"Builders of Beauty” 
Table of Flowering Shrubs , their Characteristics 
Shrubs listed in order of ultimate growing height, the lowest growers at top, 
progressing to the high growing ones at bottom. 
Low Growing Shrubs 
Time to 
Bloom 
Hardiness 
VH—Very hardy, anywhere, 
H — Hardy in Central and So. Wis. 
SH—Semi-hardy, for So. Wis. only. 
Color of 
Flower, Etc. 
Shade 
or Sun 
Landscape 
Value 
Remarks 
Spirea A. Vv aterer 
Barberry, Red Leaf 
Barberry, Thunbergi 
Spirea Froebeli 
Hydrangea Arborescens 
Hydrangea P. G. 
Rose, Grootendorst 
Almond 
Spirea Arguta 
Snowberry 
Alpine Currant 
Cotoneaster 
Privet, Amoor River North 
Privet, Regel’s 
Rose Setigera 
Beauty Bush 
June-July 
May 
May 
June 
June-July 
September 
All summer 
Early May 
May 
June-Aug. 
May 
July 
July 
July 
May-June 
Pink 
Small, yellow 
Small, yellow 
Pale pink 
Large, white 
Pinkish white 
Red (cluster) 
Dbl. pink, white 
Small white 
Small pink 
Inconspicuous 
Inconspicuous white 
Pink (single) 
Pink 
J Foundation planting 
| hedge or border 
Foundation planting 
or border 
Hedge or border 
Trimmed hedge 
Foundation, border 
Mass or border 
Foundation, border 
H 
H 
VH 
VH 
VH 
VH 
H 
SH 
SH 
VH 
VH 
VH 
SH 
SH 
H 
H 
Very good gaiden shrub. 
Red berries all winter. 
Red berries all winter. 
1 J Very good all-purpose 
F | landscape shrubs. 
Adds summer color to border. 
Flowers bciore leaves. 
Fine texture foliage. 
White waxy berries for winter. 
Grows in poorest soils. 
Use where Privet is not hardy. 
A popular hedge. 
Blue berries for winter 
For naturalistic plantings. 
Very colorful in bloom. 
Medium Height Growing Shrubs 
Philadelphus aureus 
June 
White 
Sun 
Border 
H 
Yellow loliage. 
Philadelphus, Lemoine 
lune 
White 
Either 
Foundation, border 
VH 
Slightly fragrant flowers. 
Rose, Hansa 
lune-Aug. 
Dbl. deep red 
Sun 
1 ( 
Foundation, hedge. 
VH 
( j Good landscape plants; disease 
Rosa Rugosa 
June-July 
Sgl. pink, white 
Sun 
1 1 
Mass or border 
VH 
j ( resistant; cut back in spring. 
Spirea Billiardi 
July 
Pink (spikes) 
Sun 
Border 
VH 
Spirea aurea 
June 
White 
Sun 
Border 
VH 
Yellow foliage 
Euonymus alatus 
Berries for winter 
Either 
) i Foundation, mass. 
VH 
Foliage turns red in fall. 
Spirea Van Houttei 
May- lune 
White sprays 
Either 
i i 
specimen, border 
VH 
Graceful, arching shrub. 
Weigela rosea 
lune-July 
Pink 
Either 
Mass or border 
SH 
Beautiful shrub. 
Rosa Hugonis 
June 
Golden yellow 
Sun 
i i 
fBorder, mass, 
H 
Colorful in bloom. 
Ilex verticillata 
Red berries for winter 
Sun 
foundation or 
VH 
Wet acid soils. 
Prunus triloba 
Mav 
Dbl. pink 
Sun J 
i l 
[.specimen 
H 
Blossoms before leaves come. 
Honeysuckle, Morrowi 
June 
Small yellow 
Either '') 
i 
^Foundation, mass, 
VH 
Good foliage plant. 
Dogwoods 
June 
White 
Either , 
I- ] 
background or 
VH 
Branches color toward spring. 
Spirea opulitolia 
lune 
White 
Either J 
\ 
^border 
VH 
Viburnum Carlesi 
May-June 
Pinkish white 
Sun 
Foundation, bord'r 
H 
Very fragrant flower. 
High Growing Shrubs 
Viburnum, Other Varieties 
June 
White 
Either 
Background or bordet 
VH 
Colored fruits for winter. 
Forsythias 
Lilacs, French 
Lil ac, Persian 
Lilac, Villosa 
Lil ac, Common 
Philadelphus, Virginal 
Philadelphia, Other Varieties 
Elder, Golden 
Honeysuckle, Tartarian 
Honeysuckle, Bella Albida 
Buckthorn 
Russian Olive 
Aralia spinosa 
Juneberry 
Sumac 
Prunus, Newport 
Tree of Heaven 
May 
June 
Tune 
July 
June 
June-Sept. 
June 
June 
May 
May 
June 
July 
June 
May 
Yellow Sun 
Various colors Sun 
Lavender Sun 
Pale pink Sun 
Lavender, white Either 
White (fragrant) Sun ) 
White (fragrant) Sun f 
White Sun "j 
Red, pink, white Either r 
White Either J 
Black berries for winter Either 
Small, yellow Sun 
Greenish white Either 
White Either 
Scarlet foliage in fall Either 
Pink Sun 
Inconspicuous Either 
Border 
f Specimen, screen, 
*( foundation or 
(.background 
Screen or background 
j Screen, background 
) or foundation 
Screen, mass or 
background 
Screen, hedge 
Screen, background 
Specimen in groups 
Screen, background 
Background 
Specimen, background 
Specimen in groups 
SH 
VH 
VH 
VH 
VH 
H 
VH 
VH 
VH 
VH 
VH 
VH 
H 
VH 
VH 
H 
SH 
Flowers before leaves. 
Fragrant, old-fashioned 
shrubs, always satisfactory 
Yellow foliage, 
f Red berries in August. 
1 Good all-purpose shrubs. 
Grows in dry soils. 
Silvery-white foliage. 
Tropical foliage effects. 
Large, blue berries in fall. 
Grows on poor soils. 
Purple foliage. 
Tropical foliage effects. 
How to Plant Shrubs 
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IN PLACING ALTERNATE 
ORZ1G ZAG THEM. 
PLANT THREE OR MORE OF A KIND TOGETHER.. 
PLANTING DISTANCES 
Low shrubs.l'/2 to 2 l /i feet apart 
Medium shrubs.3 to 4 feet apart 
High shrubs .4 to 6 feet apart 
The above shrub table, with the ac¬ 
companying landscape plan of an aver¬ 
age small city lot, will make it very easy 
to plan your own landscape planting. 
The plan on page 12 is an effective 
planting made up of high, medium and 
low growing shrubs. The taller shrubs 
for screening, backgrounds, hiding un¬ 
desirable objects, or for emphasis about 
the house. The medium sized shrubs 
help to give an irregular naturalistic 
appearance to the top line of the bor¬ 
der planting. Used about the house 
they enhance its architecture and hide 
its defects. The low growers finish off 
the general appearance of the property 
by blending the foliage of the taller 
shrubs into the green grass of the lawn. 
Likewise, they finish off the foundation 
planting and the edges of the lawn. 
A well chosen list of perennials se¬ 
lected from the perennial table present¬ 
ed on page 3 3 will give you an array of 
color and bloom from spring until fall. 
The shrub table presented above will 
help you to select the most appropriate 
shrubs to carry out the above idea. It 
gives the time and color of bloom, 
whether they grow best in sun or shade, 
general use and other characteristics. 
Korean Spirea—The new Korean 
Bridal If'reath. 
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