Can u suggest a shrub or a plant?

Hi - just moved into a townhouse - the backyard is a MESS! I know nada about gardening. If you take a peek at this picture - you'll see 2 small red bushes (prickly things) that I would like to remove and replace it with something larger to add color. I live in PA - zone 6 - do you have any recommendations? Thanks!


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Can u suggest a shrub or a plant?
Rose of Sharon bushes are easy to grow. They come in several colors and bloom in the summer. Gary Dominicus
Reply:You might want to go with something like a grass. There are a bunch of kinds from, tall to short. There a different colors too. http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_pg_2?ie=U... You will then be able to plant maybe a spreading ground cover. http://www.parkseed.com/webapp/wcs/store... Maybe even add a sculpture. http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_hg/103... Mix in some annuals for intrest and color. http://www.parkseed.com/webapp/wcs/store... Good luck!
Reply:barberry, deciduous shrub used quite a bit in PA. http://images.search.yahoo.com/images/vi... It does bite, not good with your toddler. Peonies grow well in PA, can be left in the ground year round. Die back in winter.





Day lillies, tiger lillies tollerate your extreme temps.





You can grow lots of annuals - new guinnea impatiens, geraniums, clematis (climber), zinnias, shasta daisies lots of things. Impatiens can overwinter inside (cuttings root in water)





while driving look around at the native wild flowers for inspiration.





congrats, good luck - very tidy bed.
Reply:i love the wisteria trees........they are so beautiful when they bloom
Reply:Gardenias
Reply:Rose of Sharon (Althea) and Peonies, The Peonies die down but come back each year, great for cut flowers





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Reply:Brunfelsia americana AKA 'Lady of the Night' It's a very hardy plant and the sweet perfume will blow your thongs off (thong if you're a yank)
Reply:musa basjoo bananas. these bananas are really beautiful and can grow 7 feet in one summer. it is the WORLDS MOST COLD HARDY BANANA BY FAR. cold hardy to zone 6. it will die in the winter and come up in the spring. after frost cut the plant down to about 2 feet tall and wrap with bubble wrap and tape.they in the spring unwrap it, and by late may early june, it will come up.





here are a few really nice photos.








THIS IS NICE AND SMALL


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THIS ONE IS YOUNG AND WILL GROW 2WICE AS MUCH BY FROST


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THIS IS ONE THAT WAS PROTECTED


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THIS IS A TALL ONE


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THIS IS ONE AFTER A FROST. IT WILL COME BACK UP NEXT YEAR


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Reply:With a food shortage threat a lemon tree for Vitamin C %26amp; balancing body PH would be a better plan. These add colour also when full of fruit, which almost all yr round. I have seen people cut off lower branches as it grows %26amp; it act like an umbrella.


I have just looked at your yard %26amp; feel an orange tree could be planted on the left about 3ft from the fence %26amp; the lemon a little to the right of the last larger bush in the photo %26amp; back away from the deck another 1ft.


Just an idea.

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