For a screen hedge, select a plant that is 

 dense right down to the ground, and one that stands 

 shearing (European beech). 



Some roses may be planted as flowering hedges, 

 but their season of beauty is short, the plants lacKing 

 the other requirements of a hedge 



The Japan barberry makes the best low defensive 

 and ornamental hedge. Hardy, spiny, ^d with 

 brightly colored foliage in fall 



The Best Twelve Hedge Plants 



There are three types of hedge — ornamental, defensive and screen — and one hedge may of course serve two or all three of these 

 purposes. The ideal plant should possess these qualifications: (i) stand close cutting with impunity; (2) form a dense base; (3) should 

 not sucker; (4) grow moderately fast; (5) be free from insects and diseases; (6) be resistant to outside attacks of animals, etc. — 

 therefore spiny plants are highly valued. In the case of purely ornamental hedges, rule No. 6 can be ignored, thus admitting Regel's 

 privet; No. 2 rules out Rosa rugosa. The beech is doubtfully safe for fall planting unless the work is done quite early. The main- 

 tenance of a hedge entails regular attention to trimming, which should be done at least once a year in all cases, and more frequently 

 with fast-growing plants such as the privet. In planting, prepare the ground as well as for street trees, because a hedge must grow evenly 

 throughout its entire length. Patching afterwards is not satisfactory. Most failures in old hedges are traceable to impoverished soil or to 

 the plants having been set out too high in the first place; planting deeper than they were in the nursery helps in the formation of a dense base. 



COMMON NAME 



California privet 



Regel's privet 



Osage orange 



Japan barberry 



Honey locust 



Buckthorn 



Japan quince 



Rose of Sharon 



Van Houtte's spirea. 



Trifoliate orange 



Tamarix 



Beech 



STANDARD NAME 



Ligustrum ovalijolium.. 



Ligustrum Ibota, van 



Regelianuni' 

 Toxylon pomijerum 



Berberis Thunbergi... . 



Gleditschia triacanthos. 



Rhamnus cathartica. . . 



Cydonia Japonica 



Hibiscus Syriacus 



Spiraa Van Houttci,... 



Citrus trijoliatus 



Tamarix Gallica 



Fagus sylvatica 



Shelter 



Flowering 



Tall defense 



Low defense 



Strong high defense 



Strong defense 



Flowering defense.. 



Flowering 



Flowering 



Defense 



Seaside 



Screen 



Fastest growing. Stands salt spray. Good soil binder. 



Stands severest pruning and can be trained high or low. 

 Low growing, denser habit with spreading drooping branches 



clothed with white tassels in June. 

 Grows in any soil. Makes a dense defensive hedge as far 



north as Massachusetts. 

 Foliage down to the ground. Dense compact growth of 



small spiny branches making effective hedge in winter. 

 The thorniest of all. "Bull strong, horse high and pig tight." 



Perfectly hardy. Fast and vigorous grower. Suckers. 

 The best strong hedge, as dense and tight as honey locust 



but not so high. Thorny. Never ragged. Moderate grower. 

 Bright scarlet flowers in Slay. Spreading spiny branches 



making strong low defense growing six feet high. 

 Sturdiest flowering hedge in August. Leafs late in spring. 



Select good red or white varieties. 

 Best white-flowered summer hedge. Handsome foliage 



all summer. Informal hedge. 

 Best medium height hedge for the South where it is ever- 

 green. Deciduous in the North. Foliage yellow in fall. 

 Unexcelled for saline and alkaline soils, growing on the 



salt water's edge where nothing else will. 

 Slow growing, very long lived, carrying foliage nearly 



all winter. Plant very early. 



Set six inches deeper than in the nursery and cut back 



to six inches or less. 

 Useful as a border hedge to plantations and along roadways. 



Should not be planted as a protection. 

 Unless regularly trimmed, the top branches will spread. 



Will exhaust soil on each side for some feet. 

 Does not need pruning. Red berries all winter, and foliage 



red until Christmas. Do not plant in wheat districts. 

 Plant thickly and prune severely. Mice girdle in winter. 



Spring trimmings must be burned. Needs strict control. 

 Spray with kerosene emulsion for hop louse. Old hedges that 



are out of condition are easily recovered by cutting back. 

 Do not prune too close. Subject to San Jose scale. Best 



defensive hedge for flower gardens. 

 Prune in winter for profusion of flowers. Do not permit 



the plants to run up leaving the base bare. 

 Especially suitable for formal gardens. Prune out old 



wood in summer, immediately after flowering. 

 Not reliably hardy north of Philadelphia. White flowers 



followed by small yellow fruits make it ornamental also. 

 Flowers feathery pink on old wood; on new wood in var. 



Narbonnensis. Foliage small. 

 Valuable as a windbreak where evergreens are not suitable 



Prefers dry, sandy loam or limestone soil. 



The Best Twelve Flowering Shrubs 



As shrubs are really but smaller sized trees, the requirements of the ideal are the same in each with this addition, however, in the case 

 of shrubs, because the plant is seen at close range: (5) it should be "furnished" with branches clear down to the ground or have arching 

 branches. Fragrance is a quality much appreciated in shrubs which are planted near the house or along walks. We would be quite justified 

 in admitting such a plant as the Tartarian honeysuckle, even though its flowers were not otherwise conspicuous. 



COMMON XAME 



STANDARD NAME 



HEIGHT 



(feeti 



MONTH 



Golden bell 



Forsythia suspensa.... 



8 



April 



Japan quince 



Cydonia Japonica... 



8 



May 



Lilac 



Syringa vulgaris 



Viburnum plicalum... . 





May. 



Japan snowball 



S 



May 



Flowering crab 



Pyrus fioribunda 



15 



May., 



Tartarian honeysuckle. . 



Loniccra Tatarica 



8 



May 







6 



June 





WHY BEST 



The most showy, early-flowering shrub. Yellow flowers 



before the leaves. Branches arch over and root at tips. 

 Earli st bright scarlet flowered shrub. Useful also as a 



hedge. Plant as specimen. Slow growing. 

 Very fragrant lilac, white or purple flowers. Grows 



anywhere, even in partial shade. 

 Largest showy white balls of bloom, better habit than the 



common snowball and not so subject to plant louse. 

 Most floriferous. early-flowering large shrub. The arching 



branches are strings of rose colored flowers, seen with leaves. 

 Most fragrant of all the early summer shrubs, especially at 



dusk. Flowers pink; several varieties red or white. 

 Showiest shrub of midsummer. Flowers pink, white, 



red. Best flowering shrub under big trees. 



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Plant against a dark background, such as evergreens, 



or a hillside to set off flowers. 

 Very subject to San Jose scale. Don't plant near orchards 



unless systematically sprayed. Stands close pruning. 

 Spray with potassium sulphide for mildew in August. Sept. 



Do not permit suckers to develop. Prune for form only. 

 Prune as little as possible. Should be planted on lawn as a 



specimen, or trained on wall of house. 

 Plant in masses against dark background of taller trees. 



Fruits make good jelly. Spray for scale and woolly aphis. 

 Plant in shrubbery where its presence is made known by the 



odor. Valuable as a low screen on seaside. 

 Can be planted where other shrubs fail. Free from insects 



and disease. Cut out old wood to the ground. 



