FLOWERING SHRUBS. 



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Evergreen Flowering Sheubs. 



Althougli the kinds of these are not very numerous, rhododendrons alone make 

 a brilliant and diversified display. There arc, however, a few others to be noticed. 

 Arbutus Unedo (the strawberry tree) jDroduces drooping panicles of white flowers 

 in September, and globose fruit, which 

 changes to red in the following year. 

 Arbutus Andrachne, if grown in a 

 light sandy or peaty soil, develops into 

 a handsome bush, 10 feet high, and is 

 hardy in most southern districts. 

 Andromedas floribunda, japonica, and 

 speciosa, are compact-growing shrubs, 

 producing an abundance of wax-like 

 flowers in the spring. A. speciosa 

 cassinseflora is represented in Fig. G9. 

 There are few more effective plants 

 than Berberis Darwini, a group of 

 these, when in flower, giving a rich 

 glow of colour, height from 2 to 4 

 feet, dense growth, flowers rich 

 orange. Berberis dulcis or buxi- 

 folia, and B. Fortunei are also hardy 

 and good. Buddleia globosa, sub- 

 evergreen, requires a sandy soil and 

 sheltered yet snnny position in most 

 districts. Under favourable conditions 

 it gives numerous clusters of orange- 

 coloured globular flowers in May. 



The gum cistus (Cistus ladaniferus) 

 forms a neat bush and is very gay in 



June, the flowers, however, being fugitive. Cotoneaster microphylla is of compact 

 growth, leaves small, flowers abundant and fruit showy. Cotoneaster Simmonsi 

 grows more vigorously and is only partially evergreen. This also fruits freely, the red 

 berries hanging through the winter. Daphne collina is of erect growth and gives 



Andeomeda speciosa cassin^floea. 



