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Flowering Deciduous Shrubs 
Plant in season, October 15 to May 15 
Planting Distances: Low-growing, 114-3 feet apart; Medium-growing, 3-5 feet apart; 
Tall-growing, 5-8 feet apart 
Shrubs are a useful and ornamental addition to any landscape picture. They are now more popular than 
ever, but are used with more discrimination in the modern planting. Shrubs are not to be used merely to fill in 
the vacancies or corners, or placed in a row along the house foundations, but have their special places according 
to their respective individual habits. 
FOR FOUNDATION PLANTING 
The new trend in foundation 
planting is to use a combination of 
shrubs and evergreens. Shrubs will 
withstand windswept positions as at 
house corners, where evergreens will 
often fail. The shrubs also add in- 
terest to the foundation planting 
when berried sorts or those with col- 
ored twigs or good Fall coloring are 
used and give contrast with the 
evergreens. 
Shrubs Suitable for Foundation 
Planting 
(Those starred * are tolerant of shade) 
Althea Tall 
Beautybush 
Calycanthus 
Cotoneaster acutifolia 
Deutzia, Pride of Rochester 
Euonymus alatus, yedoensis 
Forsythia spectabilis, intermedia 
Hydrangea, Peegee 
*Honeysuckle tatarica, korolkowi, 
fragrantissima, morrowl 
Ilex verticillata 
Lilac, French, Persian, Common 
*Philadelphus coronarius, virginalis 
*Privet ibota 
Prunus tomentosa 
*Spiraea vanhouttei, prunifolia 
*Viburnum cassinoides, dentatum, 
dilatatum, opulus, sieboldi, to- 
mentosum 
Weigela rosea, hendersoni 
Low-Medium 
Almond, Flowering 
*Aronia arbutifolia, melanocarpa 
*Barberry, Japanese - 
Cydonia japonica 
Deutzia lemoinei 
*Forsythia suspensa 
Kerria 
*Ninebark, Dwarf 
*Philadelphuslemoimei, Mont Blanc, 
Avalanche 
*Privet, Regel 
Rhodotypos 
Rhus canadensis 
*Ribes alpmum 
Rosa rugosa 
*Spiraea Anthony Waterer, froebeli, 
arguta, trichocarpa 
*Symphoricarpos vulgaris, 
naulti, racemosus 
Weigela floribunda 
FOR HEDGES AND SCREEN 
PLANTING 
A shrub hedge has advantages over 
the evergreen hedge in that it grows 
faster, is more dependable and eco- 
nomical. Thought must be given to 
the amount of space available as the 
che- 
variety chosen depends upon this 
factor. There are many handsome 
shrubs which can be used as a hedge, 
some of which are little known. A 
shrub hedge ought to be chosen for 
its habit of growth, type of leaf, and 
berried effects. The flowering habits 
may also be considered but should 
not be stressed too much as the flow- 
ers last but a short time. The best 
type of plant to use for hedging is 
one that is low-branched and dense- 
growing. 
Screen planting can be more than. 
a mere hedge or single row of plants. 
If there is space, the corners should 
be rounded out and in that way a 
more varied effect can be produced 
than if a single row of plants is used. 
When planted in a single row the 
shrubs should be of one kind, other- 
wise a hodge-podge effect is created. 
Plants for Hedges and Screens 
(Those starred * are tolerant of shade) 
Althea Tall 
*Aralia 
Beautybush 
*Buckthorn 
*Cornus mas 
Cotoneaster acutifolia 
Forsythia spectabilis, intermedia 
*Honeysuckle tatarica, fragrantis- 
sima, korolkowi, morrow! 
Lilac, Persian, Common, French 
*Ninebark, Tall 
*Philadelphus coronarius, virginalis 
Poplar, Lombardy 
*Privet, Amur River, Ibota, Cali- 
fornia (unclipped) 
Rosa hugonis 
*Spiraea vanhouttei, prunifolia 
Thorns 
*Viburnum americanum, casinoides, 
dentatum, opulus, sieboldi, to- 
mentosum, lentago, lantana 
Weigela rosea, henderson 
Willow 
Low-Medium 
*Barberry, Japanese 
Cydonia japonica 
Deutzia Iemoinei 
Euonymus nanus 
Kerria 
*Ninebark, Dwarf 
*Philadelphuslemoinei, Mont Blanc, 
Avalanche 
*Privet, all varieties (clipped) 
Rhodotypos 
*Ribes alpinum 
*Spiraea froebeli, arguta, tricho- 
carpa . 
*Symphoricarpos _chenaultt, 
garis, racemosus 
*Viburnum opulus nanum 
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FOR A MIXED SHRUB BORDER 
When more space is available, 
that is, 4 feet or more, a mixed shrub 
border may be planted of two rows 
or more, depending upon the space. 
This affords an opportunity to plant 
a variety of shrubs without creating 
too spotty an effect, as a single line 
of mixed shrubs is apt to do. Care 
should be taken, however, not to 
plant too varied a selection, or too 
few of a kind, as the effect will not be 
pleasing. The shorter, more bushy 
types are placed in front, while tall- 
er-growing types which incline to- 
ward bareness at the base, are placed 
at the rear. Most of the taller-grow- 
ing sorts need the shorter ones as 
“facers.” This mixed shrub border 
creates a beautiful and luxuriant 
background for flowering Perennials 
and Annuals. 
Facer Shrubs (Low) 
Dwarf, up to 3 ft.... 
Medium Shrubs (Cen- See 
ter row), up to6ft. | Classified 
Tall Shrubs (Rear), f Shrub List, 
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Tall Shrubs (Rear), 
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FOR ACCENT PLANTING 
There are various shrubs which are 
of such individual character that they 
may be used singly either as a lawn 
specimen, or to break up the group 
effect in the shrub border. These are 
usually tall-growing sorts, and when 
they approach maturity are almost 
tree-like in character. They may 
also be used as accent plants In suit- 
able places in the foundation 
planting. 
Shrubs Used as Accent Plants 
Benzoin 
Cornus alternifolia 
Cornus florida 
Cornus mas 
Cydonia japonica 
Cercis canadensis 
Euonymus alatus 
Euonymus yedoensis 
Flowermg Crab 
Hydrangea Peegee 
Lilac 
Magnolia 
Rhus cotinus, typhina 
Thorn 
Viburnum lantana, cassinoides, sie- 
boldi 
Witch Hazel 
