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Gardening in Shade
meredithchase_gw

Suggestions for cold weather shade bushes

17 years ago

I have a home in southern Iowa and I need to plant some sort of shrub in a very shaded northern exposure. I have tried rhododendrons and they are failing. I need something that is fairly dense and gets up to 6 feet tall. It can get taller if they can be pruned. Any suggestions?

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