HARDY PLANTS OF THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS 
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ABELIA grandiflora. Glossy Abelia. Pinkish white, tubular 
flowers. 
ABIES concolor. White Fir. Handsome, pyramidal tree with 
bluish green foliage. Hardy northern Fir. 
6 to 12 inches. 
1 to 2 feet. 
2 to 3 feet. B&B. 
3 to 4 feet. 
fraseri. Fraser Fir. Southern species. Very handsome tree 
. and extremely hardy. Foliage fragrant, dark green. 
1 to 2 feet. X heavy B&B. 
2 to 3 feet. X heavy B&B. 
3 to 4 feet. X heavy B&B. 
4 to 6 feet. X nice trees B&B. 
6 to 8 feet. 
8 to 10 feet. B&B. 
BUXUS sempervirens. Common Box. Used for single speci¬ 
men plants and often trimmed to desired shapes. 
9 to 12 inches. 
I to feet. B&B. 
1 ^ to 2 feet. B&B. 
2 to 3 feet. B&B. 
3 to 4 feet. 
suffruticosa. Old English Box. Fine edging plant, or the 
larger sizes unsurpassed for specimens in conspicuous 
places. Boxwood becomes more valuable every year. 
6 to 9 inches. B&B. 
9 to 12 inches. B&B. 
I to feet. B&B. 
13^ to 2 feet. B&B. 
CHAM.£DAPHN£ calyculata. Leatherleaf. Shrub about 5 
feet high, with leathery evergreen foliage and small, 
urn-like white flowers, i W to 2 feet. 
ILEX glabra. Inkberry. Upright, well-branched shrub with 
dark green, shining leaves retained throughout the 
winter. Berries black. 6 to 12 inches. 
1 to 2 feet. Clumps B&B. 
2 to 3 feet. Clumps B&B. 
opaca. American Holly. A handsome, broad-leaved 
evergreen, known to many as “Christmas Holly,” 
and much used for holiday decorations. Easy of 
culture and adapts itself to varied soil conditions. 
3 to 4 feet. 
4 to 6 feet. 
6 to 8 feet. 
8 to 10 feet. 
B&B 
B&B 
JUNIPERUS hibernica. Irish Juniper. 2 to 3 feet. 
4 to 5 feet. B&B. 
5 to 6 feet. B&B. 
6 to 8 feet. B&B. 
8 to 10 feet. B&B. 
pfitzeriana. Pfitzer’s Juniper. Plume-shaped branches 
covered with dull, bluish gray foliage. Useful in cities. 
1 to 1 3 ^ feet. B&B. 
Ito 2 feet. B&B. 
2 to 3 feet. B&B. 
sabina. Savin. A trailing type with erect sprays of 
heather-like foliage, i to ft. B&B 
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