HELPFUL INFORMATION ABOUT HARDY SHRUBS 
Common Name 
Color of Bloom 
Height 
Time of 
Flowering 
Color of Foliage 
Habit of 
Growth 
For Shade 
or Sun 
Almond Flowering . 
Pink or White 
Yellow 
4-5 ft. 
May . 
Glossy Green ... 
Spreading . 
Sun 
Barberry Japanese . 
2-3 ft. 
Junfi-.Tuly 
Dark Green . 
Spreading . 
Either 
Ra rherry Reri Leaf 
Yellow 
2-3 ft. 
Junfi- July 
Dark Purple . 
Spreading . 
Sun 
Caragana . 
Yellow . 
10-12 ft. .... 
June 
Bight Green .-. 
Erect .. 
Either 
Cotoneaster . 
Pinkish 
5-7 ft. 
J une 
Dark Glossy Green ... 
Erect .. 
Either 
Buckthorn . 
White . 
10-15 ft. 
J uly 
Dark Green ... 
Erect . 
Either 
Currant Alpine . 
Yellow .. 
3-4 ft. 
June 
Medium Green .. 
Compacta . 
Either 
Currant Yellow Flowering . 
Yellow . 
5-8 ft. 
May 
Light Green . 
Spreading . 
Shade 
Bechtels Flowering Crab . 
Pink 
10-12 ft. 
J une 
Green ... 
Erect . 
Sun 
Dogwood R.ed Ra.rk 
White 
6-10 ft. 
June 
Green . 
Spreading . 
Shade 
Dogwood Va.riffa.ted . 
White 
4-6 ft. 
June 
Green, edged with white . 
Spreading . 
Sun 
Dogwood Yellow Bark . 
White . 
4-6 ft. 
J une 
Light Green ... 
Spreading . 
Sun 
Burning Bush Winged . 
White . 
6-8 ft. 
June 
Dark Green ... 
Medium . 
Either 
Cranberry TTig’h Rush 
White 
8-10 ft. 
J une 
Dark Green ... 
Erect . 
Either 
Rider Cut Rea.f 
White . 
6-8 ft. 
J une 
Light Green . 
Spreading . 
Either 
Elder Golden . 
White . . 
6-8 ft. 
June 
Golden .... 
Spreading . 
Sun 
White 
10-12 ft. 
May 
Dark Green . 
Erect . 
Sun 
White 
3-4 ft. 
July, August.... 
August, Sept. 
Green . 
Spreading . 
Shade 
White to Pink 
White, Pink or 
Red 
4-5 ft. 
Green ... 
Erect . 
Sun 
Honeysuckle Tartarian . 
7-10 ft 
June 
Green .... 
Erect . 
Either 
4-6 ft . 
J une 
Green ..... 
Spreading . 
Either 
Purple or white 
(many colors) 
Purple or white 
Pink 
12-15 ft. 
May .. 
Dark Green . 
Spreading . 
Sun 
6-12 ft. 
May, June 
Dark Green ... 
Spreading . 
Sun 
8-12 ft 
May . 
Green ... 
Spreading . 
Sun 
8-10 ft. 
June . 
Dark Green . 
Spreading . 
Sun 
White 
10-12 ft 
June 
Green ..... 
Erect . 
Either 
White 
6-8 ft 
June, July 
Green .-. 
Erect . 
Sun 
White 
5-7 ft 
June 
Green .. 
Erect . 
Either 
White 
3-5 ft. 
June 
Golden .-.-. 
Erect . 
Sun 
3-4 ft. 
July, August.. . 
May . 
Green . 
Spreading . 
Sun 
Plum Double Flowering 
Pin k 
6-8 ft. 
Dark Green ..-. 
Spreading . 
Sun 
Pink 
6-8 ft. 
May . 
Purple .. 
Spreading . 
Sun 
White 
4-6 ft. 
May .. 
Light Green . 
Spreading _ 
Sun 
2-3 ft. 
All Summer ... 
Green . 
Spreading . 
Sun 
Pink 
4-5 ft . 
July, August.... 
All Summer ... 
Green . .-. 
Erect . 
Sun 
White 
1-2 ft. 
Green .-.-. 
Spreading . 
Sun 
White 
4-6 ft. 
July . 
Light Green . 
Erect .. 
Shade 
1 1 Cel . Loll hi V* it X ----- - - *-* --— — - 
6-8 ft 
June 
Yellow .-. 
Erect .. 
Sun 
Pink 
2-4 ft. 
All Summer .... 
Green to Red ..... 
Spreading . 
Sun 
White 
5-6 ft. 
May, June . 
Green .— 
Spreading . 
Either 
Whitft 
3-4 ft. 
April . 
Light Green . 
Spreading . 
Sun 
Pink 
3-4 ft.. 
July . 
Green . 
Spreading . 
Shade 
3-4 ft. 
July 
Light Green .-. 
Spreading . 
Shade 
White 
7-9 ft. 
June .. 
Green .. 
Erect . 
Either 
6-8 ft. 
July . 
Green to Red . 
Erect . 
Either 
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