FILLER PLANTS 
EVERGREEN TREES 
ay State Nurseries 
IN COR-POR.ATEO 
Filler Plants 
For Minor Structural Use 
These are the plants which tie the Accent Plants together into homogeneous groups; 
fill in the spaces between the Accents; give continuity of line to the ensemble; develop the 
minor form and contour of the planting, as boards, cornices, and trimmings attached to 
the main timbers give solidarity of form and minor details to a building. Among these 
Fillers also are found the sorts for planting next to the house. Many of these, particularly 
the lesser-sized Evergreens, give forms and outlines similar to many of the Accents but in 
miniature. These are particularly suitable for house-planting since they are large enough 
to embellish, but not large enough to dominate the architecture of the house itself. 
EVERGREEN TREES 
This list contains the dwarfer sorts and should not be confused with small sizes of the 
large-growing kinds. The latter are unsuitable for Filler use, even in their smallest sizes, 
since their rates of growth are rapid and they quickly attain large size; these have their 
specific purposes as Accent Plants and are listed under that heading on pages 7 to 9. 
We dig our Evergreens with a ball of earth in which they are growing and wrap it firmly in burlap— 
often designated as “B&B” 
ARBORVITAE 
This is, perhaps, the most versatile family of 
moderate-size Evergreens, having a wide variety of 
forms from tall slender, broad conical, oval, globe, 
to flatly depressed globe—all with a strong family 
textural resemblance. Few plantings of Evergreens 
can be properly developed without embodying one 
or more of its forms. While having a modest prefer¬ 
ence for moisture and the heavier soils, they flourish 
in a wide diversity of conditions and are suitable 
both in full sun and in partial shade. Arborvitae 
foliage is not of needles, but rather a series of small, 
branchy smooth-scaled fronds. In color most of 
them are a medium dark green in summer and 
various bronze hues in winter. 
Most Arborvitaes are excellent for small and 
medium hedges, withstanding shearing perfectly. 
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