HONEYSUCKLE, RED TATARIAN (Lonicera tatarica rubra) 
Key: E. Color: rosy pink flowers. Red berries. Blooms: spring—April, May. Berries all summer 
and fall. Height: 10 to 12 ft.—plant 3 to 6 ft. apart. 
An upright, fast growing shrub, very suitable for tall hedges and screen plantings. Grows to 
a height of 10 to 12 ft., making a dense, compact mass of foliage. Bright rose-pink flowers, very 
colorful against fresh green leaves in April and May. Flowers are followed by great clusters of 
currant-red berries in summer tbat stay on plant several months. 
JETBEAD (Rhodotypos kerrioides) 
Key: CD. Color: white flowers. Blooms: summer— 
May to September. Berries all winter. Height: 
5 to 8 ft.—plant 2 to 4 ft. apart. 
This valuable shrub is also called “White Ker- 
ria.” Has large, white, four-petaled, open-faced 
flowers in May with scattered blooms throughout 
the summer. IJts clean, bright green foliage strikes 
a dominant note in the fall when most shrubs are 
bare. Blooms are followed by black berries in late 
summer and fall. 
MOCKORANGE, SWEET 
(Philadelphus coronarius) 
Key: DE. Color: waxy white flowers. Blooms: early summer— 
May. Height: 6 to 8 ft.——plant 3 to 6 ft. apart. 
Sweet Mockorange, with her fragrant dress of white, may 
well be acclaimed “Queen” of the shrub garden. It is the 
tallest growing of all the Mockoranges, attaining a height of 
6 to 8 ft. Jt is also the most fragrant, filling the air with its 
spicy perfume during the entire life of its blooming season. 
Fine as a specimen on the lawn, at the corners of a 2-story 
house, in the shrub border. Spectacular as a flowering hedge. 
LILAC, FRAGRANT PURPLE (Syringa vulgaris) 
Key: DE. Color: Lilac flowers. Blooms: Spring—April, May. 
Height: 8 to 10 ft——plant 3 to 5 ft. apart. 
One of the finest and most dependable shrub favorites. It is a 
strong, hardy shrub, producing fragrant, purple blooms in April 
and May. Forms a large bush with spreading top, which may 
be used singly or in groups. 
WINTER HONEYSUCKLE (Lonicera fragrantissima) 
Key: DE. Color: creamy white flowers. Blooms: spring—March, April. Height: 6 to 
8 ft—plant 2 to 4 ft. apart. 
The first breath of spring is brought by the fragrant creamy white flowers of this hardy 
shrub. Almost evergreen in the South. Shiny foliage makes cool-looking bouquets in 
summer months. Fast, vigorous grower. 
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