"animaux" wrote in message
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| Why not try our native dwarf yaupon holly? They grow to about 3
feet tall and
| wide, form a really nice round shape and require very little water
or fertilizer
| once established. They are also not prone to any diseases or pest
insects.
|
| BTW, not trying to be "Miss Correction" but they are Red Tipped
Photinia.
|
|
| On Tue, 5 Nov 2002 08:03:50 -0600, "Gary Harper"
| wrote:
|
| I have some Red Tipped Phenias in my yard that are about 5 or 6
feet tall.
| They are too big for my taste and I want to replace them with some
type of
| short shrubs that I can keep at 2 to 3 feet tall.
|
| When is a good time for planting shrubs?
|
| Thanks,
| Gary
|
|

Once the ground dries out, now is not a bad time to plant. The dwarf
yaupon is very pretty and small birds like to nest in it also.