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.

Trees and Shrubs for Flowering Effects

4 pages in this part of The Complete Garden.

Trees and Shrubs for Flowering Effects

possible, the summer-flowering types of trees and shrubs. For this reason, various groups have been outlined to embrace trees and shrubs…

Trees and Shrubs for Flowering Effects: Azalea

Acer rubrum Red Maple Amelanchier oblongifolia Shad-bush Azalea lutea Flame-coloured Azalea Azalea nudiflora Pinkster Flower Azalea vaseyi…

Trees and Shrubs for Flowering Effects: Hydrangea

Astilbe japonica Japanese Astilbe Catalpa (in variety) Indian Bean Cladrastis lutea Yellow-wood Cornus alba sibirica Siberian Dogwood…

Trees and Shrubs for Flowering Effects: Spirea

Amorpha fruticosa False Indigo Buddleia veitchiana Summer Lilac Caryopteris incana Blue Spirea Elsholtzia stauntoni Elsholtzia Hibiscus…

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