ORNAMENTAL FLOWERING SHRUBS 
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FLOWERING SHRUBS 
Add Color to the Landscape 
Home grounds, whether large or small are not inviting without the 
planting of ornamental shrubs. Placed about the foundation and border 
properly and in harmony with the house and grounds, they serve to en¬ 
hance the premises and add greatly to its value. 
Continuous bloom and color is more desirable than a planting of one 
or two varieties which bloom and then die. For your convenience we 
give a standard classification of location preference, height, color, time of 
bloom, and popular uses so that you cannot make the mistake of setting 
wrong shrubs in right locations or visa versa. Plant 3, 5 or more of a kind 
together for effect rather than intermingle single varieties. 
Flowering Almond 
PINK FLOWERING ALMONDS 
Handsome pink blossoms in profusion in early Spring. 
A delightful little plant with double flowers early in the spring. Bud¬ 
ded on plum roots for long life. Bushy, prefers sun, 3-4 ft. May, pink, 
graceful stems, for foundation and front border planting. Set 3 ft. apart. 
Foliage good (shiny dark green). 
ALTHEA ROSE OF SHARON 
The show plant of fall. Comes in double Red, Pink, Purple and White. 
State color wanted. Upright form, prefers sun, 6-8 ft. in height, Aug- 
Sept., for mass border and rear group border plantings; set 4 ft. apart; 
foliage good. Must be acclimated north of Chicago, and survives trans¬ 
planting better if cut back about one-half in planting. 
AMORPHA FRUITICOSA (False Indigo)—An interesting ornamental 
shrub of spreading habit, with fine, feathery foliage. Remarkable for the 
unusual color of its dark violet purplish flowers which appear in June. 
Valuable for massing. 
ACER GINNALA (Siberian Maple)— Graceful shrub or small tree, with 
handsome foliage, turning bright red in autumn; may be used as substi¬ 
tute for Japanese Maples where they are not hardy. 
Althea 
ARABIA PENTA—^Upright shrub, prefers sun or shade, 4-6 ft. in 
height, June, yellow bloom of small size, foliage good, for border 
planting in shade or sun or poor soil. 
BUTTERFLY BUSH 
Buddleia 
SUMMER LILAC (Variabilis Magnifica)—This shrub of comparative re¬ 
cent introduction has grown into favor almost immediately. It is a semi- 
herbaceous plant, by which we mean in some latitudes it will die down to 
the ground and while perfectly hardy, we recommend covering the roots 
with manure, leaves or other material as winter approaches, as it will help 
to produce a heavy growth the next season. It is very hardy; blooms the 
first season, usually from June until frost; the blossoms are borne on 
long, graceful stems, which terminate in tapering panicles of lilac-colored 
flowers that are of miniature size, the flower head is frequently ten inches 
long. 
Buddleia 
