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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In Japanese Gardens, and in Wall Crevices

A. EVERGREENS. In every garden development of this kind, a touch of evergreen foliage, the texture of which is peculiar to evergreen plantings, is essential to lend the desired interest to the garden. These evergreens are extremely dwarf in character and not vigorous in their habit of growth.

Buxus suffruticosa Dwarf Box Chamaecyparis obtusa nana Dwarf Japanese Cypress Chamaecyparis obtusa nana aurea Dwarf Golden Japanese Cypress Cornus canadensis Bunchberry Daphne cneorum Garland Flower Erica vagans Cornish Heath Gaultheria procumbens Wintergreen Juniperus communis Common Juniper Juniperus sabina Savin Juniper Juniperus sabina tamariscifolia Tamarisk-leaved Savin Linnaea borealis Twin Flower Mahonia repens Creeping Mahonia Pachistima canbyi Canby's Mountain Lover Pachysandra terminalis Japanese Spurge Picea excelsa gregoriana Gregory's Dwarf Norway Spruce Pieris floribunda Mountain Fetterbush

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