
CARISSA GRANDIFLORA. Fragrant bloom of frosty 
white. Red edible fruits. See page 7. 
SAN DIEGO FREMONTIA 
Fremontia mexicana. This shrub grows with astonishing 
rapidity covering its brown branches with furry brown-tinted 
maple like leaves. Through June and July, and sometimes into 
August, the plant is alive with single cup-shaped yellow 
flowers that are shaded gold in the center. Will thrive in poor 
rocky soil with little water. Seldom survives longer than 10 
years. Hardy. Sun. 8 ft. 5-gal. containers, $3.50; gal. con- 
tainers, $1.25. 
GARDENIAS 
Gardenia jasminoides Mystery. Why it should be called 
Mystery is more than we can tell unless it’s beyond human 
understanding how so much perfume, beauty and grace can 
be contained in three inches of glowing waxy whiteness. Con- 
trary to the opinion of many folks Gardenias are not at all dif- 
ficult to manage if a few simple rules are observed. Choose 
a sunny well-drained spot. Combine one-third peat with your 
soil when planting. Apply any good complete commercial 
fertilizer three times at six wee intervals beginning about 
April 15. At the same time add a small spoonful or two of 
soil sulphur depending upon the size of the plant. Blooms 
through summer. Hardy. Balled, 2-2% ft., $5.50; 5-gal. con- 
tainers, $3.00; gal. containers, $1.00. 
Gardenia jasminoides Veitch. A low growing variety that 
bears smaller flowers than the preceding variety. Will tol- 
erate some shade. Blooms in late winter and spring. Plant: 
ing and cultural procedure are the same as for other va- 
rieties. Sometimes is rather stingy with its bloom. Hardy. 
2-24 ft. 5-gal. containers, $3.00; gal. containers, $1.00. 
GARISH GREVILLEA 
Grevillea banksi. Here is another shrub that doesn’t want 
too much coddling. Plant it in a hot, sunny spot where 
drainage is good, give it a little water once in a while and 
watch it perform. The much divided leaves, light green above 
and silvery green beneath are interesting and attractive in 
their own right. During summer big plume-like racemes, 
rich red in color, appear on the branch tips and remain bril- 
liantly displayed for some time. Sun. Hardy. 6-8 ft. 5-gal. 
containers, $3.25; gal. containers, $1.00. 
HUMMING BIRD BUSH 
Grevillea thelemanniana. Through the cooler months of 
the year, when most other shrubs are resting, this graceful, 
airy shrub is really the busiest. It covers itself with delightful 
little red honeysuckle-like blooms that contain a sweetness 
Sun. Hardy. 5-6 
containers, $1.00. 
particularly enjoyed by the humming birds. 
ft. 5-gal. containers, $3.00; gal. 
PORTUGUESE SUN ROSE 
Halimium lasianthum. Silver gray foliaged shrub to 2% 
feet. Spreading. Each morning through spring a fresh lot 
of yellow single flowers blotched with maroon, greets the 
morning sun. Each day you'll probably think the little shrub 
surely must have reached the end of its blooming but are 
happily surprised to find it right back on the job again. 
Excellent in the rock garden or for foreground planting. 
Needs good drainage, sun and little water. Hardy. 5-gal. 
containers, $2.75; gal. containers, 85c. 
We'd like to ask you a personal question: which is replaced 
more often in your home, the doo-dads, what-nots, gim- 
cracks or the substantial furnishings? (And that’s not the 
first foolish one we ever asked.) So in your garden the plants 
that grow on you and with you are not the bright, flashy 
evergreen shrubs that give you a few months of fair foliage 
and sudden bursts of color, but the dense, heavily clothed 
varieties that provide life-long satisfaction. 

CISTUS PURPUREUS. Showy masses of single pink 
bloom in early summer. See page 9. 


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