Broadleaf Evergreen Flowering Shrubs—Cont’d 
Buxus Japonica 
BOXWOODS 
Available in flats for hedge planting 
Buxus japonica, Japanese Box. Best taller growing Box for Califor- 
nia. Rounded, glossy green leaves and lush dence growth. Always 
neat and attractive. Trimmed specimens available. Sun or shade. 
Hardy. Gal. $1.25. Flat of approx. 100, $8.50. 
Buxus sempervirens (English Boxwood). This is a handsome shrub 
of dense, compact growth. The leaves are quite small and dark 
green. It is an ideal hedge plant. Makes lovely border for paths, 
drives, and flower beds. Gal. $1.25. 
Buxus sempervirens suffruticosa (Dwarf Boxwood). A very popu- 
lar dense foliaged plant, leaves small and deep green. Gal. $1.50. 
BOTTLEBRUSH 
Callistemon rigidus. Medium to tall shrub for full sun in dry loca- 
tions, with bright scarlet flowers in late spring. Flowers in whorls 
around stems—hence bottlebrush. Gal. $1.25. 
Callistemon viminalis. Beautiful large weeping shrub with brilliant 
red brushes on drooping branches. An excellent shrub for specimen. 
Fardyatouloman Gala cleo. 
Australian Fuchsia 
10 CALIFORNIANS PLANT THE YEAR AROUND FROM CONTAINER STOCK 
Escallonia Organensis 
CALIFORNIA LILACS (Ceanothus). See Natives, page 6 
CAMELLIAS 
Illustrated and described on pages 4 and 5. 
MEXICAN ORANGE 
Choisya ternata. Bright green neat foliage; a neat rounded shrub 
of good proportions, easy to grow in sun or shade. Clusters of fra- 
grant white flowers in spring. Gal. $1.25. 
ROCK ROSES 
Hardy shrubs. All require sun and good drainage. 
Cistus corbariensis. Low spreading shrub with attractive sage green 
leaves and pure white flowers, averaging 2 inches across. Wonder- 
ful to cover slopes in sunny places. Gal. $1.25. 
Cistus ladaniferus maculatus. Long, deep green, narrow leaves with 
the appearance of recent varnishing. Large crepy white flowers with 
showy maroon spots at the base of petals. Sun. Gal. $1.25. 
Cistus purpureus. One of the finest Rockroses. Beautiful crepy pink 
flowers with maroon blotches at the base of petals. Sun. Gal. $1.25. 
AUSTRALIAN FUCHSIA 
Correa pulchella. A good 2-foot shrub with spreading bushy habit, 
deep olive green foliage and graceful display of dainty pink bell- 
shaped flowers in winter and spring. Recommended as a founda- 
tion planting shrub. Shade. Gal. $1.50. 
COTONEASTERS 
Very useful group of shrubs with white flowers and pretty red ber- 
ries that lend an attractive color note to the garden. Many have 
distinctive growing habits which blend nicely to rockeries, bank 
plantings, or in front of other shrub plantings, but especially among 
rocks. The taller varieties make good all-around ornamental shrubs. 
All are useful, hardy shrubs. 
Cotoneaster conspicua decora. Popularly known as Necklace Coto- 
neaster, this shrub has tiny, evergreen foliage with a profusion of 
orange-red berries strung along the branches like a necklace. Gal. 
Ol 25). 
Cotoneaster horizontalis (Rock Cotoneaster). Flat spreading shrub 
with tiny glossy green leaves and bright red berries. Partly deciduous 
it assumes brilliant colors in cold winters. Gal. $1.25. 
Cotoneaster microphylla (Rock Spray). Low evergreen shrub with 
dense branchlets clothed with tiny green leaves. Large, rosy-red 
berries in fall and winter. Gal. $1.25. 
Cotoneaster pannosa. Sometimes called the Silverleaf cotoneaster 
because of its silvery-margined foliage. Robust and tall. In the fall 
branches are covered with clusters of bright red berries. Gal. $1.25. 
Cotoneaster parneyi (lactea) (Red Clusterberry) . Very showy variety 
with handsome berries, largest of all, in immense clusters. Large 
glossy leaves. Gal. $1.25. 
Other varieties available at our nursery. 
Bottlebrush 
