CHAPTER X 

 Trees and Shrubs 

 Self Clinging Climbers 



Q. Will you please give me a list of self clinging climbers, other 

 than Ivy, suitable for a cement wall facing south ? S. H. P., Belfast. 



A. The following are suitable : Hydrangea petiolaris, Vitis semi- 

 cordata, and of course Ampelopsis Veitchi. The choice of self 

 clinging climbers, excluding Ivy, is very limited, but these three are 

 good growers and thrive in most places. 



Planting Bed of Flowering Shrubs 



Q. I enclose a rough sketch of bed 24 feet long, 12 feet wide, 

 with wall 3 feet high at back facing east, well sheltered by house 

 and buildings. Will you advise the best flowering shrubs and bush 

 Roses to grow for garden decoration intermixed with hardy annuals, 

 and, finally, bedding out plants 1 I wish to make a tennis lawn on 

 south-west side of wall, but I want to hide it from the other part 

 of the garden without having the shrubs too high and cumbersome. 

 Will you also advise how to plant? I should like bush Hoses of 

 the Sweet Briar class, but do not wish to confine myself to that 

 class alone. Beginner, Blandford. 



A. Taking the part of the house nearest the bed, we should plant 

 the following shrubs and Roses, which would occupy a width say of 

 about 6 feet. Commencing near the Bay tree, plant Genista andre- 

 anus, Rose Aglaia, Philadelphus grandiflorus, Veronica Traversii, 

 Lilac Madame Lemoine, Spartium junceum, Rose Hiawatha 

 on stump or pole. Then, starting 3 feet away from these plants, 

 Rose Blush Rambler, standard Pyrus Malus floribunda, Hybrid 

 Sweet Briar Lady Penzance, Buddleia veitchiana, Hybrid Sweet 

 Briar Anne of Geierstein, standard double flowering Cherry Jas. H. 

 Veitch, Forsythia suspensa, Rose Rubin. Towards the outer side of 

 bed, starting near Rose Blush Rambler, plant Weigela E. Rathke, 

 Rose Goldfinch, Rose Conrad F. Meyer Spiraea A. Waterer, Rose, 

 Tausendschon, Guelder Rose, Hybrid Sweet Briar, Amy Robsart, 

 Rose Gruss an Teplitz, Rose Leuchtstern, Pyrus Malus angustifolia. 



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