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*5 Hibiscus Syriacus, " Joan of Arc": rose of Sharon; twelve 

 feet high; very double pure white flowers; buy plants; 

 blossoms in July and on to September. 



6 Caryopteris mastacanthus : blue spirea; five feet high; blue 

 flowers in loose clusters, along the upright branches with the 

 leaves; buy plants; needs some protection winters and may 

 kill to the ground like a perennial, but new shoots will come 

 up in time to blossom; blossoms in late August and on 

 through November. 



SHRUBS; IN SHADE 

 i Deutzia, "Pride of Rochester": Deutzia; eight feet high; 



double white flowers tinged with pink, in loose clusters; buy 



plants; blossoms in May. 

 *2 Diervilla, "EvaRathka" Weigela; six to eight feet high; 



spreading and arching branches; red flowers, abundant, 



the length of the branches; buy plants; blossoms in May 



and sometimes through the summer. 

 3 Cornus stolonifera: red osier dogwood; eight feet high; likes 



wet or damp places; small white flowers in dense cymes; 



branches blood-red and striking in winter; buy plants; 



blossoms in June. 

 4 Ligustrum Ibota: Japanese privet; ten feet high; spreading 



branches ; small panicles of white flowers along the branches ; 



buy plants ; blossoms in June and July. 

 *5 Symphoricarpos vulgaris: Indian currant; six feet high; 



all kinds of soil; flowers inconspicuous, fruit dark red, the 



berries of irregular size; buy plants; blossoms in July. 

 *6 Ceanothus Americanus: New Jersey tea; three feet high; 



white flowers in a profusion of small upright panicles; buy 



plants; blossoms in July and sometimes on. 



