Beginner Gardening: Looking for suggtions for shrubs, 1 by dax080

dax080 wrote:
The Mock Orange is beautiful - fragrant - hardy to Zone 4 - resistant to deer -- needs minimal pruning and thrives in both sun and some shade. Unfortunately, the butterfly bush is only hardy through Zone 5 -- Too bad!

However, the Mock Orange is also a great attractor for butterflys, birds, and bees -

Mine is only 1 1/2 years old, but survived and grew at least 3 feet in my woodland garden with absolutely no maintenance - I have mine in high shade. It is in the center of the pic -- it did bloom the first year, but only minimally -- I'm looking forward to this spring!