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SNOWBERRY (Symphoricarpos albus) 
Does best in western Nebraska and Colorado. Subject tomilidew 
here. Blue-green foliage, Season of fruit, early fall; terminal 
clusters of large, white fruits which persist white into early winter 
before turning brown. Valued for foliage and fruit and the ability to 
endure shade. Ultimate height and width 3 to 4 feet, but usually 
maintained on small properties by annual trimming 2 to 3 feet high and 
spaced 2 to 3 feet apart. Used singly or in groups. 
SPIREA, ANTHONY WATERER (Spiraea: Anthony waterer) 
Low growing everblooming pink Spirea. Several flat pink flowers 
3 to 6 inches wide. Prefers partial shade. Best in groups of 3, 5 or 
more. Grows 2 to 3 feet high and wide, suggest trimming to within 3 
inches of the ground each winter. (March). This provides for a more 
compact bush. Space 2 to 3 feet apart. Foliage occasionally varie- 
aoe with some cream edges. Flowers brighter color than Froebel 
pirea. 
SPIREA, FROEBEL (Spiraea froebeli) 
A low, broad, flat-topped shrub, densely twiggy with erect 
branches. Blooms late spring or early summer to fali; dense corymbs 
of small, bluish-pink flowers. _ Resembles A. W. Spirea. More compact, 
slightly large, better green foliage with slightly reddish cast. 
Flowers not a talking point; main value is that it is a good dwarf 
shrub with good foliage. Ultimate height and spread 2% to 3 feet. 
Space 2% to 3 feet apart. Used considerably in groups of 2, 4 or more 
in foundation planting and for facers in borders. 
SPIREA, BILLIARD (Spiraea billiardi) 
Upright shrub growing 3 to 5 feet high. During July and August 
light rose flowers are produces in upright growing panicles 4 to 5 
inches long. Plant inclined to grow ragged unless cut down each year 
or two during the winter. Generally tsed one as a specimen plant. 
Sun or partial shade. Space 3 to 4 feet apart if in groups. 
SPIREA, GARLAND (Spiraea arguta) 
Has small white blooms before the foliage appears in the Spring, 
‘not a talking point. Foliage slightly yellowish- green. Grows com- 
pact. Yellows in alkaline soil. Used sparingly. Grows 4 to 5 feet 
high and wide usually spaced 4 feet. Usually maintained as low com- 
pact shrub 3 or 4 feet high and spaced 3 or 4 feet apart. Will grow 
4 or 6 feet high when it is spaced 4 or 5 feet apart. 
SPIREA, VANHOUTTE (Spiraea vanhouttei) nd 
Commonly called Bridalwreath, A vase-shaped shrub, very compact, 
round: topped,’ with arching branches recurving to the ground, making a 
broad mound, Texture medium-fine. Foliage light green, whitened by 
fiowers in the Spring: bluish green in the summer; bluish green in the 
Autumn, barely yellowed before dropping with some orange to orange- 
brown late. Very showy snow-white blooms covers the bush in May, con- 
pact, live, medium-fine texture twig appearance in the winter. Very 
hardy. Some used in most every job because of its height, compact- 
ness, sturdiness and good neutral green foliage. It is a dependable 
filler in a shrub border. On most properties it is maintained by 
annual trimming after flowering for a height of 3 to 5 feet when it is 
spaced 4 feet apart. Will grow 6 to 8 feet high and 6 feet wide when 
it is spaced 5 feet apart. 
SUMAC, COMMON (Rhus glabra) 
This is our native sumac, seldom used on home grounds, but for 
natural plantings in groups. Grows 6 to 8 feet high, spread 4 to 5 
feet. Space 3 to 4 feet apart for a thicket. Suckers. 
