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^ Planting Suctions • TOWSON NURSERIES, INC. 



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PLANTING SUGGESTIONS 



O ASSIST YOU in solving your landscape problems we have listed, on the following 

 pages, groups of plants naturally suited for varying soil conditions and difficult situations, 

 also those noted for their autumn coloring and for fruit and berry-bearing qualities. We 

 have included a few of the best plants for hedges, windbreaks, highway plantings and several 

 of our most outstanding specimens. 



Plants For Shady Locations 



EVERGREEN TREES 



Ilex opaca 

 Taxus, in variety 

 Tsuga canadensis 

 Tsuga caroliniana 



EVERGREEN SHRUBS 



Azalea, Japanese & Kurume 

 Ilex crenata, in variety 

 Ilex glabra 

 Kalmia latifolia 

 Leucothoe, in variety 

 Mahonia, in variety 

 Pachysandra terminalis 

 Pieris, in variety 

 Rhododendrons, in variety 



EVERGREEN TREES 



Abies balsamea 

 Juniperus communis 

 Juniperus communis de- 



pressa plumosa 

 Juniperus horizontalis 

 Juniperus sabina 

 Picea excelsa 

 Pinus montana mugho 

 Pinus resinosa 

 Pinus strobus 

 Thuja occidentalis 

 Tsuga canadensis 



Vinca minor 

 DECIDUOUS TREES 



Cercis canadensis 

 Cornus florida 

 Cornus florida rubra 

 DECIDUOUS SHRUBS 

 Acanthopanax pentaphyllum 

 Amelanchier canadensis 

 Aronia arbutifolia 

 Azalea, in variety 

 Benzoin aestivale 

 Berberis thunbergi 

 Calycanthus floridus 

 Clethra alnifolia 

 Cornus mas 



Plants For Dry Soils 



EVERGREEN SHRUBS 



Mahonia aquifolia 

 Pachysandra terminalis 



DECIDUOUS TREES 



Acer rubrum 

 Acer saccharum 

 Fagus, in variety 

 Larix, in variety 



DECIDUOUS SHRUBS 



Acanthopanax penta- 

 phyllum 

 Berberis thunbergi 



Plants For Wet And Marshy 



EVERGREEN TREES 



Ilex opaca 

 Picea alba 

 Thuja occidentalis 



EVERGREEN SHRUBS 



Berberis julianae 

 Ilex glabra 

 Pyracantha coccinea 



DECIDUOUS TREES 



Acer rubrum 



EVERGREEN TREES 



Juniperus chinensis 



pfitzeriana 

 Picea excelsa 

 Pinus nigra austriaca 

 Pinus resinosa 

 Pinus strobus 



Betula nigra 

 Fraxinus americana 

 Larix leptolepis 

 Magnolia glauca 

 Quercus alba 

 Quercus palustris 

 Salix, in variety 

 Taxodium distichum 

 Tilea americana 

 Ulmus americana 



Plants For Hedges 



Pinus sylvestris 

 Pinus thunbergi 

 Taxus, in variety 

 Thuja, in variety 

 Tsuga canadensis 



EVERGREEN SHRUBS 



Azalea amoena 



Forsythia, in variety 

 Hydrangea arborescens 

 Hydrangea quercifolia 

 Myrica cerifera 

 Ligustrum, in variety 

 Lonicera, in variety 

 Philadelphus coronarius 

 Symphoricarpos, in variety 

 Viburnum, in variety 



PERENNIALS 

 See Perennial List 



VINES 



Euonymus radicans 

 Euonymus radicans acutus 

 Hedera helix 



Calycanthus floridus 

 Comptonia asplenifolium 

 Cornus paniculata 

 Halesia 



Hamamelis virginiana 

 Robina hispida 

 Rhamnus cathartica 

 Symphoricarpos, in variety 

 Viburnum, native varieties 



PERENNIALS 



See Perennial List. 



Places 



DECIDUOUS SHRUBS 



Amorpha fruticosa 

 Aronia arbutifolia 

 Aronia melanocarpa 

 Azalea viscosa 

 Clethra alnifolia 

 Hypericum densiflorum 

 Ilex verticillata 

 Vaccinium corymbosum 

 PERENNIALS 

 See Perennial List. 



Berberis verruculosa 

 Buxus sempervirens 

 Buxus sempervirens 



suffruticosa 

 Ilex crenata, in variety 

 Pyracantha, in variety 



