Flowering SHRUBS 
N PLANTING your home grounds you are doing more than just planting shrubs to make a hedge 
or a foundation planting or a shrubbery border. You do all that, but you do even more. You are 
painting a picture, by using the shrubs with flowers and colored foliage as the colors, and your 
lawn and house as the canvas or background on which you paint. Instead of putting in a mere col- 
lection of plants to fill the space, you should study your garden carefully and relate it directly to your 
house. Like the house, it should be an expression of your personality. 
Central Florida is rich in flowering shrubs. The most difficult task for the average home-owner is 
to narrow down the choice to the particular plants best suited for the spot he has in mind, or the de- 
sired effect he wants to produce. Here we can help. Our experienced personnel is always glad to make 
suggestions and to help you in any way possible. 
ARDISIA CRENULATA. Christmas Berry. Large, dark green foliage 
with brilliant red berries borne underneath the sheaf of leaves. A fine 
subject for shade. 
A. CRENULATA ALBA. Like the preceding but with white berries. 
BELOPERONE GUTTATA. Shrimp Plant. A small-branched shrub 
with pointed green leaves and much-branched floral bracts of rich 
reddish bronze, resembling a shrimp in form and color. The small, 
inconspicuous flowers are two-lipped, white and orchid. Practically 
everblooming. 
BRAZILIAN PEPPER (Schinus terebinthifolia). A rapid-growing 
shrub with dark green foliage. Flowers in terminal heads during the 
summer, followed by clusters of bright red berries in winter. 
BUDDLEIA. Rapid-growing evergreen shrubs, commonly called 
Butterfly Bush. The flower clusters bear a resemblance to lilacs and 
are attractive to butterflies. 
B., LAVENDER. Lavender-lilac. 
B. LINDLEYANA. Purplish violet. 
B., WHITE. White with yellow stamens. 
B., Yellow. Clear yellow spike. 
BUXUS JAPONICA. Japanese Boxwood. Compact, small-leaved, 
evergreen shrubs. Excellent for borders and hedges. 
CALYCANTHUS FLORIDUS. Sweet Shrub; Carolina Allspice; 
Strawberry Shrub. A graceful shrub 7 to 8 feet high, with velvety 
maroon-colored flowers with an unforgettable fragrance. 
CESTRUM NOCTURNUM. Night-blooming Jasmine. A large, rank- 
growing shrub with large, olive-green leaves. The masses of greenish 
white flowers are tubular, small, and extremely fragrant after dark. 
C. DIURNUM. Day-blooming Jasmine. Large, open shrub with dark 
green, shining foliage and masses of pure white, tubular flowers at 
intervals through the year. 
CHALCAS PANICULATA. Orange Jessamine. Small, compact foliage 
similar to boxwood. Flowers are white, very fragrant, and about the 
size of an orange blossom. 
CHERRY LAUREL (Laurocerasus caroliniana). Small, creamy 
white flowers followed by glossy black berries. Shiny green foliage. 
Hardy and rapid growing. Native. 
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BUDDLEIA, the attractive Butterfly Bush 
CLEYERA JAPONICA. Thick, glossy green leaves with red midrib. 
Fragrant, creamy white flowers. Red berries in winter. Evergreen. 
CROTON (Codiaeum variegatum). A tropical shrub valued for the 
wide variation in leaf color; reds, pinks, yellows and greens, sometimes 
with several colors combined in one leaf. Used as pot plants, or as 
shrubs where the temperature permits. 
CUPHEA HYSSOPIFOLIA. Elfin Herb. Dwarf plant with tiny 
foliage, almost always covered with tiny lavender flowers. Prefers 
part shade. 
DAEDALACANTHUS NERVOSUS. Blue Sage. Coarse-foliaged plant 
with terminal spikes of royal blue flowers. Blooms in winter. 
DURANTA PLUMIERI. Golden Dewdrop. An evergreen shrub with 
green leaves and racemes of lavender-lilac flowers. The yellow berries 
hang on all winter. Hardy. 
D. PLUMIERI ALBA. Flowers white instead of lilac. 
ELAEAGNUS PUNGENS. Foliage dark green above and silvery be- 
neath. Small, creamy yellow flowers in clusters. 
E. PUNGENS AUREA. Leaves margined with gold. 
E. PUNGENS AUREA MACULATA. Smaller in growth but more 
showy because of gold markings and margins on the foliage. 
_E. PUNGENS VARIEGATA. Leaves margined with yellowish white. 
NEUGENIA UNIFLORA. Surinam Cherry. Dark green, glossy foliage 
with new growth shaded red. Dark red, delicious fruit of good size. 
EURYA JAPONICA. A dwarf, compact shrub of low, spreading habit. 
Elongated green leaves with a well-defined midrib. The greenish white 
flowers are followed by black fruit. 
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