ORNAMENTAL SHRUBS AND 
HEDGE PLANTS 
ABELIA GRANDIFLORA. Glossy Abelia. A fine 
summer-blooming evergreen shrub, thriving from 
Florida to Ohio. Useful for shrub groups or 
hedges. Attains a height of 6 to 8 feet in the 
Deep South but can be kept within bounds by 
shearing. Small, pinkish white flowers are borne 
profusely throughout the summer. 
AGAVE AMERICANA. Centuryplant Agave. A 
decorative desert plant useful for tropical land- 
scape effects. Leaves borne in a large rosette 
are long, fleshy and gray-green in color. Plant 
is slow growing, eventually attaining 5 to 6 feet 
in height and breadth. 
ARDISIA CRENULATA. A low, compact evergreen 
shrub with dark green leaves and showy red 
berries in winter. Thrives best in shade. 
BAMBOOS. Fine, fast-growing plants. Excellent 
for hedges or screens, waterside plantings or for 
tropical effects. The long, willowy, pendulous 
canes and delicate foliage combine to form one 
of our most graceful plants. 
BAMBUSA MULTIPLEX (B. ARGENTEA). Tall, 
clump-type Bamboo. 
B. MULTIPLEX, FERNLEAF (B. DISTICHA). This 
variety has delicate, fern-like leaves. The 
slender canes are feathered from the ground 
up, so as to make a good thick, tall hedge, or 
lower hedge when sheared. Graceful if grown 
naturally, and the best Bamboo for garden use. 
Lower growing and finer textured than B. 
multiplex. 
BUXUS. Box. The two following Box varieties are 
well adapted to the Lower South and Gulf Coast 
where other Boxwoods do not thrive. Excellent 
for low, compact hedges or edgings. 
HARLANDI. Harlands Box. This is an improved 
type which retains its bright green color 
throughout the year. 
JAPONICA. Japanese Box. Similar to above 
except that leaves turn bronze with freezing 
weather. 
CALLISTEMON. Bottle Brush. Fine evergreen shrub 
with yew-like leaves and very showy, bright red, 
cylindrical brush-like flower spikes in April and 
May. The graceful stems studded with attractive 
seed pods make good flower-arrangement ma- 
terial. 
CASSIA SPLENDIDA. Goldenwonder Senna. A 
rapid-growing, spreading, deciduous shrub 6 to 
8 feet high and wide, with spectacular golden 
yellow flowers from September to frost. Prune 
heavily after blooming. Likes sun. 
CHAENOMELES LAGENARIA (CYDONIA JAPON- 
ICA). Flowering Quince. Twiggy, deciduous 
shrubs bearing brilliant flowers in midwinter, fol- 
lowed by showy yellow fruit in the summer. 
Colors: pink, orange, red and white. 
St. Simons Island, Georgia 
CLEYERA JAPONICA. Japan Cleyera. An upright, 
attractive evergreen shrub of the camellia family, 
with thick, shiny dark green leaves and creamy 
white, fragrant flowers, followed by red berries. 
Thrives in sun or deep shade. 
CORTADERIA SELLOANA (C. ARGENTEA). Selloa 
Pampasgrass. Large, strong-growing ornamental 
grass clumps, with light green leaves and tall 
showy beige plumes in fall. 
DAPHNE ODORA. Winter Daphne. A slow-grow- 
ing, small evergreen shrub with light green leaves, 
bearing extremely fragrant, creamy white flow- 
ers in early spring. Requires same care as 
azaleas. 
DAUBENTONIA TRIPETI. Glorypea Rattlebox; Red 
Locust. A deciduous shrub 6 to 8 feet high, with 
light green, locust-like leaves. Showy, bright 
vermilion flowers are borne throughout the sum- 
mer months, followed by long slender seed pods. 
Thrives in the poorest soils and if allowed spreads 
from self-seeding. 
DURANTA PLUMIERI. Golden Dewdrop. One of 
our most showy berried plants. Lavender flow- 
ers followed by large, yellow berries hanging in 
grape-like clusters from August to January. De- 
ciduous. 
ELAEAGNUS PUNGENS FRUITLANDI. Fruitland 
Eleagnus. Attractive evergreen shrub, attaining 
large size. Long, pendulous, bronze-colored 
branches with silvery green leaves, russet under- 
neath. Flowers small but very fragrant, followed 
by orange fruits. 
EUPHORBIA PULCHERRIMA. Common Poinsettia. 
The common red Christmas Poinsettia. Tops freeze 
to the ground some seasons here but the shrub 
attains a height of 6 to 8 feet the next season 
from roots. 
EURYA JAPONICA. A rather rare but fine ever- 
green shrub, distinguished by its extremely in- 
teresting habit of growth. Excellent for use in 
narrow beds or for training against a wall. 
Leaves are dark, shiny green and fine textured. 
FEISJOA SELLOWIANA. Mexican Guava. A large, 
compact, evergreen shrub. Leaves glossy. green 
above, silvery beneath, creating a gray-green 
effect. The bright red flowers are unusual and 
attractive. 
GARDENIA FLORIDA. Cape Jasmine. The well- 
known Gardenia of the South, with shining dark 
green leaves set with waxy white flowers, which 
are unusually fragrant. Blooms in May and June. 
HIBISCUS ROSA-SINENSIS, SINGLE SCARLET. 
Chinese Hibiscus. A subtropical shrub which, if 
given protection, may keep its foliage all winter. 
Brilliant scarlet blooms throughout the summer are 
very showy. 
