
Flowering Shrubs 
Included among the Flowering Shrubs are those old 
favorites well known to all, as well as some worthy new 
varieties. We offer shrubs In two grades, a regular or 
standard grade, and our specimen grade. 
Our standard shrubs are good, sturdy, well-grown plants 
which will thrive and grow rapidly into fine bushes. 
The specimen shrubs are larger, well-developed plants 
which have been spaced and pruned im the nursery, and 
when used in plantings, give an immediate landscape effect. 
ABELIA grandiflora. Glossy Abelia. 7D. 
A dainty evergreen shrub bearing little bell-shaped pink 
flowers. Blooms throughout the summer until frost. Excellent 
for garden plantings. May be cut back every spring. 
AMELANCHIER canadensis. Downy Shadbush. oN: 
Native plant bearing white flowers in early spring. Fruit 
relished by birds. Grows well in wooded and wet sections. 
ARALIA pentaphylla. Five-leaf Aralia. *M.V. 
Small green flower. Better known for its five-leaf foliage. 
Makes a good hedge. Branches are definitely thorny. 
ARONIA arbutifolia. Red Chokeberry. “ie ® 
White flowers tinged with red in early spring. Outstanding 
red fruit in fall. 
A. melanocarpa. Black Chokeberry. Ash, 
White flowers. Black fruit in fall. 
*See Price Chart page 41. 
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