INDIANAPOLIS, IND 
SHRUBS 
SUGGESTIONS AND VARIOUS USES OF SHRUBS 
INFORMAL HEDGES 
Group 1—10-15 ft. 
ACER GINNALA Amur Maple 
CORNUS MAS Cornelian Cherry 
ELAEAGNUS ANGUSTIFOLIA Russian Olive 
LIGUSTRUM (in variety) Privet 
RHAMNUS (in variety) Buckthorn 
HIBISCUS SYRIACUS Shrub Althea 
CRATAEGUS (in variety) Hawthorne 
CARPINUS (in variety) Hornbeam 
SYRINGA CHINENSIS or PERSICA 
Chinese or Persian Lilac 
VIBURNUM OPULUS 
European Cranberry Bush 
Group 2—8-10 ft. 
CORNUS AMOMUM Silky Dogwood 
CYDONIA JAPONICA Japanese Quince 
EUONYMUS ALATUS Winged Burning Bush 
KOLKWITZIA AMABILIS Beauty Bush 
SYRINGA VULGARIS Common Lilac 
PYRACANTHA COCCINEA LALANDI 
Firethorn 
Group 3—5-8 ft. 
SPIRAEA VANHOUTTEI Vanhoutte Spiraea 
SPIRAEA PRUNIFOLIA Bridalwreath 
COTONEASTER DIVARICATA 
Spreading Cotoneaster 
JUNIPERUS PFITZERIANA Pfitzer Juniper 
ROSA HUGONIS Hugonis Rose 
Group 4—2-5 ft. 
DEUTZIA GRACILIS Slender Deutzia 
PHILADELPHUS LEMOINEI 
Lemoine’s Mockorange 
ROSA SPINOSSISIMA Scotch Rose 
BERBERIS (in variety) Barberry 
♦TRIMMED HEDGES 
Group 1—10-15 ft. 
VIBURNUM PRUNIFOLIUM Black Haw 
FAGUS SYLVATICA European Beech 
RHAMNUS CATHARTICA Common Buckthorn 
TSUGA CANADENSIS Canadian Hemlock 
VIBURNUM LENTAGO Nannyberry 
CARPINUS (in variety) Hornbeam 
Group 2—8-10 ft. 
LIGUSTRUM AMURENSE Amur Privet 
LIGUSTRUM IBOTA Ibota Privet 
LONICERA TATARICA Tatarian Honeysuckle 
RHAMNUS FRANGULA Glossy Buckthorn 
VIBURNUM DENTATUM Arrowwood 
Group 3—6-8 ft. 
LONICERA FRAG ANTIS SIM A 
Winter Honeysuckle 
TAXUS MEDIA HICKSII Hick’s Yew 
THUJA OCCIDENTALIS American Arborvitae 
TAXUS CUSPIDATA HATFIELDI Hatfield Yew 
Group 4-4-6 ft. 
COTONEASTER DIVARICATA 
Spreading Cotoneaster 
LIGUSTRUM REGELIANUM Regel’s Privet 
PYRACANTHA COCCINEA LALANDI Firethorn 
TAXUS CUSPIDATA CAPITATA 
Upright Japanese Yew 
THUJA WAREANA Siberian Arborvitae 
Group 5—1-4 ft. 
BUXUS SEMPERVIRENS Boxwood 
EUONYMUS CARRIERI 
EUONYMUS RADICANS VEGETUS 
Broadleaf Winter Creeper 
TAXUS CUSPIDATA Spreading Japanese Yew 
TAXUS CUSPIDATA NANA (brevifolia) 
Dwarf Japanese Yew 
BERBERIS (in variety) Barberry 
* Note—All plants are listed in the largest 
sizes at which it would be practical to grow 
them as a hedge. It would, of course, be possible 
to maintain them at a lower level. 
Plants Producing Fruits Valuable for Their Color Effects 
Plants marked * retain their fruit into the winter months. 
♦ARONIA (in variety) Chokeberry 
♦BERBERIS (in variety) Barberry 
CELASTRUS SCANDENS American Bittersweet 
CHIONANTHUS VIRGINICA White Fringe 
CORNUS ALBA SIBERICA Siberian Dogwood 
CORNUS ALTERNIFOLIA Pagoda Dogwood 
CORNUS FLORIDA Flowering Dogwood 
CORNUS PANICULATA Grey Dogwood 
CORNUS STOLONIFERA Red Osier 
COTONEASTER DIVARICATA Cotoneaster 
COTONEASTER SALICIFOLIA 
W'illowleaf Cotoneaster 
*CRYTAEGUS (in variety) Hawthorne 
♦CYDONIA JAPONICA Japanese Quince 
ELEAGNUS LONGIPES Japanese Oleaster 
EUONYMUS ALATUS Winged Burning Bush 
EUONYMUS AMERICANUS Strawberry Bush 
EUONYMUS ATROPURPUREA Burning Bush 
EUONYMUS EUROPAEUS 
European Spindle Tree 
EUONYMUS PATENS Spreading Euonymus 
ILEX CRENATA Japanese Holly 
♦ILEX OPACA American Holly 
♦ILEX VERTICILLATA Winterberry 
♦LIGUSTRUM (in variety) Privet 
LONICERA MORROWI Morrow Honeysuckle 
LONICERA TATARICA Tatarian Honeysuckle 
MALUS (in variety) Flowering Crab 
PHYSOCARPUS OPULIFOLIUS Ninebark 
PRUNUS (in variety) Flowering Cherry 
♦PYRACANTHA COCCINEA LALANDI 
Firethorn 
♦RHODOTYPOS KERRIOIDES 
♦RHUS GLABRA 
♦RHUS TYPHINA 
♦ROSA RUBIGINOSA 
♦ROSA RUBRIFOLIA 
♦ROSA RUGOSA 
SAMBUCUS PEBENS 
White Kerria 
Smooth Sumac 
Staghorn Sumac 
Sweet Briar 
Red-leaf Rose 
Japanese Rose 
American Red Elder 
SORBUS AUCUPARIA European Mountain Ash 
STAPHYLEA TRIFOLIA American Bladder-nut 
SYMPHORICARPOS RACEMOSUS Snowberry 
♦SYMPHORICARPOS VULGARIS 
Indian Currant 
♦VIBURNUM (in variety) Viburnum 
Better Roses From Hillsdale 
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