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 Seaside Planting

3 pages in this part of The Complete Garden.

Trees and Shrubs for Seaside Planting

A PECULIAR situation exists in the relative hardiness of trees and shrubs for seaside exposures. Plants which are entirely hardy on exposed…

Trees and Shrubs for Seaside Planting: White

Acer rubrum Red Maple Betula papyrifera Paper Birch Betula populifolia American White Birch Populus alba White Poplar Balsam Poplar Populus…

Trees and Shrubs for Seaside Planting: Crataegus

Acer ginnale Siberian Maple Amelanchier oblongifolia Shad-bush Celtis occidentalis Nettle Tree Crataegus coccinea Scarlet-fruited Thorn…

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