Evergreens Soften Home Foundations With Narrow-Leaf Shrubs
Ottawa Herald reports Kansas State University horticulturist Gus van der Hoeven explains evergreen shrubs like junipers and yews provide green cover during dormancy and help soften foundation appearances. He notes Pfitzer juniper often grows too large for foundation plantings, typically 8 to 10 feet wide.
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Gardening Sprouts Answers From Horticulture Expert
Gardening questions cover potato flowering and green fruits, green skins from sun exposure, blossom end rot on peppers and tomatoes, lettuce germination issues, seedstalk formation and bitterness, muskmelon cross pollination and yields, onion bulb development, and foundation planting with junipers and yew alternatives. Proper spacing and careful selection of dwarf varieties are advised for low maintenance foundation landscapes.
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