
EVERGREEN SHRUBS 
plants—having both evergreen qualities and bearing the most beautiful flowers— 
offers the wise buyer more satisfaction during all seasons of the year than any other single group of plants. 
Increasing numbers of these Evergreen Shrubs are used each year to provide colorful as well as evergreen effects 
This group of “double-duty”’ 
in the well- planned landscape planting. 
This applies not only to the flowers borne but also to brilliant color changes 
in the foliage as occurs with Leucothoe and many others in the Fall. 
We have an unusually fine selection of these native American plants and to assist you in a general w ay we 
make the following suggestions as to their usage. 
suggestions and not their sole uses—nor are all materials 
FOR FULL SHADE 
Rhododendron maximum 
Kalmia latifolia. 
Ilex glabra.. ; 
Leucothoe catesh: 1e1 
FOR PARTIAL SHADE: 
Azaleas.. 
; Rosebay 
Mountain Laurel 
irri Sate: Inkberry 
Drooping Leucothoe 
Oe eh so ao dis a ane od eet Seale laie ee . Varieties 
Abelia grandiflora G ‘lossy 4 {belia Rhododendron catawbiense 
FOR FULL SUN: 
Cotoneaster— Varieties Ilex opaca: —The “Christmas” Holly 
Ilex crenata convexa Daphne cneorum 
SPREADING VARIETIES (Low growing and growing as much or more 
horizontally as vertically): 
Abelia grandiflora 
Azalea hinodegiri 
Cotoneaster horizontalis 
Daphne cneorum 
Azalea kurume, Snow Ilex crenata convexa 
Cotoneaster apiculata Pieris floribunda 
HEDGES: 
Ilex crenata convexa Ilex crenata rotundifolia 
Berberis julianae 
Pieris japonica 
Ilex crenata 
However, 
we cannot stress too strongly that these are merely 
usable in these ways included in this short list. 
As a general guide to planting these balled and burlapped plants we sug- 
gest that vou: 
1. Dig hole wide and deep enough to easily admit the earth ball. 
2. Set top of ball 
firmly 
5, Cut burlap open at top. 
thoroughly. 
2 inches helow the surface of surrounding soil. Tamp in 
without removing burlap. 
Complete filling in soil. Water twice weekly very 
Use Peat Moss liberally in the hole and as a top mulch, 
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Our analysis of sales records shows that the greatest gain in popu- 
larity of plant materials has been in the use of Broadleaved Evergreens. 
These Evergreen Shrubs are in increasing demand for beautifying the 
small as well as the large home grounds. If you want a modern plant- 
don't the these Tlowering Evergreens. 
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