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.

Plants for Heavy Formal Effects

6 pages in this part of The Complete Garden.

Plants for Heavy Formal Effects

WHILE many trees and shrubs in the hands of expert designers and gardeners may be used interchangeably for either formal or informal…

Plants for Heavy Formal Effects: Topiary

Topiary work as a type of planting producing formal effects is the extreme of artificial methods. Trees and shrubs which are selected for…

Plants for Heavy Formal Effects: Japanese

There are many deciduous plants which, while not being adapted to topiary work, are adapted to close shearing to produce formal effects…

Plants for Heavy Formal Effects: Acer

A. BORDER PLANTING. This group of trees and shrubs is composed of those specimens which either lend themselves to a natural, compact effect…

Plants for Heavy Formal Effects: Abelia

Abelia grandiflora Hybrid Abelia Agapanthus umbellatus Blue Lily-of-the-Nile Allamanda (in variety) Allamanda Vine Aucuba japonica Japanese…

Plants for Heavy Formal Effects: Ulmus

Abies brachyphylla Nikko Fir Juniperus excelsa stricta Slender Greek Juniper Juniperus virginiana schotti Schott's Red Cedar Picea excelsa…

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