FORSYTHIA, SHOWY BORDER 
(Forsythia spectabilis) 
Key: BC. Color: canary-yellow flowers. Blooms: 
early spring—March, April. Height: 4 to 6 
ft—plant 3 to 6 ft. apart. 
Improvement of Border Forsythia, with 
larger blossoms. Even more profuse bloomer 
than Border. Like Border Forsythia, it is one 
of the first flowers to bloom in the spring, even 
before the leaves appear. For 4 to 6 weeks 
in March and April its arching branches are 
completely covered with large canary-yellow, 
bell-shaped blooms. Dark green, lustrous fo- 
liage follows the flowers. One of the hardiest 
and easiest of all shrubs to grow. 
Persian Lilac 
Showy Border Forsythia 
DOGWOOD, CORAL STEM (Cornus alba sibirica) 
Key: CD. Color of Bloom: creamy white flowers. Gray berries. Time 
of Bloom: early summer—May. Berries all fall and winter. Height: 
4 to 6 ft—plant 3 to 5 ft. apart. 
A tall growing drooping shrub which produces clusters of cream- 
colored blooms for 3 weeks in May. It is especially attractive in the 
fall when its blue-gray berries offer a pleasing contrast to its coral-red 
stems. 
PERSIAN LILAC (Syringa persica) 
Key: CD. Color: lavender flowers. Blooms: spring 
—May. Height: 6 to 8 ft-—plant 3 to 4 ft. apart. 
Large clusters of fragrant lavender blooms make 
Persian Lilac one of the most popular and de- 
pendable flowering shrubs. Thrives in sun or 
shade. 
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WEIGELA, RED, EVA RATHKE (Weigela hybrida) 
Key: BC. Color: deep rich crimson flowers. Blooms: summer— 
May, June and often until frost. Height: 3 to 5 ft—plant 2 to 
4 ft. apart. 
A yeritable queen of the garden, robed in rich, vibrantly red, 
trumpet-shaped flowers and glossy green foliage. Blooms in late 
spring and more or less continuously throughout the summer. 
Semi-dwarf. Quick growing. Thrives in any soil and climate. 
WEIGELA, PINK 
(Weigela rosea) 
Key: CD. Color: pink 
flowers. Blooms: sum- 
mer—May, June. 
Height: 6 to 8 ft.— 
plant 3 to 6 ft. apart. 
From far away Asia 
comes this graceful 
shrub with arching 
branches. It is the Big 
Show when long sprays 
of trumpet-shaped flow- 
ers are set off by its 
deep green foliage. A 
favorite for every plant- 
ing. 
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