. Descriptive catalog : fall 1922 and spring 1923. Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Shrubs Catalogs; Trees Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture); Shrubs; Trees; Fruit; Gardening. Privet Hedge on Property Line, with Hydrangea in Foreground CHASE NURSERY COMPANY, CHASE, ALABAMA 1 • LLl . iliWL UH H „,„„„ , , 1IllllmlI1 Hedge Plants The old boundary line fences are rapidly disappearing- from the towns and cities all over the land and neat hedges are taking their place. Prices named are for thrifty, well-developed plants about 18 in- ches h
. Descriptive catalog : fall 1922 and spring 1923. Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Shrubs Catalogs; Trees Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture); Shrubs; Trees; Fruit; Gardening. Privet Hedge on Property Line, with Hydrangea in Foreground CHASE NURSERY COMPANY, CHASE, ALABAMA 1 • LLl . iliWL UH H „,„„„ , , 1IllllmlI1 Hedge Plants The old boundary line fences are rapidly disappearing- from the towns and cities all over the land and neat hedges are taking their place. Prices named are for thrifty, well-developed plants about 18 in- ches high unless otherwise noted. JUST HOW TO PLANT YOUR HEDGE „- — «- j —• »»»" "jutaiigra in roregrountt. out side branches and will give you a dense hedge from the ground. Privet is most larg-elv used for hedging. It can be sheared or trimmed at any time and in any shajpe desired. Barberry requires very little trimming. Abelia should be trimmed back the first year several times in order to make the plants bushy at the ground. Let it go after the second season's growth. Spirea should be trimmed after it has bloomed, cutting out as much of the old wood as you want to. The new wood furnishes the bloom next year. Althea requires no trimming other than shaping the plants to suit by taking off a branch here and there and trimming- in others that may have gone out of bounds. All of these plants must be cut ba<ck to six inches after planting to secure best Barberry Thunbergii at Chase. ABELIA grandiflora. For description see page 18 This plant makes a wonderful hedge when well established Tn^Zi i rtquire two Jears- Jt sh°uld not be used if a formal effect is wanted, as it should not be trimmed closely but allowed to spread at the ground. It will cover £, fef cin w*dth- Keep the strong- shoots pinched back to about 8 inches the first season in order to force a bushy growth at ground line. 1-year, well-rooted plants about 12 inches in he
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