McKay Nursery Company 
Low Growing Shrubs 
Time to 
Bloom 
Color of 
Flower, Etc. 
Shade 
or Sun 
Landscape 
Value 
Hardiness 
'See below) 
Remarks 
Spirea A. Waterer 
June-July 
Pink 
Sun 
1 
' 
H 
Very good garden shrub. 
Barberry, Red Leaf 
May 
Small, yellow 
Sun 
L. 
Foundation planting, 
H 
Red berries all winter. 
Barberry, Thunbergi 
May 
Small, yellow 
Either 
hedge or border 
VH 
Red berries all winter. 
Spirea Froebeli 
June 
Pale pink 
Either 
J 
L 
.vh n 
Hydrangea Arborescens 
June-July 
Large, white 
Either 
■ 
VH i r 
landscape shrubs. 
Hydrangea P. G. 
September 
Pinkish white 
Sun 
VH U 
Rose, Grootendorst 
All summer 
Red (cluster) 
Sun 
Foundation planting 
H 
Adds summer color to border. 
Almond 
Early May 
Dbl. pink, white 
Sun 
or border 
SH 
Flowers before leaves. 
Spirea Arguta 
May 
Small white 
Sun 
SH 
Fine texture foliage. 
Snowberry 
June-Aug. 
Small pink 
Shade 
- 
VH 
White waxy berries for winter. 
Alpine Currant 
Cotoneaster 
Privet, Amoor River North 
Privet, Regel’s 
Rose Setigera 
Beauty Bush 
May 
July 
July 
July 
May-June 
Inconspicuous 
j- -^Inconspicuous white 
Pink (single) 
Pink 
Shade 
Either 
Either 
Either 
Sun 
Sun 
Hedge or border 
j j Trimmed hedge 
Foundation, border 
Mass or border 
Foundation, border 
VH 
VH 
SH 
SH 
H 
H 
Grows in poorest soils. 
Use where Privet is not hardy. 
A popular hedge. 
Blue berries fo.r winter. 
For naturalistic plantings. 
Very colorful in bloom. 
Medium Height Growing Shrubs 
Philadelphus aureus 
J une 
White 
Sun 
Border 
H 
Yellow foliage. 
Philadelphus, Lemoine 
[une 
White 
Either 
Foundation, border 
VH 
Slightly fragrant flowers. 
Rose, Hansa 
fun,e-Aug. 
Dbl. deep red 
Sun 
) 1 Foundation, hedge. 
VH i / 
Good landscape plants; disease 
Rosa Rugosa 
June-July 
Sgl. pink, white 
Sun 
1 ( Mass or border 
VH / V 
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 
Foundation, mass. 
VH 
Foliage turns red in fall. 
Spirea Van Houttei 
May-June 
White sprays 
Either 
specimen, border 
VH 
Graceful, arching shrub. 
Weigela rosea 
June-July 
Pink 
Either 
Mass or border 
SH 
Beautiful shrub. 
Rosa Hugonis 
June 
Golden yellow 
Sun 
~| [Border, mass, 
H 
Colorful in bloom. 
Ilex verticillata 
Red berries for winter 
Sun 
foundation or 
VH 
W,et acid soils. 
Prunus triloba 
May 
Dbl. pink 
Sun 
J Lspecimen 
H 
Blossoms before leaves come. 
Honeysuckle, Morrowi 
June 
Small yellow 
Either 
h f Foundation, mass. 
VH 
Good foliage plant. 
Dogwoods 
lune 
White 
Either 
background or 
VH 
Branches color toward spring. 
Spirea opulifolia 
Tune 
White 
Either 
J (.border 
VH 
Viburnum Carlesi 
May-June 
Pinkish white 
Sun 
Foundation, border 
H 
Very fragrant flower. 
High Growing Shrubs 
Viburnum, Other Varieties June 
Forsythias May 
White 
Yellow 
Either 
Sun 
Background or border 
Border 
VH 
SH 
Colored fruits for winter. 
Flowers before leaves. 
Lilacs, French 
June 
Various colors 
Sun 
J [ Specimen, screen, VH 
Fragrant, old-fashioned shrubs. 
Lilac, Persian 
June 
Lavender 
Sun 
[ ■< foundation or 
Lilac, Villosa 
July 
Pale pink 
Sun 
J (background 
Philadelphus, Virginal June-Sept. 
Philadelphus, Other Varieties June 
Elder, Golden 
Honeysuckle, Tartarian 
Honeysuckle, Bella Albida 
Buckthorn 
Russian Olive 
Aralia spinosa 
Juneberry 
Sumac 
Prunus, Newport May 
Tree of Heaven 
June 
May 
May 
June 
July 
June 
White (fragrant) Sun 
White (fragrant) Sun 
White Sun 
Red, pink, white Either 
White Either 
Black berries for winter Either 
Small, yellow Sun 
Greenish white Either 
White Either 
Scarlet foliage in fall Either 
Pink Sun 
Inconspicuous Either 
\ / Screen, bkgd. 
/ ) or foundation 
}{ 
Screen, mass or 
background 
Screen, hedge 
Screen, bkgd. 
Specimen in gr. 
Screen, bkgd. 
Background 
Specimen, bkgd. 
Specimen in gr. 
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. 
The above shrub table, with the accompanying landscape 
plan of an average small city lot, will make it very easy to 
plan your own landscape planting. 
The plan shown to the right is an effective planting 
made up of high, medium and low growing shrubs. The 
taller shrubs for screening, backgrounds, hiding undesirable 
objects, or for emphasis about the house. The medium 
sized shrubs help to give an irregular naturalistic appear' 
ance to the top line of the border planting. Used about 
the house they enhance its architecture and hide its de- 
fects. 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. 
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. 
A welbchosen list of perennials selected from the peren- 
nial table presented on page 3? will give you an array of 
color and bloom from spring until fall. 
HARDINESS 
VH—Very hardy, 
anywhere. 
H—Hardy in cen¬ 
tral and southern Wis¬ 
consin • 
SH—Semi-hardy, for 
southern Wisconsin 
only. 
The landscape plan 
of a small city lot, 
shown at right, and the 
shrub table above are 
presented as helpful 
aids to you in the ar¬ 
rangement of your own 
planting plans. Study 
them carefully. 
[ 14 ] 
