Glorious MID-SUMMER 
ae utterly Bush (BUDDLEIA) 
Key: CD. Color: lavender-pink, dark wine-red, light purple or dark purple 
flowers. Blooms: all summer and fall—July to frost. Height: 3 to 5 ft—plant 
3 to 4 ft. apart. 
Fragrant, colorful, always in bloom from July to frost. Attracts butterflies 
from miles around. Flowers look so much like Lilacs it is often called 
“Summer Lilac.’” Quick growing. These are a few of the reasons Butterfly 
Bush is the most popular of all the lovely Flowering Shrubs 
which have come to us from China. In severe winter weather 
plant dies down, but grows back in plenty of time for a 
profusion of bloom. Spikes of extremely fragrant bloom are 
often 8 to 12 inches long and come in a wide range of 
colors, as follows: 
DUBONNET. Dark wine-red. 
CHARMING. Lavender-pink. 
FARQUHAR. Light purple. 
ILE DE FRANCE. Dark purple. 
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Charming Ile de France Farquhar 
ROSE-ACACIA (Robinia hispida) 
Key: DE. Color: rosy red flowers. Blooms: summer— 
May and June. Height: 3 to 4 ft.—plant 2 to 4 ft. apart. 
Also called “Moss Locust.” Large sweet-pea-shaped 
blooms of rosy red and lavishly displayed during May 
and June. Resistant to drought. Fine for steep banks to 
prevent erosion. 
RUSSIAN OLIVE (Elaeagnus angustifolia) 
Key: £. Color: yellow blooms. Gray berries. Blooms: sum- 
mer—June. Berries all summer and fall. Height: 15 to 29 
ft—-plant 4 to 8 ft. apart. 
Small tree with soft silvery foliage—a most pleasing con- 
trast with dark green leaves of other trees and shrubs. 
Height 15 to 20 feet, having gracefully arching, spreading 
Russian Olive branches. Produces small, fragrant creamy white flowers 
followed by gray berries. Very popular with the birds. 
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