The Garden Magazine, March, 1922 



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DIVERSIFIED SHRUBBERY PLANTING, HOME OF MRS. J. A. DOWNS, WINCHESTER. MASS. 



Strongly colored foliage as that of the Purple Filbert and the 

 Purple Beech, the Golden Mockorange, and the Golden Privet 

 offer delightful possibilities to the planter, but such strikingly 

 divergent tones need be used with great caution. One speci- 

 men to emphasize, to lighten, or to accent a given point may 

 serve well, whereas a repetition is another matter. 



For the intimate quarters around the house as giving a wel- 

 come to the guest, the use of evergreen plants of low habit has 

 an apt suggestion, the Mountain Spurge (Pachysandra) for car- 

 pet is brighter and more all-dependable than the time-honored 

 Myrtle (Vinca). Dwarf forms of the Retinispora, especially 

 forms of obtusa, offer an abundant choice. Against the Re- 

 tinisporas it is often claimed that they have a tendency to go 

 brown in spots; and it is true that they show the browning in the 

 open, taller-growing forms, but the little dwarfs are so compact 

 and such dense masses of greenery that the eye cannot penetrate 

 to the browning of departing foliage in the interior, so it matters 

 not, and they may be planted with perfect confidence. They 

 take years to attain any real size and even then are never big. 

 Retinispora obtusa pygmea nana will barely attain a foot after 

 several years of growth and, amusingly enough, the plant is 

 dwarf in proportion to the length of its name and working back- 

 ward the several varieties become taller as you cut off the terms. 



Where their growth can be admitted, the Mugho Pine and 

 the Pfitzer Juniper hold unequal sway, and these are among the 

 few evergreens that can be planted reasonably close to a house 

 in confidence that the house will not disappear behind a barrier 

 of forest before many years roll by. 



A list of plants with special seasonal attractions follows (all 

 have been proven reliable at St. Louis Botanical Garden) : 



trees: English Cork Maple (Acer campestre) ; fol. yellow. Amur 



Maple (Acer Ginnala) ;fol. scarlet. Norway Maple (Acer platanoides) ; 

 fol. pale yellow. Schwedler's Maple (Acer platanoides Schwedleri); 

 fol. purplish. Sycamore Maple (Acer Pseudoplatanus); fol. yellow. 

 Tartar Maple (Acer tataricum); fol. reddish. Speckled Maple (Acer 

 incana);/o/. green ;fr. black. White Birch (Betula populifolia); bark 

 white. Evonymus Bungeana; fr. orange and scarlet. Evonymus 

 europaea; fr. orange and scarlet. Purple Beech (Fagus sylvatica 

 purpurea) ;fol. purple all season. Ash (European) (Fraxinus excelsior); 

 fol. bronze. Ginkgo biloba; fol. yellow. Japanese Walnut (Juglans 

 Sieboldiana); fol. yellow. Chinese Cork (Phellodendron amurense); 

 fol. yellow; bark black. Plane (Platanus orientalis); bark gray. White 

 Poplar (Populus alba); fol. grayish; bark gray. Pussy Willow (Salix 

 caprea); fol. grayish; fr. silvery gray; bark gray. Willow (Salix); fol. 

 bright green. 



shrubs: Hollyleaf Barberry (Berberis ilicifolia); fol. bronze; fr. 

 bright red. Thunberg's Barberry (Berberis Thunbergi) ; fol. scarlet 

 and yellow; fr. bright red. Purple Barberry(Berberis vulgaris pur- 

 purea); fol. purple; fr. red. Red Osier Dogwood (Cornus alba); 

 bark red. Red-branched Dogwood (Cornus sanguinea); bark dull red. 

 Purple Hazel (Corylus Avellana atropurpurea) ; fol. purple all season. 

 Cotoneaster acuminata; fr. red-purple. Cotoneaster multiflora; fr. 

 scarlet. English Hawthorn (Crataegus oxycantha); fol. reddish; fr. 

 red. Elaeagnus longipes; fol. silvery all season; fr. red; bark silvery. 

 Oleaster (Elaeagnus umbellata) ; fol. scarlet all season;/r. red. Straw- 

 berry Bush (Evonymus alata); fol. pinkish-red; fr. red and orange. 

 Forsythia suspensa; fol. purple; bark bright green. Sea Buckthorn 

 fol. silvery; fr. red; bark silvery. Kerria japonica; bark bright green. 

 Privet (Ligustrum sp);/o/. glossy green;/r. black. Buckthorn (Rham- 

 nus cathartica); bark black. Smoke Tree (Rhus cotinus); bark grayish. 

 European Elder (Sambucus niger) ; fol. yellow. Securinega ramifolia; 

 fol. yellow; fr. green; bark green. Bladder Nut (Staphylea colchica); 

 bark white. Viburnum (Carle's) (Viburnum Carlesii); fol. reddish. 

 Viburnum Lantana; fol. reddish; fr. green red. Viburnum Sieboldi; 

 fol. reddish ;/r. bright red. 



