread too wide - perhaps a Camellia or a dwarf Rhododendron...

And I was wondering if anyone else had any advice or experience? Many thanks in advance!

North Facing Front Door Shrubs?
 

On Tue, 06 Oct 2015 15:54:22 +0200, dryranger wrote:

As I do not know where you live, look for shrubs with the darkest leaves.
The darker the leaves, the less light they need to survive and thrive.

North Facing Front Door Shrubs?
 

On 7/10/2015 5:03 AM, terl wrote:
On Tue, 06 Oct 2015 15:54:22 +0200, dryranger wrote:

As I do not know where you live, look for shrubs with the darkest leaves.
The darker the leaves, the less light they need to survive and thrive.

When I think of plants to go next to a north facing door, I would want
something that can survive killer -9 degrees C frost in June and can
survive in a desert when the +40 degrees C heat of late January arrives.

I'm only in Lancashire! About 500ft above sea leel albeit.

North Facing Front Door Shrubs?
 

On Wed, 7 Oct 2015 13:22:20 +0200, dryranger
wrote:


I'm only in Lancashire! About 500ft above sea leel albeit.


Your best bet is to talk to a local nursery that will have stock for
your climate. You might also try a local garden club or society for
advice.

North Facing Front Door Shrubs?
 

dryranger wrote:

I'm only in Lancashire! About 500ft above sea leel albeit.

Without seeing a photo of the space you have allocated for planting
it's near impossible to suggest a particular plant, but if your space
is small there are many dwarf evergreen shrubs/trees... often a rock
garden of small conifers is suitable and low maintenence.

North Facing Front Door Shrubs?
 

On 7/10/2015 10:22 PM, dryranger wrote:
I'm only in Lancashire! About 500ft above sea leel albeit.

The newsgroup uk.rec.gardening is probably the best place for you to ask
your question. Most of the posters to this group are from outside the
UK. In fact I can't think of any regular poster here who is lives in
the UK.

:o Oh! I wasn't expecting that as the website address is .co.uk! Oh well :P Thanks for your time!

North Facing Front Door Shrubs?
 

On 10/8/2015 12:21 AM, dryranger wrote:
Fran Farmer;1016430 Wrote:
On 7/10/2015 10:22 PM, dryranger wrote:-
I'm only in Lancashire! About 500ft above sea leel albeit.-

The newsgroup uk.rec.gardening is probably the best place for you to ask

your question. Most of the posters to this group are from outside the
UK. In fact I can't think of any regular poster here who is lives in
the UK.

:o Oh! I wasn't expecting that as the website address is .co.uk! Oh well
:P Thanks for your time!

You are accessing a worldwide usenet newsgroup via a UK web portal,
hence your confusion.

North Facing Front Door Shrubs?
 

On 08/10/15 01:28, Fran Farmer wrote:
On 7/10/2015 10:22 PM, dryranger wrote:
I'm only in Lancashire! About 500ft above sea leel albeit.

The newsgroup uk.rec.gardening is probably the best place for you to ask
your question. Most of the posters to this group are from outside the
UK. In fact I can't think of any regular poster here who is lives in
the UK.

More-or-less right, although even uk.rec.gardening has been pretty quiet
recently! There are one or two UK posters here - I find it quite
interesting to see the problems others have in parts of the world with
different climates. I don't remember any other posters from outside the
US, though, and most of those seem to be from the SW or NE states.
Anyone ever seen a query posted from Alaska?

--

Jeff

North Facing Front Door Shrubs?
 

On 2015-10-08 11:59:16 +0000, Moe DeLoughan said:

On 10/8/2015 12:21 AM, dryranger wrote:
Fran Farmer;1016430 Wrote:
On 7/10/2015 10:22 PM, dryranger wrote:-
I'm only in Lancashire! About 500ft above sea leel albeit.-

The newsgroup uk.rec.gardening is probably the best place for you to ask

your question. Most of the posters to this group are from outside the
UK. In fact I can't think of any regular poster here who is lives in
the UK.

:o Oh! I wasn't expecting that as the website address is .co.uk! Oh well
:P Thanks for your time!

You are accessing a worldwide usenet newsgroup via a UK web portal,
hence your confusion.

It's remarkable that someone from gardenbanter even replied. Usually
they just take our advice and run.