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I would like to plant two evergreen shrubs in my north-facing garden which sits up against the side of my garage. Very shady. Bulbs, hostas, lilies, etc typically take three more weeks to bloom. All evergreens I like ie. Spruce, juniper seem to want full sun. Is this a real problem or will it just grow more slowly? Any suggestions? I am still new at this, please bear with me.
Plants: 1 | From: Ontario | Registered: May 2003
| Seeded: 24.114.50.210
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I have been having the exact same dilemma; I wanted some evergreen shrubs for my shady front yard. Although I can't tell you as of yet how well they are going to do, I just planted a couple of yew shrubs; all the information I found stated they were good in part sun/shade. This may be your answer as well. You may want to check back in a few weeks to see how mine have done, though! Plants: 3 | From: Oklahoma | Registered: May 2003
| Seeded: 65.64.49.241
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Hi, new to the board, I am a northern gardener also, with the same situation. I have creeping junipers, sprawling cedars, globe cedars and two upright junipers and they are all doing fine. I am facing north and they do get enough sun (5-6 hrs) they just do not grow as fast as they would in full sun. Just buy larger specimans.
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