My front flower bed faces west, and i am looking for recommendations on bushes that can handle maximum sunlight. I will be tilling and mixing in compost before the bushes get planted. TIA!!

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Posted by fishfighter

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Posted on 3/27/19 at 8:13 am to Bigwhite5154

Knock out roses. Had a bunch of them, but after 12 years they looked tired. Pull them up and I will be planting new ones. They are very easy to care for.

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Posted by Shotgun Willie

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Posted on 3/27/19 at 8:22 am to fishfighter

Knockouts and also Abelia Kaleidescope, really great shrubs that are really pretty

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Posted by Bigwhite5154

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Posted on 3/27/19 at 8:30 am to Shotgun Willie

Would also like to add I'm open to suggestions for hedges as well.

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Posted by CBLSU316

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Posted on 3/27/19 at 9:25 am to Bigwhite5154

I bought some plants years ago in an old house called an Ixora. Those SOB's would live thru anything. I rarely even watered them and they thrived. Everything else I planted at that home died except for those. I bet they are still there.

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Posted by LSU0358

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Posted on 3/27/19 at 12:29 pm to Bigwhite5154

You could do some English/David Austin roses.

They are disease/pest resistant and some varieties make a very pretty hedge.

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Posted by Bee Man

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Posted on 3/28/19 at 8:35 pm to Bigwhite5154

Ours faces west as well. We have blue plumbagoes in the back, sunshine legustrums in the middle and a hedge of miniature boxwoods in the front. It looks pretty nice.

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