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GARDENING IN THE SOUTHWEST 
Fall 
Shrubs 
Shrub-like 
Annuals 
and 
Perennials 
as the Red Bud, are the Forsythia, the Spirias, the Syringas, Pome¬ 
granates, and Mulberries. Those of our natives which may be used 
for early-flowering hedges are the many Wild Plums and the Span¬ 
ish Buckeye. The Agarita is our own native Barberry, whose foli¬ 
age and berries make it pleasing used as a specimen plant or 
grouped as a clump for a hedge (though, as with many others of 
the native shrubs, it is not hardy where severe, freezing weather 
must be endured during Winter. (See page 33.) The Salvias carry 
the scarlet and shades of blue throughout the season. Salvia Greggi 
is the perennial sage brush. Salvia splendens is scarlet, while fari- 
nacea and Pitcheri are, respectively, the light and the dark blue 
varieties. 
Artemesia (Dusty Miller) is invaluable as a blending and bind¬ 
ing color-tone for the gay garden. Its grey-green, silvery foliage 
and stems may be dried for winter bouquets, 
being as valuable in this office as is Statice 
though of much more density. It is beautiful 
with the prickly Eryngium ("Blue Thistle”), 
or with the tall plumes of the Liatris (Blazing 
Star) both of which, when dried, retain their 
color for many months. 
Of shrub-height, though grown each year 
from seed, or by division, are 
the tall Cleome, the Coreopsis, 
the Lantana, Four o’Clock, 
Eryngium, Castor bean, various 
Achilleas and Fall Asters, all of 
which, except Four o’Clocks, are 
native and bloom until Fall. 
At least four of our 
native shrubs which 
