“Native Plants for Formal Landscapes”

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[@threeriversforge1997]

Viburnum obovatum "Raulston Hardy" is a great cultivar for a more formal look where size matters. Evergreen and native, but only about 4'x4' max. Ilex vomitoria - Yaupon Holly - is a great native substitute for boxwoods b/c it can be trimmed to a very formal hedge. It's also a great replacement for those nasty crepe myrtles if you let it grow up tall and trim off the lower limbs. The 'bare legs' have a beautiful twisted and contorted shape to them that you can't help but appreciate how they really add to the landscape. Oh, and the whole "climate change" thing isn't really a problem. Rather, you're dealing with territory loss due to immigration taking up room that used to be open ground. We call it Piedmont Sprawl around here. That means more pavement which creates a "heat island" effect. On top of that, you have a real problem with people planting things they bought at the nursery and creating an unnatural population increase that necessarily allows disease to spread more easily. If everyone is planting Cornus florida, and only one particularly popular cultivar from one large grower who ships to every garden center in the region..... you've got a recipe for disaster. Combine that with the loss of habitat space, and well.....