Secrets of Ornamental Planting 



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Hardy Flowering Shrubs 



The correct planting of naturalistic shrub borders and shrub groups is one of the most 

 important factors in attaining a good, naturalistic landscape planting. The shrubs in groups 

 and borders must be irregular in outline with graceful, sweeping curves and deep bays. The 



outline of the groups must be irregular and also the sky-line or perspective must be uneven and 



naturalistic. There must be accent in the planting, such 



as a shrub or tree of very slender, upright growth. It is 



necessary to study the characteristics of the different shrubs 



before making up your shrub group. The taller, more 



upright shrubs should be used in the background or in the 



center of the group. Then the shrubs of medium height 



should be used in front of these, while on the very edge we 



use the low, spreading shrubs which are known as "facers." 



Everyone has seen the character of undergrowth which 



appears on the edge of a forest. There you will see the large 



shrubs in behind and the lower, spreading shrubs in front. 



This is exactly the same effect at which we are striving when 



we plant a naturalistic shrub border. 



FLOWERING SHRUBS IN ORDER OF 

 BLOOM. 



(Including many of the best species.) 

 APRIL. 



Cercis Canadensis Red bud. 

 Tamarix Africana Tamarisk. 

 Forsythia Golden Bell. 

 Spirea Thunbergii Dwarf Spirea. 



MAY. 



Lonicera Tatarica Tartarian Honeysuckle. 

 Spirea Van Houttei. 

 Prunus Pissardi Purple eaf flowering 



plum. 



Prunus triloba Rose tree of China. 

 Lilacs, in variety. 



Lonicera Morrowii Bush Honeysuckle. 

 Deutzia gracilis Dwarf Deutzia. 

 Viburnum lantana Wayfaring tree. 

 Lonicera Tatarica Bush Tartarian Honey- 

 suckle. 

 Deutzia Lemoinei Lemoine's Deutzia. 



JUNE. 



Viburnum opulus High bush Cranberry. 

 Viburnum opulus, var. sterilis Snowball. 

 Cornus alba Red stemmed Dogwood. 

 Deutzia scabra- "Pride of Rochester." 

 Weigela, in variety. 

 Philadelphus coronarius Mock Orange or 



Syringa. 

 Hydrangea arborescens grandiflora. 



JULY. 



Syringa Japonica Tree Lilac. 

 Symphoricarpus racemosus- Snowberry. 

 Spirea Billardi Billard's Spirea. 

 Spirea Anthony Waterer. * 



AUGUST AND LATER. 

 A Ithea Hibiscus. 

 Hydrangea paniculata grandiflora. 



SHRUBS WITH BRIGHT COLORED 

 FRUITS. 



Berberis Thunbergii Japanese Barberry. 

 Berberis vulgaris Common Barberry. 

 Cornus Florida Flowering Dogwood. 

 Euonymus alatus Strawberry tree. 



Rosa ruyosa Japanese Rose. 

 Symphoricarpus racemosus Snowberry. 



Viburnum opulin High bush Cranberry. 



Carolina A II- 

 spice (Caly- 

 canthus), a 



charming 

 spicy scented 



shrub that 

 should be in 



your next 



order from 

 Stark Bro's. 



Amid the Deutzias on Stark 

 Bro's office lawn. 



Japanese Barberry The 

 universal hedge plant; ideal 

 low growing shrub for foun- 

 dation planting (at the left). 



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