The Pontiac Nursery Company 
A Planting Table of the More Common Shrubs 
Low Growing Shrubs 
Time to 
Bloom 
Color of 
Flower, Etc. 
Shade 
or Sun 
Landscape 
Value 
Remarks 
Sun 
H 
Very good garden shrub. 
Barberry, Red Leaf 
May 
Small, yellow 
Sun 
Foundation planting, 
H 
Red berries all winter. 
Barberry, Thunbergi 
May 
Small, vellow 
Either 
hedge or border 
VH 
Red berries all winter. 
Spirea Froebeli 
J une 
Pale pink 
Either 
V H ] 
(Very good all-purpose 
Hydrangea Arborescens 
June-July 
Large, white 
Either 
VH | 
(landscape shrubs. 
Hydrangea P. G. 
September 
Pinkish white 
Sun 
VHj 
( 
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 
blowers 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 
Inconspicuous 
Shade 
Hedge or border 
VH 
Grows in poorest soils. 
Cotoneaster 
May I 
f 
Either 
(Trimmed hedge 
VH 
Use where Privet is not hardy. 
Privet, Amoor River North 
July 
( Inconspicuous white 
Either 
\ 
SH 
A popular hedge. 
Privet, Regel’s 
July 
1 
Either 
Foundation, border 
SH 
Blue berries for winter. 
Rose Setigera 
July 
Pink (single) 
Sun 
Mass or border 
H 
For naturalistic plantings. 
Beauty Bush 
May-June 
Pink 
Sun 
Foundation, border 
H 
Very colorful in bloom. 
Medium Height Growing Shrubs 
Philadelphus aureus 
June 
White 
Sun 
Border 
H 
Yellow foliage. 
Philadelphus, Lemoine 
J une 
White 
Either 
Foundation, border 
VH 
Slightly fragrant flowers. 
Rose, Hansa 
June-Aug. 
Dbl. deep red 
Sun 
Foundation, hedge, 
VH1 
(Good landscape plants; disease 
Rosa Rugosa 
June-July 
Sgl. pink, white 
Sun 
Mass or border 
VHJ 
\ resistant; cut back in spring. 
Spirea Billardi 
July 
Pink (spikes) 
Sun 
Border 
VH 
Spirea aurea 
June 
W r hite 
Sun 
Border 
VH 
V ellow foliage. 
Euonymus alatus 
Berries for winter 
Either! (Foundation, mass, 
VH 
Foliage turns red in fall. 
Spirea Van Houttei 
May-June 
White sprays 
Eitherl 
1 specimen, border 
VH 
Graceful, arching shrub. 
Weigela rosea 
June-July 
Pink 
Either 
Mass or border 
SH 
Beautiful shrub. 
Rosa Hugonis 
June 
Golden yellow 
Sun 1 
Border, mass, 
H 
Colorful in bloom. 
Ilex verticillata 
Red berries for winter 
Sun 
foundation or 
VH 
Wet acid soils. 
Prunus triloba 
May 
Dbl. pink 
Sun 
specimen 
H 
Blossoms before leaves come. 
Honeysuckle, Morrowi 
June 
Small yellow 
Either] 
Foundation, mass, 
VH 
Good foliage, plant. 
Dogwoods 
June 
White 
Either J- 
background or 
VH 
Branches color toward spring. 
Spirea opulifolia 
June 
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 
White 
Either 
Background or border 
VH 
Colored fruits for winter. 
Forsythias 
May 
Yellow 
Sun 
Border 
SH 
Flowers before leaves. 
Lilacs, French 
June 
Various colors 
Sun 
(Specimens, screen, 
VH 
Lilac, Persian 
June 
Lavender 
Sun 
•(foundation or 
VH 
Lilac, Villosa 
July 
Pale pink 
Sun 
(background 
VH 
Fragrant, old-fashioned 
Lilac, Common 
June 
Lavender, white 
Either 
Screen or background 
VH 
shrubs, always satisfactory 
Philadelphus, Virginal 
June-Sept. 
White (fragrant) 
Sun 
(Screen, bakcground 
H 
Philadelphus, Other Varieties 
June 
White (fragrant) 
Sun 
)or foundation 
VHJ 
Elder, Golden 
June 
White 
Sun 
(Screen, mass or 
VH 
Yellow foliage. 
Honeysuckle, Tartarian 
May 
Red, pink, white 
Either 
j background 
VH 
Red berries in August. 
Honeysuckle, Bella Albida 
May 
White 
Either 
( 
VH 
Good all-purpose shrubs. 
Buckthorn 
Black berries for winter 
Either 
Screen, hedge 
VH 
Grows in dry soils. 
Russian Olive 
June 
Small, yellow 
Sun 
Screen, background 
VH 
Silvery-white foliage. 
Aralia spinosa 
July 
Greenish white 
Either 
Specimen in groups 
H 
Tropical foliage effects. 
Juneberry 
June 
White 
Either 
Screen, background 
VH 
Large, blue berries in fall. 
Sumac 
Scarlet foliage in fall 
Either 
Background 
VH 
Grows on poor soils. 
Prunus, Newport 
May 
Pink 
Sun 
Specimen, background 
H 
Purple foliage. 
Tree of Heaven 
Inconspicuous 
Either 
Specimen in groups 
SH 
Tropical foliage effects. 
VH—Very hardy, anywhere. 
H—Hardy in Michigan. 
SH—Semi-hardy in Michigan. 
PLANTING DISTANCES 
Low shrubs.1 y 2 
Medium shrubs.3 
High shrubs.4 
to 2y 2 feet apart 
to 4 
feet apart 
to 6 
feet apart 
1 he above shrub table, used in connection with a Landscape plan, will make it very easy for you to plan your own plant 
materials. 
The plan on page 12 is an effective planting made up of high, medium and low growing shrubs. The taller shrubs for screen¬ 
ing, backgrounds, hiding undesirable objects, or for emphasis upon the house. The medium sized shrubs help to give an irregu¬ 
lar naturalistic appearance to the top line of the border planting. Used about the house they enhance its architecture and hide 
its defects, 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. 
1 he 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. 
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