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T H E GARDEN MAGAZINE 



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Massed shrubbery effect with foreground of trees. Individual specimen plants, flowering at different seasons 



Cornus paniculata and in the snowy white 

 of Symphoricarpos racemosus which has the 

 common name of snowberry. 



Blue flowering shrubs are rather scarce. 

 There is the lavender haze of yellow root 

 in April, and the purple smoke of the smoke 

 tree {Rhus Cotinus) in July. There is the 

 light blue of a rather new importation, 

 Ceanothus Gloire de Versailles, which ought 

 to look well with hypericums. But May 

 makes up for any scarcity in blue flowers 

 with the wealth of Persian and common 

 liiacs. In the single and double named 

 varieties of the common lilacs there are all 

 the varying shades of blue from the most 

 delicate lavender to deepest of purple. 



There are a few brilliant notes of red as 

 in the Japanese quince, rhododendron and 

 azaleas but as a rule the shrubs content 

 themselves with the various shades of 

 rose and pink. 



Early in the season come the delicate 

 pinkish white blossoms of the wild azaleas, 

 the pink flowers of the flowering almond, 

 and the charming pink forms of Japanese 

 quince. In May come the crabappie 

 blossoms in shades that vary from the al- 



most white flowers of Malus Horibunda to 

 the bright red of Malus atro-sanguinea. 

 There are all the many hawthorns. From 

 May to July the weigela or Diervilla is 

 blooming in all shades of white, pink and 

 red. In June come the delicate pink of 

 wild roses. In July there is the purplish 

 rose of tamarix and the deep rose steeples 

 of Spircea tomentosum and Douglasi. The 

 beautiful rose pink of fruit and foliage 

 of the burning bush {Euonymus A mericana) 

 and the large flat fruit clusters of Viburnum 

 cassinoides carry the pink succession into 

 the autumn days. 



In ^combining shrubs for borders succes- 

 sion of bloom, color harmony, foliage effect 

 and winter interest ought to be thought 

 of. Succession of blooms in one color 

 make attractive shrubbery borders. Va- 

 riety in habit and in foliage and the diver- 

 sity in the shades of one color quite dispel 

 any idea of monotony. On a large place 

 each subdivision could have a different 

 color succession. But even on the large 

 place certain restraint should be shown in 

 the color display. It ought to be simplified 

 through the planting of large quantities 



of comparatively few varieties. Too much 

 variety in planting is the pitfall of many 

 owners of even small places. 



Forsythia, Jasminum, Laburnum and Car- 

 agana, Kerria, flowering currants and 

 Hypericum will give an interesting yellow 

 succession. Groups of crabapples or haw- 

 thorns or pink dogwood, between masses of 

 Diervilla or Tamarix with foreground 

 masses of Japanese quince, red flowering 

 currant, snowberries, and wild roses would 

 make a good pink succession. There are 

 many shrubs whose white flowers merge into 

 pink shades which could be used with the 

 deeper pink ones. Pink and pure white 

 combinations make splendid color har- 

 monies. 



It is quite possible, too, to vary the color 

 of the shrubbery from season to season or 

 even month to monih. There could be, 

 for instance, a decided emphasis on yellow 

 flowers in April; on blue lilacs in May; on 

 white flowers in June; and pink ones in 

 July. These would not be hard and fast 

 monthly groupings for everyone knows that 

 there are no fixed rules in nature and that 

 the colors would merge one into another. 



White flowers can be used with all other 

 colors in this color succession. White 

 spireas will soften the yellow of Forsythia, 

 Exochorda andDeutzia make a white group- 

 ing with lilacs and Wisteria; Viburnums 

 will make a white background for the pink 

 of wild roses. 



In connection with the one-color garden 

 there are also interesting suggestions for the 

 one-shrub garden. It is a garden in which 

 one kind of shrub is the prominent planting. 



A garden in which the wilder roses would 

 predominate would be a delight. The 

 white memorial rose (Rosa Wichuraiana) , 

 would fall in long streamers over the walls; 

 the prairie rose (Rosa setigera) would cover 

 the sloping banks; Rosa blanda, lucida, 

 nitida and Carolina would border path and 

 roadside; Rosa multiflora intermingles its 

 fragrant masses with the taller shrubbery; 

 and Rosa spinosossima and the sweet briar 

 form hedges or make the foreground plant- 

 ing in front of dark purple or white lilacs. 

 Succession of bloom of native azaleas would 

 make a charming garden. The April and 

 May bloom of the white rose-tinged wild 

 honeysuckle (Azalea nudiflora), and the 

 delicate pinkish white of Azalea Vaseyi, 

 the May and June blossoms of the 

 showy yellow, flame and red Azalea cal- 

 endulacea, and the June and July bloom of 

 the white rose-tinged Azalea viscosa and 

 Azalea arbor escens w T ould make a garden 

 full of color. In a proper selection and ar- 

 rangement, the native rhodora, the deep 

 red flowered evergreen Japanese Azalea 

 Kcempferi (superior to A.amcena, and the 

 Chinese and Ghent azaleas could be added. 

 All need the background of trees and shrubs ; 

 most of them like the soil and the shade 

 of the woods. They have a delicacy of 

 branching which ought to be considered in 

 combining them with other shrubs. Azal- 

 eas could be planted in masses under dog- 

 wood trees or crabapples or white birches. 

 They would look well in front of Magnolia 



