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Low-Growing Plants

an expert gardener can be kept within definite bounds. Where open views are essential and expert care is lacking, the plants indicated in these groups should be used.

A. Evergreen:

Andromeda polifolia Wild Rosemary Chamaedaphne calyculata Leather-leaf Evonymus radicans carrieri Carrier's Japanese Evergreen Ivy Evonymus radicans vegetus Scarlet-fruited Japanese Evergreen Ivy Juniperus communis depressa Dwarf Juniper Juniperus horizontalis Trailing Juniper Juniperus sabina tamariscifolia Tamarisk-leaved Savin Juniperus virginiana tripartita Spreading Red Cedar Kalmia angustifolia Sheep Laurel (except clay or lime soil) Mahonia repens Creeping Mahonia Picea excelsa gregoriana Gregory's Dwarf Norway Spruce Picea excelsa nana Dwarf Norway Spruce Pieris floribunda Mountain Fetterbush Taxus baccata repandens Spreading English Yew Taxus cuspidata brevifolia Short-leaved Japanese Yew Thuja occidentalis globosa Globe Arborvitae Thuja occidentalis (Little Gem) Little Gem Arborvitae Yucca filamentosa Adam's Needle Yucca flaccida Drooping-leaved Adam's Needle B. Deciduous:

Amorpha canescens Lead Plant Ceanothus americanus New Jersey Tea Celastrus orbiculatus Japanese Bittersweet Deutzia gracilis Slender Deutzia Deutzia lemoinei Lemoine's Deutzia Deutzia rosea Dwarf Pink Deutzia Diervilla trifida Bush Honeysuckle Evonymus obovatus Running Strawberry Bush Itea virginica Virginian Willow Lonicera fragrantissima Early Fragrant Honeysuckle Lonicera japonica halliana Japanese Honeysuckle Lonicera spinosa alberti Large-fruited Honeysuckle Myrica cerifera Bayberry Rosa carolina Carolina Rose Rosa setigera Prairie Rose Rosa spinosissima altaica Scotch Rose Rosa wichuraiana Memorial Rose Viburnum opulus nanum Dwarf Bush Cranberry Xanthorrhiza apiifolia Yellowroot