The Complete Garden

A landscape architect's working manual of 1921: not how to grow a plant but where to put it — the plant lists, the groupings, the seasons of bloom, and the reasons behind a designed garden.

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Fast-Growing Types for Screen Effects

which are more or less permanent in their character of growth. The types contained in this last group establish themselves much more quickly than trees and shrubs of a similar kind, which require a longer period after transplanting before making a normal growth. Such shrubs as the weigela, the ninebark, and the privet are often used to obtain quick mass effects of foliage around the base of buildings in locations where the slower-growing types of shrubs, such as lilacs, bridal wreaths, and snowballs would require a much longer time to develop a similar effect.

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