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containers or large mats of plants 

 should be used. It does best in poor, 

 sandy, infertile soils (sun to partial 

 shade) and exhibits good salt toler- 

 ance. Pruning is rarely necessary. 

 And never fertilize. 



Clethra alnifolia 'Ruby Spice' 

 (Summersweet). Dirr doesn't name 

 this specific cultivar, but summer- 

 sweet is "excellent for summer flower 

 (perfect, white, delightfully fragrant 

 July into August.... lovely to look at, 

 but even lovelier to smell), shrub 

 border, good plant for heavy shade 

 and wet areas. ...fall color is a worth- 

 while attribute." It's hardy to zone 3. 



Cornus mas (Corneliancherry dog- 

 wood). "A large (20 feet high, 15 

 wide) multistemmed shrub or small 

 tree of oval-rounded outline, usually 

 branching to the ground, making 

 grass culture impossible" (it is pos- 

 sible to remove the lower branches), 

 its yellow flowers (early, borne is 

 short, stalked umbels), fruit (bright 

 cherry-red drupes in mid-season), at- 



tractive summer foliage, and gray- 

 brown to rich brown exfoliating 

 bark make it a four-season plant. 

 It's hardy from zone 4 through zone 

 eight, but is actually less robust in 

 the south. 



Ilex X meserveae 'Blue Princess' 

 (Blue princess holly). The entire 

 group of Meserve hollies ('Blue 

 Prince,' 'Blue Stallion,' 'Blue Maid,' 

 etc.) were bred by an amateur 

 horticulturalist, Mrs. F. Leighton 

 Meserve, in St. James, New York. 

 Mrs. Meserve has been honored for 

 what is truly a magnificent series of 

 introductions with the American 

 Horticultural Society's Citation for 

 Outstanding Contributions to Ama- 

 teur Horticulture. 



Little needs to be said (Yes, for 

 berries, you need a nearby male; and 

 yes, in colder, unprotected areas — 

 it's hardy to zone 5, there may be 

 some winter desiccation), for it's al- 

 ready extensively in use and a suc- 

 cessful, ever-green addition 



Malus 'Donald Wyman.' This 

 crabapple is large and spreading (20 

 feet high and 25 wide), with "lustrous 

 dark green foliage." Its flowers are 

 "single, expanding buds red to pink, 

 opening to white, tending toward an 

 alternate year pattern, but even in 'off 

 years, still showy; " fruit are abundant, 

 glossy bright red, persisting into win- 

 ter. The only disease problem men- 

 tioned is a slight susceptibility to pow- 

 dery mildew. As with all crabs, any 

 pruning should be done before early 

 June as most initiate flower buds for 

 next year in mid-June to early July. 



As the list of award winners ex- 

 pands, the choices still seem both 

 practical and imaginative — trustwor- 

 thy recommendations. 



For information, contact Michael 

 Amum at $o8-86g-6iii, extension ii. 

 To nominate a plant for the list, write 

 the Worcester County Horticultural 

 Society, Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 

 PO Box ^p8, Bojlston, MA oi^o^-o^pS. 



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