HARDY FLOWERING SHRUBS 
Flowering Almond 
A’mond. A very charming, attractive 
shrub in early spring, being in full 
bloom before its leaves appear. The 
flowers are small double and lght 
pink and a mass of these in the right 
spot certainly will draw many well 
deserved complments. 
2 to 3 ft. $1.29 each 
Althea 
Rose of Sharon. Blooms late in August 
and September, with a profusion of 
large and brightly colored flowers, 
much like the tender hibiscus in 
form. Double rose, double white, 
double purple, double red, single red 
and single white. 
2 to 4 ft. $1.39 each 
Aralia 
Pentaphylla. (Five-leafed Aralia). 
Long, slender, gracefully drooping 
branches a rich shiny green. Unique 
among shrubs in that it does not 
change color. 
2 to 3 ft. $1.29 each 
Beautyberry 
Callicarpa Purpurea. Gracefully curv- 
ing branches, covered in August with 
thousands of closely set small pink 
tinted flowers. These are followed in 
late September by masses of violet- 
purple berries which last until mid- 
winter. 
18 to 24 in. $1.49 each 
Beautybush 
Kolkwitzia Amabilis. (Beauty Bush). A 
charming shrub with attractive 
leaves and gracefully arching 
branches. The beautiful flowers ap- 
pear in great profusion in June, in 
pairs which cluster closely in cymes 
of about twenty-five; bell shaped 
and somewhat lipped, pale pink with 
orange veins in the throat. 
2 to 3 ft. $1.49 each 
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Caryopteris. 
Floridus. 
Blue Mist 
This low growing plant 
is one of the best of the border 
plants. It is covered from August till 
frost with clusters of powdery blue 
fringed flowers. It attains a height 
of from 18-24 inches and remains per- 
fectly rounded, making a_ small 
mound about two feet in diameter. 
The foliage is toothed and silvery 
green in color. It is a gorgeous asset 
to the flower border or in front of 
the shrub border. 
2 to 3 ft. $1.39 each 
Butterfly Bush 
Buddleia. <A sensational group of late 
summer bloomers, long spike flow- 
ers which give a gorgeous show. They 
may be purchased in white, purple, 
pink, and red. 
2 yr. No. 1 — $1.29 each 
Sweet Pepper Bush 
Clethra Alnifolia. A small shrub very 
fragrant in August and September, 
when covered with long snowy 
wands of creamy white flowers. It is 
used well in a border close to a house 
where the fragrance may drift in 
through the window. 
18 to 24 in. $1.49 each 
Garland Flower 
Daphne Cneorum. A hardy dwarf shrub 
with spreading branches seldom 
growing taller than 10 to 12 inches. 
The masses of bright pink fragrant 
flowers appear in May and again at 
intervals during the summer and fall. 
10 to 12 in. $2.79 each 
Calycanthus 
(Carolina Allspice). The 
strong reddish brown shoots are cov- 
ered with large glossy leaves from 
the axils of which spring odd double 
spicy flowers of chocolate red which 
are quite fragrant. 
2 to 3 ft. $1.49 each 
CHAMPION NURSERIES, PERRY, OHIO 
