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New or Noteworthy Deciduous Shrubs 
A much larger selection of shrubs already planted in pots and started for you is available this 
year. Our expert knowledge of the soil required and the best treatment during the starting period re- 
duces your planting job to the ultimate simplicity and absolute minimum of labor; at the same time posi- 
tively eliminates planting failures. Anyone can plant RICHARDS’ potted shrubs even in full bloom in the 
hottest weather and they will keep on growing without the slightest wilting or setback. 
To help in making the proper selection of varieties we have arranged the shrubs according to 
average height at maturity. Lack of space forbids a complete description of every variety but we have 
tried to point out the highlights of each. 
Where we do the planting of shrubs there is an additional charge of 40% of invoice. 
One to Two Feet 
CARYOPTERIS CLANDONENSIS—Bluebeard Clvst pots $1.25 
Silver foliage, small powder-blue blooms in profusion in late 
summer when every other shrub is out of bloom. Good cut- 
flower subject. Thrives in poor soil; heat and drouth-resistant. 
COTONEASTER ADPRESSA—Creeping Cotoneaster. 
Clvst pots $2.50 
Low accent shrub par excellence, growing in a low dome- 
shaped mound to 18 inches tall and spreading to 4 feet. Its 
sparkling, glossy foliage is beautifully patterned on intricately 
branched recurving twigs in herringbone fashion and the lav- 
ish display of brilliant red berries all through Autumn is 
suggestive of holly. 
LAVANDULA VERA—Old English Lavender Clvst pots, $1.00 
Old fashioned delightfully fragrant shrubby perennial which 
has been grown and loved for centuries for drying for sach- 
ets, nosegays and potpourri. Lavender colored spikes of 
small flowers come in July and August and the narrow, sil- 
very foliage is evergreen here, making it especially valuable 
for low, permanent borders. Does best in hot locations and 
poor, dry soil. 
Two to Three Feet 
POTENTILLA FRUTICOSA FARRERI—P. “Gold Drop” 
Clvst pots, $2.50 
One of the finest of all low-growing shrubs, superior in every 
way to our native Cinquefoil. Holds the fine deep green color 
of its small fern-like leaves well into Autumn. Its blossoms, 
about the size and shape of strawberry blooms, are borne in 
the greatest profusion in June and lesser number continuous- 
ly to late September; in color an intense daffodil-yellow. This 
rare shrub is easy to grow in sun or shade, one of our best 
suggestions for that oft-repeated query for a dwarf, hardy, 
dependable, everblooming, showy shrub. 
SPIREA BUMALDI FROEBEL 15-18 ins., 75¢ 
Midsummer flowers in flat clusters of dusky rose-red. Superb 
Autumn foliage color. Heavy annual Spring pruning required. 
EVONYMUS NANUS—Dwarf Euonymus Clvst pots, $1.50 
Slender arching, often procumbent, branches; narrowly linear 
foliage with fine late Autumn color. Fruit is typical of the 
species—bright orange in showy pink capsules. 
POLYANTHA ROSES in variety 
bloom continuously, all summer long, are oak-hardy, easy to 
grow. No other shrubs can compete with Polyantha (some- 
times incorrectly called Baby Rambler) Roses for effective 
masses of color in either formal beds or hedges, in groups 
alongside a building or in the border. Fine for color ac- 
cents in shrubbery plantings, for planting along driveways, 
for “facing up’ evergreens in foundation plantins. 
(Variety list and prices on page 15) 
Three to Four Feet 
CARAGANA AURANTIACA—Dwarf Peashrub 2-3 $1.00, 3-4 $1.25 
Leafs out very early (also ripens off too early, its only fault). 
Large colorful orange pea-shaped flowers. A good shrub for 
those difficult hot, dry situations and particularly adapted to 
low, formal hedge work. 
Three to Four Feet 
PRUNUS GLANDULOSA ROSEA—Pink Flowering Almond 
lvst pots, $2.00 
Showiest small shrub in early Spring. Often a dieback prop- 
osition but if you have own-root plants this is of no serious 
consequence. Avoid grafted Flowering Almond—they invar- 
iably end up as thicket of wild plum; if on peach they die 
out completely. We offer only own-root Flowering Almond. 
RIBES FASICULATUM—Winterberry Currant Clvst pots, $2.00 
Valued for late-persisting leaves and scarlet fruits remaining 
all winter. Still on trial here at Richards’ but it looks good 
even though listed in Rehder’s Zone IV. 
Four to Five Feet 
CHAENOMELES JAPONICA—Flowering Quince . 
2 to 8 ft. $1.00 3 to 4 ft. $1.25 
Definitely a half-hardy item here but on those rare occasions 
when it does bloom it’s a mass of fiery scarlet. Plant in a 
mixed border, then when April freezes kill the flower buds 
they won’t be missed. 
PRUNUS GLANDULOSA ALBA—White Flowering Almond 
Clvst pots, $2.00 
Hardier, later to come into bloom than the Pink Almond. We 
offer own-root plants . 
RIBES ALPINUM—Alpine Currant 15 to 18 ins. 85c 
Harly-leafing shrub of highest foliage value; a perfect foil 
for the more conspicuous plants in foundation or border 
planting. Stands shade well, or full sun. 
Five to Six Feet 
BERBERIS MENTORENSIS—Mentor Barberry 14% to 2 ft. $1.00 
2 to 2% ft. $1.25 2% to 3 ft. $1.50 
(Plant patent No. 99.) Heavy, leathery foliage is rather slow 
to start in spring but is semi-evergreen (the nearest we can 
come to broadleaf evergreens here) with glorious fall and 
winter color progressing through gorgeous combinations of 
blue-green, metallic purples to bronze-crimson before finally 
turning brown in February. Will take heat, drouth, or 
shade in stride. Especially fine in combination with dwarf 
conifers and for hedges. 
BERBERIS THUNBERGI—Japanese Barberry. 1% to 2 ft. 75c 
Handsome, densely branched shrub with boxwood-like foliage 
that is hard to beat for brilliance of its scarlet autumn color, 
red berries hang on all winter. 
BUDDLEIA—Butterflybush. Clvst pots $1.50 
Sometimes called Summer Lilac and its showy flower spikes 
do slightly resemble lilacs but outdo these in brillance of 
color and length of blooming season—from early August to 
frost. This shrub always attracts large numbers of butter- 
flies whose colorful flight patterns add much to the late sum- 
mer garden picture. Usually renews itself from ground level 
each year. Best of the lot is still Tle de France, claret pur- 
ple. Charming is bright pink. 
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