Broadleaf EVERGREEN SHRUBS 
{tems in this section vary in price from $1.25 and up, depending on the variety and 
ABELIA (Edward Goucher) 
ABELIA 
Abelia Edward Goucher. Its arching stems 
will be covered most of the year with delicate 
lavender pink flowers. It has bright glossy 
dark green leaves. Ideal for color in your 
garden. Medium height. Gal. can $1.25. 
Abelia Grandiflora. This easy to grow, grace- 
ful shrub has a place in every garden. Sun or 
shade. It will bloom for many months. Valu- 
able for foundation, hedges or mass plantings. 
Bright glossy green leaves and rosy white 
fuchsia-like flowers pee ees the summer. 
Hardy. Gal. can $1.2 
FLOWERING MAPLE 
Abutilon hybrids. Popular old - fashioned 
shrubs with maple-like leaves and cup-shaped 
flowers hanging all over the plants. In as- 
sorted colors, red, yee orange, and white. 
Sun or shade. Hardy. 25°. Gal. can $1.25. 
ANDROMEDA 
Andromeda japonica (Pieris). Lily of the Val- 
ley bush. Low evergreen bush to 4 feet with 
wavy green foliage always neat and compact. 
Clusters of lily of the valley-like blossoms in 
early spring. (ale canes Ly: 
ARALIA 
Aralia papyrifera (Tetrap2nax) (Ric2 Paper 
Plant). So called because in the Orient this 
native shrub of Formosa is being used for the 
making of rice paper. The lobed ovate leaves 
are a foot or more wide, heart shaped at base 
and whitish-wooly underneath. Flowers white 
and in round clusters. Likes sun or part shade. 
Gal. can $1.50. 
Aralia sieboldi (Fatsia japonica). Wonderful 
shrub for tropical effects. Bold glossy foliage. 
Makes an excellent tub plant. Hardy. Plant in 
partial shade. Gal. can $1.50. 
the size selected. Larger Sizes 
STRAWBERRY TREE 
Arbutus unedo. This shrub interests everyone. 
Holly-like foliage, white, bell-shaped flowers 
ond bright red fruit all from one shrub. Very 
casy to grow, stands abuse, poor soil and lit- 
tle attention. The fruit resembles large straw- 
berries. Sun or shade. Will grow to 5 or 6 fect 
easily. Gal. can $1.25. 
Arbutus unedo nana. New and improved com- 
pact form of the above. Gal. can $1.50. 
GOLD DUST PLANT 
Aucuba japonica var iegata, Gold Dust Plant. 
Slow growing plant for shaded places or tubs. 
ne large glossy pointed leaves are spotted or 
speckled with gold. Bright red berries in fall, 
provided pollenizer is ‘planted nearby. Give 
plenty of water. Grows in the deepest shade 
where other plants fail. Hardy. Gal. can $1.50. 
Aucuba japonica, Green. Like the above, but 
the leaves are entirely green. Brilliant red 
berries in fall. Require shade and a pollenizer. 
Gal. $1.50. 
AZARA 
Azara microphylia (Box Leaf Azara). Erect 
growing shrub with tiny box-like, toothed, 
dark green leaves. Glossy and attractive in this 
diminutive size. Flowers tiny. Recommended 
for planting against walls or cspaliered for 
Jace-like tracery of foliage and stems. Gal. 
$1.50. 
BARBERRY 
Berberis Darwini. Small shrub with slender 
branches. Small glossy leaves in summer, 
bright red in winter Orange colored flowers 
in February and March. Berries blue. Gal. 
$1.50. 
Berberis Thunbergi. See page 14. 
BOTTLEBRUSH 
Callistemon lanceslatus. Lovely polished green 
bush, growing to 8 feet, alive in summer with 
dazzling Beare bottlebrush-like blooms. Even 
the new spring growth of foliage is deep pink 
$1.50. 
to scarlet. Gal. 
¢ Gil ae is a 
ANDROMEDA JAPONICA (Pieris) 
are priced from $3.75. 
BOUVARDIA 
Bouvardia Albatross. Handsome low growing 
shrub with spreading slender branches of 
green foliage. Fragrant waxy white flowers, 
have exceptionally long tubes and four flar- 
ing petals. Last well when cut. Trim back to 
encourage new prowip and flowers. Sun or 
part shade. 27°. Gal. $1.50. 
Varieties with pink and coral flowers available. 
BOXWOODS 
Available in flats for hedge planting. 
Buxus japonica, Japanese Box. Best taller 
growing Box for California. Rounded, glossy 
green leaves and lush dense growth. Always 
neat and attractive. Trimmed specimens ayail- 
able. Sun or shade. Hardy. Gal. $1.00. Flat of 
approx. 100, $8.00. 
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 Box- 
wood). A very popular dense foliaged plant, 
leaves small and deep green. Gal. $1.50. 
YESTERDAY AND TODAY 
Brunfelsia floribunda, Yesterday and Today. 
Bushy, well rounded shrub with lustrous 
green foliage and flowers throughout the year. 
Flowers open blue violet fading through lilac 
to almost pure white. Fragrant, they last well 
when cut. Sun or partial shade, 20°. Gal. $1.50 
and up. 
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. $1.50. 
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. Wonderful 
to cover slopes in sunny places. Gal. $1.25. 
Cistus Doris Hiberson. Delicate clear pink 
flowers on attractive compact shrub. Especi- 
ally adapted for sunny, dry locations. Gal. 
$1.50. j 
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 Rock- 
roses. Beautiful crepy pink flowers with ma- 
roon blotches at the base of petals. Sun. Gal. 
$1.25. 
CONVOLVULUS 
Convolvulus Cneorum. Here is a neat little 
shrub 2 to 3 feet tall with a wonderful silvery 
foliage. Covered with white flowers edged 
pink “during the summer. Ideal sunny border. 
Gal. $1.25. 
Convolvulus Mauritanicus. See Page 13. 
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