Shade Gardening: I just can't find a shade tolerant shrub/tree for screening!, 1 by doss

doss wrote:
I have a climbing hydrangea 'seemanii' or seamanii depending on who's spelling it. I love it but it's a VERY slow grower - like 1 foot a year. It's from Mexico and it's evergreen so if you are in the mood to plant an heritage type plant it's an awesome one. You can mail order them at Hydrangeas Plus.

How fast the Japanese Maple grows depends on how big a tree you can find or afford. Butterfly is fairly rapidly growing. A small one would take more like 10 years to get that high although now I have to struggle to keep mine down to 7 feet but I manage.

I noticed that you are in zone 11. Do Japanese Maples grow OK in your zone? I'm a little zone impaired that high.