Pacific Northwest Gardening: Bad Luck Plants, 1 by kosk0025

kosk0025 wrote:
Yes, photinia can be a tree here. Glad ya'll enjoy it. My neighbor put up a bunch of it suddenly last year along our shared fenceline (wire fence), so it will be the backdrop for many of my perennial beds that I've worked so many hours on. Unfortunately, the red foliage clashes with my beds.....and my full sun beds will be shade beds in a few years time......and my fancy espalier fruit trees along same said fence will not get the sun they need in a couple of years time either. ***Sigh***....neighbors. I don't think I'd be completely satisfied unless I had 1000 acres and my house was located in the dead center of the property. I thought I had steered him towards green shrubbery (I prefer nice dark green laurel for a hedge), but suddenly those showed up. I found a photo that sort of illustrates it that I snapped the other day (not intending to showcase the photinia). My Salvia 'Caradonna', jupiter's beard, lady's mantle, and delphinium in front of the fence---tall variety of photinia (yes, these grow 30 feet here) on the other side. But actually, my neighbors are some of the best neighbors I could ask for---wonderful and kind people with great gardens of their own (you can see their berry gardens in background).....so not sure what I'm whining about! And now, after this chatter, I'm kind of proud of this whole lush photinia in Oregon thing.