‘DECIDUOUS SHRUBS 
Bloom young, usually in second year. But after ten years they 
need 6 feet of space for best appearance. So plant 3 feet apart 
and arrange that every second shrub can be removed in later years. 
(Dwarf shrubs take just half this spacing.) Shrubs grow quickly, so 
small sizes (see Page 
7 for some special 
offers) are practical 
for mass effects. 
Most kinds are in 
the table below 
and described and 
Pack loose soil Fill remaining hole priced in following 
around roots. with water. 
Pressdown firmly, Wait until it settles. pages. 
Then fill remaining hole 
2 with earth, leaving a. 
shallow Cup. Water again. ak 
PLANTING) SHRUBS 

Thunberg’s Barberry is slow (as 
shrubs go) yet the 1-year seed- 
ling grew into the full specimen 
in six years! Plant small shrubs 
now and save 80% of what 
they would cost 3 years hence. 
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PRUNING SHRUBS 
Flowers come on old wood, so the rule is to prune when 
in bloom or just afterward. Thus no potential bloom is lost. 
Natural shrub shape is to have many main stems in a clump 
all ascending from the ground, so prune out old branches 
completely at the ground line thus encouraging plenty of 
new vigorous shoots. Branches in flower can be taken for 
house decoration at the time of pruning. 
SHRUBS THAT TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES are 
marked in the tables below with a ‘‘*.” These literally gain 
no improvement whatever from cultivation—plant ‘em and 
forget ‘em! Some are very beautiful indeed. 

SPRING EARLY SUMMER 
*Amelanchier *Deutzia (all kinds) 
*Benzoin aestivale *Enkianthus campanulata 
Syringa (Lilac) 

Chaenomeles (Cydonia) 
*Cytissus scopfrius 
*Daphne mezereum 
*Forsythia (all kinds) 
*Hamamelis mollis 
Spiraea van Houttei 
Syringa (most lilacs) 
Tamarix africana 
*Viburnum carlesii 

Forsythia 
Exochorda grandiflora 
Kolkwitzia 
*Lonicera (shrub kinds) 
Philadelphus virginal 
Potentilla fruticosa 
Rhododtypus kerroides 
Spiraea trichocarpa 
Syringa josikea 
*Weigelia (all kinds) 
Cydonia 

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