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CRANBERRYBUSH 
(See Viburnum) 
CURRANT, ALPINE (Ribes alpinum) 
A densely twiggy, rounded shrub, erect in youth, arching more and 
more with age, with foliage to the ground. Texture, medium fine. 
Foliage bright green and at late autumn briefly yellowish. Smail yel- 
low flowers in May no talking point. Red berries early summer, not 
very freely produced. An excellent, dense foliage mass. Admirable in 
shady places and for undergrowth. May be controlled by trimming. Us- 
ed aS a specimen,’ in groups or for a sheared box hedge. Prefers shade 
and may summer burn in open positions here and south. Grows 4 to 5 
feet wide and high. Space in groups 4 feet apart. 
DOGWOOD, YELLOWTWIG (Cornus stolonifera flaviramea) 
Used occasionally in foreground of large border plantings mainly 
for the winter color of its yellow bark. Prefers semi-shady location 
and moist soil. Grows 5 to 8 feet high.. Space 5 to 6 feet apart. To 
keep within bounds on a small property, cut to within 3 to 5 inches of 
the ground during the winter every year or two. 
DOGWOOD, REDTWIG (Cornus stolonifera) 
Used occasionally in foreground of large border plantings mainly 
for the winter color of its red bark stems. Prefers semi-shady loca- 
tion and moist soil. Grows 5 to 8 feet high. Space 5 to 6 feet apart. 
To keep within bounds on a small property, cut to within 3 to 5 inches 
of the ground during the winter every year or two. 
EUONYMUS, DWARF WINGED (Euonymus alatus compacta) 
A dwarf variety of Euonymus alatus which is gaining in favor. 
Grows 5 to 8 feet high. Space 4 to 5 feet apart. 
EUONYMUS, EUROPEA (Euonymus europeus) 
We grow this variety in shrub form. Grows naturally to 20 feet. 
Can be maintained as a shrub 6 to 10 feet. Good green, fine toothed 
leaves with good coloring in the fall. Pink berries. Leaves not 
quite as wide and a little longer than common lilac. Generally spaced 
about 6 feet apart for shrub groups. 
EUONYMUS, WINGED (Euonymus alatus) 
Shrub grows tall but very slowly. A flat-topped, rectangular, 
stratified shrub, regular in outline, usually broader than high, its 
stiff branches almost horizontal. Small good green foliage turns to a 
beautiful rose-red color in the fall so that it is sometimes called 
firebush. Twigs have an interesting winged or cork bark. Sun or 
semi-shade. Grows 9 to 10 feet tall and wide in time. Usually main- 
tained 6 to 8 feet high, when it is spaced 5 to 6 feet apart. Singly 
or in groups. When placed in border walls, use in front row. 
ELDER, GOLDEN (Sambucus aurea) 
Large, fast growing shrub. Grows 6 to 8 feet high and wide. 
Flat white flowers followed by black berries. Golden colored foliage. 
Beg ce on small properties. Space 7 to 8 feet apart and from other 
shrubs. 
FLOWERING ALMOND (Prunus glandulosa rosea) 
We handle only the double pink variety of Flowering Almond. 
Blooms in May. Texture of foliage fine. Stiff upright open habit of 
growth. An old favorite. Height and spread about 3 feet. Space 3 
feet apart. Grafted on plum roots, which occasionally grow up and if 
not eliminated soon enough will destroy the main top. Cut such shoots 
off below the surface of the ground. 
