PLANTS FOR FOUNDATION PLANTINGS 



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PLANTS SUITABLE FOR FOUNDATION PLANT- 

 INGS UNDER GENERAL CONDITIONS 



In selecting shrubs for base planting, the main consideration should be 

 the foliage effect, as well as the general character of growth. These shrubs 

 should be well furnished with graceful branches, rather than a few thick stems. 

 Fortunately many such shrubs also produce beautiful flowers so that a founda- 

 tion can be made effective indeed. Should it be necessary to plant deeply 

 (that is, more than one row) it is important that the shrubs that are taller 

 at maturity should be placed in the background; to facilitate selection 

 the following list is tabulated according to the size of the fully grown shrubs. 

 For Winter effect the evergreens are very desirable, but it is not at all neces- 

 sary to have a solid banking of them. In fact a planting consisting of a combina- 

 tion of flowering shrubs and evergreens is, in the majority of cases, to be pre- 

 ferred. This is because evergreens are inclined to be too stiff and formal, 

 whereas deciduous flowering shrubs have informal outlines, which soften the 

 sharp lines of the house, which is the real object of such a planting. 



Large Shrubs (For background) 



DECIDUOUS 



Allspice, Calycanthus floridus. 

 Deutzia, Deutzia Pride of Rochester. 

 Witch Hazel, Hamamelis virginiana. 

 Scentless Mock Orange, Philadelphus ino- 

 dorous. 

 Common Privet, Ligustrum vulgaris. 

 Persian Lilac, Syringa persica. 

 Arrowwood, Viburnum dentatum. 

 Wayfaring Tree, Viburnum lantanum. 

 Sheepberry, Viburnum lentago. 

 Siebold's Viburnum, Viburnum Sieboldii. 

 Golden Bell, Forsythia intermedia. 

 Golden Bell, Forsythia viridissima. 



Rose of Sharon, Hibiscus syriacus. 

 Japanese Snowball, Viburnum tomentosum 

 plicatum. 



EVERGREEN 



Chinese Juniper, Juniperus chinensis. 



Red Cedar, Juniperus virginiana. 



Blue Virginian Cedar, Juniperus virginiana 



glauca. 

 Schott's Cedar, Juniperus virginiana Schottii. 

 Swiss Stone Pine, Pinus Cembra. 

 Thread-branched Cypress, Retinispora fili- 



fera. 

 Japanese Yew Tree, Taxus cuspidata capitata. 

 American Arborvitae, Thuya occidentalis. 

 Sitka Cypress, Thuya Standishii. 



Medium Sized Shrubs 



DECIDUOUS 



Japanese Barberry, Berberis Thunbergii. 

 Variegated Dogwood, Cornus alba variegata. 

 Globe Flower, Kerria japonica. 

 Lemoine's Deutzia, Deutzia Lemoinei. 

 Morrow's Honeysuckle, Lonicera Morrowii. 

 White Globe Flower, Rhodotypos kerrioides 

 Golden Mock Orange, Philadelphus coronarius 



aureus. 

 Fine-leaved Spiraea, Spiraea arguta. 

 Thunberg's Spiraea, Spiraea Thunbergii. 

 Bridal Wreath, Spiraea prunifolia, fl. pi. 

 Vanhoutte's Spiraea, Spiraea Vanhouttei. 

 Snowberry, Symphoricarpos racemosus. 

 Coral Berry, Symphoricarpos vulgare. 

 Lemoine's Mock Orange, Philadelphus 



Lemoinei. 

 Round-leaved Spiraea, Spiraea rotundifolia. 

 Regel's Privet, Ligustrum Regelianum. 

 Wright's Viburnum, Viburnum Wrightii. 

 Withe Rod, Viburnum cassinoides. 

 Scented Guelder Rose, Viburnum Carlesii. 

 Fontanesia, Fontanesia Fortunei. 

 Drooping Golden Bell, Forsythia suspensa. 

 Lace Bush, Stephanandra flexuosa. 



EVERGREEN 



Grecian Juniper, Juniperus excelsa stricta. 



Mountain Pine, Pinus montana. 



Japanese Yew, Taxus cuspidata. 



Graceful Hemlock, Tsuga canadensis gracilis. 



Mountain Laurel, Kalmia latifolia. 



Hybrid Rhododendrons, Rhododendron 

 catawbiense hybrids. 



Savin Juniper, Juniperus Sabina. 



Pfitzer's Juniper, Juniperus Pfitzeriana. 



Sargent's Hemlock, Tsuga Sargentii pendula. 



Holly-leaved Mahonia, Mahonia japonica. 



Cripp's Golden Cypress, Retinispora obtusa 

 Crippsii. 



Graceful Japanese Cypress, Retinispora ob- 

 tusa gracilis. 



Dotted Rhododendron, Rhododendron punc- 

 tatum. 



Ink Berry, Ilex glabra. 



Fire Thorn, Crataegus Pyracantha. 



Japanese Andromeda, Andromeda japonica. 



