FLOWERING SHRUBS 



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ledge and allowed to grow down. Even after flowering the foliage 

 retains a good color. The upright forms need to be massed, as 

 individuals are not graceful. 



A popular Summer-flowering hardy shrub is the Hydrangea panic- 

 ulata grandiflora. It has handsome dark green foliage and bears in 

 great profusion immense panicles of white flowers, which gradually 

 change to rose and bronze. The shrub should be severely pruned in 

 early Spring. 



The Snowball (Viburnum opulus sterile) is one of the best of 

 flowering shrubs, bearing clusters of handsome globular pure white 

 flowers in May. 



Bush or Shrub Honeysuckles (Loniceras) are attractive shrubs of 

 upright habit and very desirable for mass and border planting. They 

 produce showy flowers which are often followed by bright-colored 

 berries. 



No shrubbery is complete without a specimen or two of the 

 Japanese Maple (Acer palmatum), of which there are several forms. 

 They are beautiful little trees or shrubs of graceful habit, their delicately 

 cut leaves of various shades of color being especially attractive in 

 Spring and Autumn. 



Excellent beds or borders are arranged, using tall shrubs, such as 

 Red Bud (Cercis) and Hawthorns at the back, with Mock Orange 

 (Philadelpuhs coronarius) and Wiegela at the^ midground and edged 

 with Deutzia graciUs or Spiraea Thunbergii; or for lower beds, the use 



Grouping of Spiraea Van Houttei and Viburnum plicatum (Snowball) 



