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INFORMATION TABLES 
For Dry Places and Poor Soil 
Low, medium or 
PERENNIALS high growing 
Aquilegia, or Columbine. M 
Baby’s Breath. M 
Bluebird Flower. M 
Garden Pinks. L 
Gay Feather. H 
Iris (except Japanese). M 
Lychnis. M 
Sedum or Stonecrop. M 
Yucca. H 
FLOWERING SHRUBS Height 
Barberry, Thunbergi. 4 
Coralberry (Italian Currant). 4 
Cornus Paniculata. 8 
Forsythia (Golden Bells). 8 
Honeysuckle, Fragrant. 6 
Honeysuckle, Morrow’s. 6 
Privet (Ligustrum). 6 
Snowberry. 4 
Spirea Billardi. 6 
Sumac, Cut Leaf. 10 
Tamarix. 10 
VINES 
Ampelopsis, Veitchi. 30-40 
Ampelopsis, Quinquefolia. 20-30 
Bittersweet. 10-15 
Dutchman’s Pipe. 30 
Honeysuckle, Hall’s Japan. 10-15 
Honeysuckle, Scarlet Trumpet. 10-15 
Honeysuckle, Yellow Trumpet. 10-15 
Matrimony Vine. 8-10 
Wisteria. 20-30 
SHADE TREES 
Elm, Chinese. 
Linden. 50-80 
Maple, Silverleaf. 50 
Mulberry, Russian. 20-30 
Plane, Oriental. 50-60 
Poplar, all varieties. 40-100 
Time of 
Color of 
Bloom 
Bloom 
May-June 
Various 
July-Sept. 
Whitish Pink 
July-Sept. 
Blue 
May-June 
Various 
July-August 
Purple 
April-July 
Various 
June-Aug. 
Scarlet 
Aug.-Sept. 
Pink 
June-July 
White 
June 
Yellow 
June-July 
Pink 
June 
White 
April 
Yellow 
April-May 
Pink 
May-June 
White 
May 
Blue 
June-July 
Pink 
July-Aug. 
Pink 
June 
Yellow 
April-May 
Pink and White 
Characteristics 
Dark green leaves 
turn to gold in fall. 
Turns to brilliant colors in fall. 
Yellow flowers. Berries hang all winter. 
Large leaves. Excellent shade, fine. 
Blossoms open white and turn to yellow. 
Bright scarlet, trumpet shaped flowers. 
Yellow fruit hangs till winter. 
Leaves silvery white underneath. Orange- 
yellow flowers. Berries. 
Brilliant crimson berries in fall which hang 
well into the winter. 
ROSES Height 
grows in ft. 
Rugosa Roses. 6 
Baby Roses. 2 
Hardy June Roses.4-5 
For Hedges^ Borders and Drives 
SHRUBS Ultimate Time of 
For formal hedges (clipped to shape) Height in ft. Bloom 
Barberry, Thunbergi or Red-Leaved. 4 June 
Japan Quince. 6 May 
Osage Orange. 15-20 
Privet (Amoor River, Ibota, California). . 6-10 
Color of 
Bloom 
Yellow 
Scarlet 
Various 
SHRUBS 
For informal flowering hedges —See list on page 37. 
ROSES 
Baby Roses, All Varieties 2 
F. J. Grootendorst. 6 
PERENNIALS 
Delphinium or Larkspur. 5-6 
Golden Glow or Rudbeckia. 6 
Hollyhock. 5-8 
Iris, German. 2 
Iris, Japan. 3 
All Summer 
All Summer 
June-July 
July-Sept. 
July on 
March-May 
July-Aug. 
Various 
Red 
Blue shades 
Y ellow 
Various 
Various 
Various 
TREES 
Poplar, Bolleana or Lombardy. 40-50 
Plum, Purple Leaf. 8-10 
Althea, Tree Form. 8-10 
Catalpa, Bungei. 5-10 
EVERGREENS Ultimate 
Height in ft 
Arbor-Vitae, American. 15-25 
Arbor-Vitae, Globosa. 2-4 
Yew, Japanese Upright. 3-5 
