Dreer's garden book Henry Dreer's garden book / Henry A. Dreer. dreersgardenbook1931dree Year: i CHOICE HARDY SHRUBS t HIMDEUPMR\ Cornus— Dogwood Florida (WhiteFlowering Dogwood). The so much admired native white Dogwood. A large spreading ornamental shrub or small tree, producing large white flowers in spring. The attractive foliage turns to brilliant rich crimson early in the autumn. Bears rich red fruits. Strong plants 3 to 4 feet high, $ each. — rubra {Red Flowering Dogwood). A splendid rich rosy red form of the above. When planted near each other the two varieties make a wonderful
Dreer's garden book Henry Dreer's garden book / Henry A. Dreer. dreersgardenbook1931dree Year: i CHOICE HARDY SHRUBS t HIMDEUPMR\ Cornus— Dogwood Florida (WhiteFlowering Dogwood). The so much admired native white Dogwood. A large spreading ornamental shrub or small tree, producing large white flowers in spring. The attractive foliage turns to brilliant rich crimson early in the autumn. Bears rich red fruits. Strong plants 3 to 4 feet high, $ each. — rubra {Red Flowering Dogwood). A splendid rich rosy red form of the above. When planted near each other the two varieties make a wonderfully pleasing contrast in color. Has bright red berries. Strong plants 3 to 4 feet high, $ each. Desmodium Penduliflorum. A shrub which dies to the ground in winter, but comes up vigorously in spring, throwing up shoots 3 to 4 feet high, which bear during September, when few shrubs are in bloom, attractive sprays of bright rose-colored pea-shaped flowers. 50c each. Deutzia gracilis Lemoinei Deutzia Well-known profuse flowering shrubs, blooming in spring or early summer. Succeed in any sunny position. Crenata magnifica. A most distinct variety with exceptionally large corymbs of pure white, double flowers, produced in wonder- ful profusion. The finest of the tall growing varieties. — rosea plena (Double-Flowering Deutzia). Double white flowers attractively tinged with pink. A very desirable tall shrub. Gracilis. A favorite dwarf bush covered with spikes of pure white flowers in early summer. — Lemoinei. Without doubt one of the very best dwarf hardy shrubs. Flowers very large and produced in cone-shaped heads of purest white, which open out very full. — rosea. A rose-tinted form of this favorite species. Any of the above Deutzias: 50c each. Elsholtzia—Mintshrub Stauntoni. A particularly valuable shrub because it flowers in September and October. It grows about four feet high. Of bushy branching habit, each branch terminated by a dense 4 to 8 inch long spike of a
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