The weigelias are showy 
June-flowering shrubs. 
This one has varie¬ 
gated foliage 
The hardy hydrangea is a shrub you really cannot be without. It blooms in August and 
September, and the frost-nipped pink blooms will last through 
the winter indoors 
Spirea Van Houttei is a 
June - flowering shrub, 
with long, graceful 
branches of bloom 
Color on the Lawn from Frost to Frost 
HOW TO HAVE SHRUBS IN BLOOM THROUGHOUT THE SEASON, WITH 
NO BOTHER AT ALL AFTER THE FIRST PLANTING-WHICH SPECIES ARE 
THE BEST TO USE, WHAT THEY ARE LIKE, AND WHEN THEY FLOWER 
BY M, VON TSCHUDI PRICE 
Photographs by Nathan R. Graves and others 
S HRUBS play such a conspicuous part in the pageantry of a 
landscape, such a utilitarian part in nature’s economy, 
that the last word seems never to be said in regard to them. With 
the first spring wild flowers of wood and wayside, the blossoms of 
the yellow-flowered jasmine shrubs appear, even upon their leaf¬ 
less branches, and when the last vestige of the Gipsy Joe-pye-weed 
and his straggling, disheveled companions is disappearing, there 
is the hardy hydrangea to bid him farewell with its great heads of 
bloom, tinged pink with the approach of winter. 
Shrubs seem to lend an air of permanence, of ripe age, of 
solidity, to a home—far more so than do annuals or even perennials. 
Here are some of the most trustworthy ones, given as nearly as 
possible in the order of their bloom. Pick out the ones that appeal 
to you for each period of the season, and plant them, so that at any 
time from early spring until late fall there will always be a 
shrub in bloom on your home grounds. 
An old favorite that blooms in April and has been seen in 
flower as early as February, is the yellow, sweet-scented jasmine 
(Jasminum nudijlorum). Its vigorous habit and responsive 
adaptability make it a desirable shrub for a group and it may be 
trained also to climb over pergolas and trellises. It blooms 
nearly all winter in the South and is said to be hardy as far north 
as the Hudson Valley. 
A more striking blossom than the jasmine, and one that appears 
about two weeks later, is the forsythia or Golden Bell. There are 
two varieties other than the common viridissima, namely, F. 
suspensa and F. Forlunei, both hardier than the first. With their 
abundant display of flowers, they are irresistibly lovely in orna¬ 
mental grouping. 
Another familiar and popular shrub, that blooms in the spring, 
is the Japanese quince ( Cydonia Japonica). It appears equally 
well when planted alone, placed in a group, or used as a hedge, 
and the several varieties deserve all the praise lavished upon them. 
The hardy Japanese quince has bright green foliage and while 
brilliant red is the predominating color of its flowers, there are other 
lovely varieties that bear pink-tinted white blossoms. Alba 
simplex and others bear pure white ones; some have flowers 
striped red and white, while others bear rich salmon-color blossoms 
in great profusion; but none surpasses the large-flowered Cydonia 
Japonica grandiflora in its display of richly blended shades of 
salmon-pink, red and white flowers, almost double the size of the 
better known varieties. In planting a group of Japanese quinces, 
all the different varieties may be utilized, as they harmonize and 
grow well together. 
The spring months see the double-flowering apple shrubs, the 
flowering almond and many varieties of the Prunus family all in 
full bloom. The white and the pink blossoms of the thorns and 
many hawthorns make these desirable shrubs to be planted for 
spring effects, while small-flowering dogwoods, with white or 
pink mixtures, precede and follow many varieties of magnolias, 
and blossom among shrubs and trees full of flowers at this time. 
Everyone is familiar with the lilac, or syringa, that blossoms 
in delicate purple masses early in May. It is an Oriental shrub 
that was first introduced into Europe from Constantinople, so it 
is said,and this species of young Turk has made for itself an honored 
place wherever it is cultivated, thriving in almost any situation 
not bordering on the extremes of heat or cold. Many varieties 
of lilacs have been developed under cultivation, of which Syringa 
Persica, or Persian lilac, with its fragrant rose-lilac colored flowers 
is a conspicuous favorite. The white lilac is a variety of the com¬ 
mon species, that has again been modified into one with cut leaves 
called Syringa laciniaia, and there is a hasdsome third variety 
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