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EXOCHORDA, Pearlbush. 
grandiflora. Good clear white flowers; erect. 
FORESTIERA nco-mexicana, Mountain Privet. Fine texture, dense 
habit; a desirable hedge. 
FORSYTHIA, Golden Bell. 
intermedia spectabilis. Yellow flowers; upright habit, 
suspensa. Weeping branches. 
GENISTA, Broom. 
tinctoria. Yellow flowers, fine foliage; slender erect branches. 
HAMAMELIS virginiana, Witchhazel. Yellow blooms. 
HIGHBUSH CRANBERRY. See Viburnum, page 29. 
HOLODISCUS dumosus, Rock Spiraea. Colorado native. Creamy- 
white racemes. 
HONEYSUCKLE. See Lonicera. 
HYDRANGEA arborescens. Hills of Snow. July to September. 
HYPERICUM, St. John’s Wort. 
aureum. Golden yellow with conspicuous stamens. 3 ft. 
patulum. A neat erect shrub; clear yellow flow'ers. 
prolificum. Yellow. 3-5 ft. July to September. 
JAMESIA americana. Wax Flower. Philadelphus-like flowers, dense 
habit. Colorado native. 
*KALM1A polifolia (microphylla) . A miniature alpine laurel; native. 
KERRIA japoniea. Yellow flowers; vivid green stems. 
KOLKWITZIA, Beauty Bush. 
amabilis. Silver-pink flowers on graceful branches; a splendid shrub. 
LABURNUM vulgare, Golden Chain. Yellow flowers in pendant 
clusters. 
LILACS. See Syringa, page 28. 
LESPEDEZA (Desmodium), Purple Bush Clover. 
formosa peduliflorum. Reddish-purple flowers on arching branches. 
August. 
LIGUSTRUM, Privet. 
Regelianum. Bright glossy leaves, horizontal habit; a good shrub. 
vulgare, English. Dark glossy foliage, erect habit; excellent for 
screening. 
For other Privet, see Hedging, page 29. 
LONICERA, Honeysuckle Bush. 
Korolkowi floribunda, Blueleaf Honeysuckle. Profuse pink flowers, 
blue-gray foliage. 
Morrowi. White flowers, scarlet fruit; spreading habit, 
tatarica alba. White flowers; erect habit; red fruit, 
tatarica rosea. Pink flowers, prolific red fruit, 
involucrata, Twinberry. Native subalpine honeysuckle. 
For Climbing Honeysuckle, see Vines, page 30. 
MAHONIA aquifolium. See Miscellaneous Evergreens, page 23. 
Plant Iris Spring Maid near Blue-leaf Honeysuckle 
