MAY BE YOURS WITH THESE 
| MEDIUM HEIGHT SHRUBS 
BILLIARD SPIREA 
(Spiraea billiardi) 
Key: CD. Color: pink flowers. Blooms: 
summer—June to August. Height: 4 to 5 
ft—plant 2 to 4 ft. apart. 
Feathery cone-shaped spikes of bloom 
standing above the foliage make a beauty 
spot in the garden. Fine for cut flowers. 
Fine for shady spots, too. 
BORDER FORSYTHIA 
(Forsythia intermedia) 
Key: BC. Color: canary-yellow. Blooms: 
spring—March, April. Height: 4 to 6 ft. 
—plant 3 to 5 ft. apart. 
They herald the spring, these cheerful 
Forsythias which are also called Golden 
Bell. Among the first flowers of spring, it 
flaunts its masses of gay yellow, bell-shaped 
flowers before the leaves appear. Easy to 
grow. Fine for every purpose. 
Border Forsythia 
Bithardis aires) 
PRIVET, REGEL (Ligustrum ibota regelianum) 
Key: CD. Color: dainty creamy white flowers. Blue berries. Blooms early summer—May and June. 
Berries last all winter. Height: 3 to 5 ft—plant 1% to 4 ft. apart. 
One of the best all-purpose shrubs. Fragrant white flowers in May and June are followed by 
clusters of bright blue berries which hang on all winter. Thrives in sun or shade and in dry or 
wet locations. ’ 
VITEX MACROPHYLLA (Vitex agnuscastus latifolia) 
Key: BC. Color: lavender-blue flowers. Blooms: summer and fall—July to frost. Height: 4 to 
6 ft.—plant 3 to 5 ft. apart. 
This graceful and unusual shrub blooms profusely from July until frost. Lovely lavender-blue 
flowers are produced on long spikes, fine for flower arrangements. Starlike foliage and graceful 
drooping branches further enhance the beauty of this popular shrub. 
SPIREA VAN HOUTTE (Spiraea vanhouttei) 
Key: BC. Color: white. Blooms: early summer—May. Height: 4 to 6 ft.—plant 3 to 5 ft. apart. 
Spirea Van Houtte or Improved Bridal Wreath is probably the most popular and widely used 
flowering shrub in America. Graceful arching branches support a glorious fountain-like mass of 
white flowers in May. A vigorous growing shrub, easily transplanted, withstands dry weather. 
Grows in good soils and in poor soil and is long-lived. Spirea has done more than any other flow- 
ering shrub to make America more beautiful. Fine for high foundations, specimens, shrub borders. Privet, Regel 
It is spectacular when used as a flowering hedge or living fence. 
Vitex Macrophylia 
Spirea Van Houtte 
