HARDY ORNAMENTAL SHRUBS 



Note how artistic and inviting this entrance is 



The value of a property is increased the day that shrubs or hedge plants are 

 planted on it. This increase in value gets greater as the plants gradually attain 

 their full size and beauty. 



We would start first with a hardy hedge of Japan Barberry or Privet (see page 

 90) to go around the sides and back of the property to enable you to visuahze 

 what is actually your own. You will be surprised at the amount of satisfaction a 

 hedge will give you. Next plant around the porch and base of the house "to tie 

 the house to the ground," as architects say — break up the sharp angles and take 

 off the raw look that every newly built house unavoidably has. 



When you consider that the necessary plants to "make your house look hke 

 a home^ will probably not cost you more than one per cent of the value of the 

 house itself, you will reahze how worth while it is to get the planting done as 

 quickly as possible. Skip a season and you lose a year. 



The two and three-year size, field-grown shrubs make an excellent showing 

 almost from the time they are planted, but most of them must be set at least 4 to 

 6 feet apart to allow for proper spread and cultivation. 



On the following five pages we have illustrated the most popular ornamental 

 flowering shrubs, and they are so described that you can easily figure what plants 

 to use and the best place to use them. 



Do not plant shrubs in the center of your lawn. The lower-growing kinds, like 

 Abelia, Deutzia gracilis, Spirea Anthony Waterer, and the Blue Spirea are ex- 

 cellent for planting around porches and with them plant some Polyantha Roses 

 (see pages 44 and 45) to give bloom and bright color all the growing season. 



In our descriptions you will see that Altheas grow straight and formal; Spiraea 

 Van Houttei loose and graceful in growth. Others that do not have their habit of 

 growth mentioned are just regular, bushy shrubs. 



Shrubs and hedge plants should be planted as soon as you can after frost is 

 out of the ground. See the next five pages. 



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