SHRUBS FOR PLANTING 



can be produced with them. They are of particular 

 merit within the garden, but they hold back their 

 bloom for two or three weeks after that of the Japanese 

 beauty, and are therefore not so electrifying an incident 

 of the early spring. 



A. nudiflora, the wild honeysuckle or pinxter 

 flower, which is at home in the woods, is beautiful 

 through naturalistic stretches of planting. Its deli- 

 cate pink flowers are seen as spring moves on toward 

 summer. A. viscosa, also a native species, does not 

 open its white flowers until July. These native 

 azaleas have about them a wild, woodsy charm, 

 quite different from that of the hybrids bred for the 

 garden. It is a charm less pronounced, more elusive. 

 For this reason they appear best when chosen for 

 secluded nooks outside the garden. 



A. amoena is the most dwarfish of the group and 

 of distinctive personality because of the evergreen 

 quality of its leaves, tinted with tones of blood-red 

 overlaid with bronze (page 48). 



The Tamarix, less known than many other shrubs, 

 is a worthy seaside dweller, since its delicate sprays 

 of pastel pink flowers, opening in May, are as soft as 

 the mist and its asparagus-like foliage sways grace- 

 fully with the wind. There are several varieties of 

 Tamarix, but the one called gallica is most often seen 

 in seashore places. It is planted occasionally for 

 shade. This shrub, especially, requires judicious prun- 

 ing, that its slender, willow-like growth may not render 

 it scraggly and unkept looking. 



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