Phase II - Flowering Deciduous Shrubs For "The Wilderness": Judy, Thanks for the heads up on the Red Buckeye! Guess I'll

» Marge_Talt - Judy, Thanks for the heads up on the Red Buckeye! Guess I'll

Thanks for the heads up on the Red Buckeye! Guess I'll have to think on that one again, or figure out how to put it behind something that comes on later. Good to know the Bottlebrush will behave itself. Leaf raking and blowing is continual for me from the first leaf drop and doesn't end until the spring clean up is done - I have so many trees! And some of the Oaks hold onto a good part of their leaves until their buds start to swell in the spring and then they drop them.

I'm in the cold part of USDA zone 7, in Maryland, outside of the District of Columbia - northwest of it. So, I don't think our conditions are all that much different - you're probably a bit hotter (if that is possible some Julys!) and probably don't get as cold as where I am - but it would be a marginal difference. Of course, this also depends on where you are in North Carolina / Tennessee, some of the more mountainous parts would be pretty much the same as where I am.

You have a good point about mentioning our zones. I did that in my first article and have a couple of times in others, but I think that if there is no way it can be continually posted, it would be good to put it in each article. It is so important to know just where someone is when they say a plant does such and such for them!

Bye the way, a big welcome to Suite101!

Marge

-- posted by Marge_Talt