California Privet Hedge 
Japan Barberry Hedge Untrimmed 
Hedges — Formal 
And Informal 
The informal hedge, though 
often planted in a straight line 
is never sheared. Such hedges are 
allowed to mature into their na¬ 
tural size and shape, and are 
often used as screens. Plants 
used for screen planting are usu¬ 
ally of the larger type such as 
Honeysuckles, American Arbor 
Vitae, Hemlock, etc. 
The formal hedge will always 
be sheared, and is best used in 
straight lines and angular turns. 
The formality of such hedges 
plays a large part in the creat¬ 
ing and maintaining of a formal 
garden. 
When planting a hedge aig the 
trench with one side straight for 
it is against this side you want 
to place the plants before filling 
and packing with dirt. Place the 
plants a trifle deeper than they 
were planted in the nursery as 
this will insure a thicker and 
fuller hedge.. 
In trimming never shear so that 
the base of the hedge is nar¬ 
rower than the top, for this will 
cause a dying of the lower 
branches which will make a bare 
and unsightly hedge. 
A hedge which receives very 
little care will always look bet¬ 
ter if allowed to grow informal¬ 
ly, but a hedge properly planted 
and sheared at regular intervals 
is always an attractive addition. 
PRIVETS 
Privets are very old favorite plants because 
they have such shiny waxy leaves and of 
such a dark shade of green. They may be 
allowed to grow natural or may be sheared 
to any desired shape. 
AMOOR RIVER. A very hardy northern 
grown type, upright and tall growing. It 
has dark green leaves and when closely 
sheared makes a very thick and compact 
plant. Makes a very attractive hedge with 
the flowers borne in long white panicles. 
CALIFORNIA. The shoots are densely leaved 
with waxy, dark green leaves. This is the 
most popular and most widely used of all the 
privets. A very quick grower and may be 
sheared into a hedge the first year. Not re¬ 
liably hardy in the north. 
IBOLIUM. Extremely hardy and withstands 
the severe weather of the north and north¬ 
west. It is an erect grower and is covered 
with bright green, shiny and waxy leaves. It 
is covered with creamy white blooms that 
have a delightful fragrance. 
REGALS. A strong very hardy type with 
dark green shiny leaves. The branches are 
stiff and horizontally spreading, drooping at 
the ends. Such a plant is desirable for foun¬ 
dation plantings. 
BARBERRY 
BOX. A barberry similar to thumbergi but 
smaller in all respects. The plants are very 
compact and when in leaf resembles box¬ 
wood. 
BARBERRY, JAPAN. A very pretty species 
of dwarf habit and small foliage which 
changes to a beautiful coppery red in au¬ 
tumn. Also covered with bright red berries 
in fall and winter. Well liked for use in 
hedges and for foundation plantings. 
BARBERRY, REI) LEAVED. Foliage bronzy 
purple red, the bright summer sun making 
its color very brilliant, very showy when 
used in a hedge. 
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