CHOICE EVERGREENS 
Evergreens add a richness to the landscape that cannot be 
matched by any other class of plants. The wide range in 
form, color and texture offers the plant lover material for 
many interesting arrangements. 
USES OF EVERGREENS 
Foundation Plantings: These plantings are used primarily 
to blend the home into the landscape. Such plantings 
should include variation in height and depth. The medium 
sized and narrow upright types may be used at the en’ 
trance and corners of the home, and a pleasing foundation 
planting is completed by tying these taller types together 
with lower growing types. There is no place here for tall 
growing Spruces, Firs or Pines. 
Screens and Backgrounds: Evergreens may be massed for 
purposes of forming a screen or background. In this way 
privacy for the home and a background for trees and 
shrubs with showy flowers and bark is obtained. 
Specimens: Evergreens of attractive symmetry and color 
may be planted alone as specimen trees. It is not desirable 
to plant trees for this use directly in front of the home. 
Colorado Spruce, Black Hills Spruce, Norway Spruce, 
Douglas Fir and Austrian Pine are commonly used for 
specimen plantings. 
Shelter Belt. Evergreens for this use are discussed on 
pages 15 to 18. 
WHAT EVERGREENS TO SELECT 

It is important to select suitable Evergreens for each use. 
You will find the following classification of Bailey’s choice 
Evergreens helpful. 
1. Tall Growing Evergreens: These trees may reach a 
height of over 50 feet. They are suitable for heavy 
backgrounds, screens, shelter belts and specimens. 
Douglas Fir, Austrian Pine, White Pine, Black Hills 
Spruce, Colorado Blue Spruce and Norway Spruce. 
2. Intermediate Upright Evergreens: These trees do not 
usually grow much more than 20 feet in height when 
untrimmed, They can be trimmed to desired size. 
They are useful in screens and in emphasizing en- 
trances and corners in foundation plantings. American 
Arborvitae, Siberian Arborvitae, Chandler Blue Juni- 
per, Pathfinder Juniper, Moffet Juniper, Nevin Blue 
Juniper, Silver Cedar and Upright Japanese Yew. 
3. Narrow, Upright Evergreens: These Evergreens are 
used primarily to emphasize entrances and corners in 
foundation plantings. They should be trimmed to ob- 
tain the best effect. Pyramidal Arborvitae, Dundee 
Juniper, and Welch Juniper. 
These Evergreens 
Globe 
4. Round, Cushion-Type Evergreens: 
are used in border and foundation plantings. 
Arborvitae and Mugho Pine. 
5. Low, Spreading Evergreens. These types are useful in 
foundation and border plantings. Andorra Juniper, 
Pfitzer Juniper, Savin Juniper and Spreading Japanese 
Yew. 
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Globe and Siberian Arbor-Vitae 
ARBORVITAE 
American Arborvitae (Thuja occiden- 
talis). Everyone is familiar with the flat, lacy 
foliage of the American Arborvitae. It is 
one of our native trees. It naturally grows in 
a pyramidal shape. It may attain a height of 
40 feet and a spread of 8 to 10 feet, but it 
can be limited in size by trimming. It grows 
best in moist locations. 
Globe Arborvitae (Thuja occidentalis 
globosa). This dwarf of the American Arbor- 
vitae grows to about three feet in diameter. 
The round form is maintained naturally and 
does not require trimming. Like the American 
Arborvitae, it grows best in moist locations. 
Pyramidal Arborvitae (Thuja occiden- 
talis pyramidalis). Here is an Arborvitae 
that was selected because of its rich green 
color and slender, erect form. Old trees may 
reach a height of 25 feet; the height can be 
limited and the growth made more compact 
by trimming. This tree is undoubtedly the 
most widely planted Arborvitae used in land- 
scape plantings. 
Siberian Arborvitae (Thuja _ occiden- 
talis wareana). Because of its extreme hardi- 
ness this Arborvitae was named “Siberian.” 
The dark green foliage is thicker and heavier 
than that of its parent, the American Arbor- 
vitae. It is dense in growth and conical in 
outline. It maintains its normal shape well, 
but can be trimmed to any desired form. If 
it is not trimmed it may reach a height of 10 
feet. 
EVERGREENS FOR SHADY 
LOCATIONS 
The Yews are tolerant of considerable shad- 
ing. Arborvitae, Douglas Fir, Pfitzer Juniper, 
and Mugho Pine will grow in partial shade. 
