CHAPTER XII. 
WHAT TO PLANT. 
T HIS chapter should be carefully read in connection 
with the preceding one. After the general layout 
is planned, the natural question is, “What shall we 
plant?” It is not necessary nor wise to answer this ques¬ 
tion by any set lists. Many shrubs do equally well under 
the same conditions. Select those you most admire. The 
following lists are by no means complete. They com¬ 
prise shrubs that are perfectly hardy and will help sug¬ 
gest plants to select. Remember that the food and care of 
a plant is as important as the exposure. Often sun lov¬ 
ing plants will do fairly well 
care (good soil well fertilized 
tall plants—6 
FOR SHADE OR NORTH SIDES 
Common Barberry 
Berberis vulgaris 
Purple Leaf Barberry 
Berberis var. purpurea 
Azalias 
Nudiflora and viscosa 
(Peaty Soil preferred, no lime) 
Judas Tree or Redbud 
Cercis Canadensis 
Sweet Pepper Bush 
Clethra Alnifolia 
Red Twigged Dogwood 
Cornus Stolonifera 
Blue Dogwood 
Cornus alternifolia 
Flowering Dogwood 
Cornus Florida 
in shade if they have good 
and tilled). 
feet and higher 
FOR OTHER EXPOSURES 
Common Barberry 
Berberis vulgaris 
Purple Leaf Barberry 
Berberis var. purpurea 
Siberian Pea 
Caragana aborescens 
Button Bush 
Cephalanthus occidentalis 
Red Bud 
Cercis Canadensis 
White Fringe 
Chionanthus Yirginica 
Sweet Pepper Bush 
Clethra Alnifolia 
Red Twigged Dogwood 
Cornus Stolonifera 
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