ORNAMENTAL SHRUBS AND HEDGE PLANTS, continued 
MAGNOLIA, Large shrubs or small trees with large, 
conspicuous flowers appearing before the leaves. 
These are all deciduous varieties. 
LILIFLORA NIGRA. Purple-lily Magnolia. Tulip- 
shaped flowers, purple outside, white within, 
in early spring. 
SOULANGEANA. Saucer Magnolia. Cup-shaped 
flowers, white suffused with pink. 
STELLATA. Star Magnolia. Bushy grower with 
large, fragrant, star-shaped white flowers in 
early spring. 
MALVAVISCUS GRANDIFLORUS. Turk’s Cap; Wax- 
mallow. Vigorous-growing shrub resembling 
hibiscus but with drooping, bright scarlet flowers. 
Very showy in late summer and fall. It will grow 
farther north than the Chinese Hibiscus but is 
evergreen only in Florida and the Gulf Coast. 
MICHELIA FUSCATA. Banana Shrub. A large, at- 
tractive, evergreen shrub bearing yellow flowers 
with banana-like fragrance. 
MYRICA CERIFERA. Southern Waxmyrtle. A na- 
tive evergreen shrub or spreading small tree, 
which thrives in a variety of soils throughout the 
South. Leaves are bright olive-green, branches 
light gray. The interesting grayish berries last 
all winter. Useful for hedges, screen plantings 
and as a filler shrub especially in poor sandy 
soils and for seaside planting. 
NERIUM. Oleander. By far the most spectacularly 
colorful of all southern summer-blooming shrubs. 
They are fast and robust in growth, relatively 
disease-free, and the fine evergreen foliage is at- 
tractive the year round. Their wide color range 
and long season of bloom makes them desirable 
wherever large shrubs and a profusion of bloom 
are called for. They thrive in almost any soil 
and once established require little or no care. 
They do particularly well near the seashore. 
SINGLE WHITE. One of the most popular va- 
rieties because of the profusion of bloom con- 
tinuing from early spring to the first winter 
freeze. One of the most cold-hardy varieties. 
DOUBLE ROSE-PINK. This very fragrant variety 
also blooms profusely without rest throughout 
the warmer months of the year. Other va- 
rieties except Single White usually make a big 
show of bloom in May and June, with only 
scattered blooms the rest of the season. 
CARDINAL. Light red; single. 
DOUBLE CREAM. Lightest yellow. 
DOUBLE LIGHT PINK. 
DOUBLE RED. Deep red; very cold-hardy. 
MRS. ROEDING. Bright salmon-pink; double. 
NANKEEN. Semi-double, cold-hardy variety with 
pale cream-colored flowers striped red in the 
center. 
SINGLE PINK. Light shell-pink flowers. 
TEA-ROSE-PINK. Shell-pink delicately striped 
with deeper pink. This is a dwarfer variety 
with smaller leaves than others, useful where 
space is limited. 
NANDINA DOMESTICA. Heavenly Bamboo. An 
erect, decorative shrub with .cane-like stems 
topped with feathery foliage. Terminal clusters of 
white flowers are followed by showy red berries 
lasting through winter. 
OLEA EUROPAEA. Common Olive. Although rarely 
maturing fruit in this climate, this Olive with its 
fine-textured, gray-green foliage and picturesque 
habit of growth makes a fine ornamental large 
shrub or small tree. 
OSMANTHUS FRAGRANS. Tea Olive. Glossy 
green foliage and small clusters of exquisitely 
perfumed flowers, which bloom over a long season 
in winter and early spring. 
PHOTINIA. Large evergreen shrubs with attractive 
foliage; for sun or partial shade. 
GLABRA. Japanese Photinia. Medium-sized 
green leaves; new foliage red. 
SERRULATA. Chinese Photinia. A _ tall narrow 
shrub with big, glossy, serrate leaves and flat 
clusters of white flowers in the summer, changing 
to scarlet berries in the winter. 
PITTOSPORUM TOBIRA. One of our finest south- 
ern broad-leaved evergreen shrubs, thriving in 
full sun or shade, with those bright, waxy, shiny 
leaves that make northern gardeners so envious. 
This is another of those versatile shrubs of many 
uses in foundation or shrub border planting, as a 
sheared or natural hedge, or as a screen if al- 
lowed to grow unpruned. The creamy flowers 
borne in umbels in the early spring are exquisitely 
fragrant. The red seeds emerging from the large 
green seed pods are attractive for a short season. 
One of the best plants for seaside use. 
PLUMBAGO. 
CAPENSIS. Cape Plumbago. A _ low-growing, 
heat-resistant, subtropical shrub bearing a pro- 
fusion of light blue flowers all summer. A 
freeze will nip it to the ground but it starts 
growth again in the early spring. 
CAPENSIS ALBA. White flowers. 
PODOCARPUS. 
MACROPHYLLUS  (Longifolia). Long-leaf Podo- 
carpus. This variety has larger, lighter green 
leaves than P. macrophyllus maki, is faster 
growing but not so good for hedges. 
MACROPHYLLUS MAKI. Shrubby Yew Podo- 
carpus. This plant is a favorite of the landscape 
architect and the discriminating gardener. It 
is particularly distinguished for its dark ever- 
green, fine-textured foliage and compact 
growth. It makes a beautiful, refined sheared 
hedge or border plant. Can be trained against 
a wall or allowed to grow to a specimen shrub. 
Branches are fine for use in flower arrange- 
ments. Will thrive in full sun or partial shade. 
NAGI. Japanese Podocarpus. A fine variety 
with waxy, dark green leaves and columnar 
habit of growth. Branches are slightly pend- 
ulous and it bears attractive gray-green seed 
pods. A fine accent plant for sun or shade. 
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