the perennial garden they provide a 
living wall or background for the 
flowers and bring out the color con¬ 
trast more vividly. Evergreen hedges 
should be trimmed every year dur¬ 
ing early June. 
TSUGA 
Canadensis Canadian Hemlock 
Possesses a refined, lacy 
dark green foliage that un¬ 
doubtedly produces our most 
dense and graceful evergreen 
hedge. A tall, bushy type 
that requires plenty of room 
and a location protected 
from the wind. May be 
sheared to any desired shape 
and grows well in semi¬ 
shade. 
BERBERIS 
Erecta 
Truehedge Col uniberry 
Truehedge Columnberry 
grows upright, making an 
immediate, beautiful hedge 
with much less time and 
trouble than the spreading 
common barberry. Requires 
less trimming and is easier 
to keep clean. Small dark 
green foliage and scarlet 
berries throughout the fall 
and winter. Endures ad¬ 
verse soil and city condi¬ 
tions. 
TAX US 
Cuspidata capitata 
Upright Yew 
Many pleasing characteris¬ 
tics make this evergreen 
ideal for hedge purposes. Its 
natural upright growth and 
rich dark green foliage the 
year round, its ability to 
adapt itself to many differ¬ 
ent soil, sun and shade con¬ 
ditions, and the ease with 
which it conforms to any 
type of shearing makes it 
one of the most popular and 
satisfactory hardy evergreen 
hedges. 
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