
SNOWBALL HYDRANGEA 
Hibiscus - Rose of Sharon 
ROSE OF SHARON (Hibiscus syriacus). A beautiful shrub 
whose brightly colored flowers appear in early Au- 
gust and continue to flower freely until frost. 
Varieties of Hibiscus: 
Boule de Feu. Double, bright red. 
Coelestis. Single, blue. 
Comte de Haimont. Double, pink-white mottled. 
Lady Stanley. Double, pink. 
Lucy. Double, lavender-violet. 
Puniceus plenus. Semi-double, rose. 
Rubus. Single, red. 


BEAUTYBUSH (KOLKWITZIA) 
Hamamelis - Witch Hazel 
WITCH HAZEL (Hamamelis virginica). A tall, 
native shrub of spreading, coarse, irregular 
habit. The large light green scalloped-edged 
leaves turn bright yellow, orange, or purple 
in the fall. Narrow flowers, carried along 
the almost naked branches, are bright yel- 
low and bloom after most other shrubs are 
dormant. Flowers and fruit are borne simul- 
taneously. 
HYDRANGEA 
SNOWHILL HYDRANGEA (Hydrangea _  arborescens 
grandiflora). Low to medium shrub of broad, spreading 
habit. Large, light green leaves turn bronze in the au- 
tumn. Large, full, greenish white flower clusters bloom 
in July. 
PEEGEE HYDRANGEA (H. paniculata grandiflora). Low 
to medium sized shrub with light green leaves. Flowers 
are borne in immense pointed clusters, creamy white 
when fully expanded, and continuing in bloom for a 
month. Later, the huge flower heads change to tones of 
rose and bronze where exposed to sun. The shrub can 
be successfully trained to a tree form. 

PEEGEE HYDRANGEA 
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