Dreer's garden book 1920 (1920) Dreer's garden book 1920 dreersgardenbook1920henr_0 Year: 1920 CHOICE HARDY SHRUBS We offer here but a few specialties in Hardy Shrubs for spring planting. We do not recommend the general planting of deciduous shrubs in spring. Our Autumn Catalogue, issued early in September, will contain a full and comprehensive list of desirable varieties, and delivery of these can be made during the autumn months when the plants are in a dormant condition. Buddleia Variabilis Amplissima. Grows taller and more slender than Vcitc7liana. Probably more graceful in appearance, th
Dreer's garden book 1920 (1920) Dreer's garden book 1920 dreersgardenbook1920henr_0 Year: 1920 CHOICE HARDY SHRUBS We offer here but a few specialties in Hardy Shrubs for spring planting. We do not recommend the general planting of deciduous shrubs in spring. Our Autumn Catalogue, issued early in September, will contain a full and comprehensive list of desirable varieties, and delivery of these can be made during the autumn months when the plants are in a dormant condition. Buddleia Variabilis Amplissima. Grows taller and more slender than Vcitc7liana. Probably more graceful in appearance, the loosely arranged flower spikes are of a brighter reddish-violet. Buddleia Variabilis Veitchiana [Butterfly Shrub or Summer Lilac). One of the most desirable summer flowering shrubs, beginning to bloom in July, it continues until cut by severe frost. The flowers are of a pleasing shade of violet mauve, and are borne in dense cylindrical spikes, which, under liberal cul- tivation, are from 12 to 15 inches in length by 3 inches in diameter; it succeeds everywhere and flowers freely the first season planted, and is always admired. Price. Either of the above, 30 cts. each; $ per doz.; $ per 100. Crataegus Pyracantha Lalandi. This is a se- lect variety of the Evergreen or Fiery Thorn, pro- ducing masses of brilliant orange-scarlet berries. We have prepared a lot of plants which should fruit freely another season. 50 cts. each; $ per doz. Hypericum Patulum Henryi. A new hardy St. John's Wort of shrubby habit, growing from 2i to 4 feet high, producing masses of large clear yellow flowers during July and August, and retaining its neat foliage until late in the Autumn. A most desirable Shrub. 50 cts. each. Note.—Prices on Shrubs and all other plants include boxes and packing and delivery to trans- portation company in Philadelphia. Althea William R. Smith Abelia Chinensis Grandiflora. A choice small Shrub of graceful habit, producing through the entire summer and fall
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