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Plants for Border Planting: Spiraea

Bayberry Rosa spinosissima Scotch Rose Spiraea arguta Hybrid Snow Garland Spiraea bumalda anthony waterer Crimson Spirea Stephanandra flexuosa Stephanandra Symphoricarpos racemosus Snowberry Symphoricarpos vulgaris Indian Currant Xanthorrhiza apiifolia Yellowroot b. Medium-growing shrubs (from four to seven feet tall): Amelanchier rotundifolia Prunus triloba June Berry Flowering Plum Aralia pentaphylla Rhodotypos kerrioides Five-leaved Angelica White Kerria Cornus (in variety) Rhus canadensis (horizontal form) Dogwood Fragrant Sumac Cotoneaster dielsiana Rhus copallina Chinese Cotoneaster Cotoneaster lucida Hybrid Cotoneaster Diervilla hybrida-Eva Rathke Hybrid Weigela Evonymus alatus Cork-barked Burning Bush Evonymus yedoensis Japanese Spindle Tree Forsythia intermedia spectabilis Hybrid Golden Bell Ligustrum amurense Amoor River Privet Ligustrum ibota regelianum Regel's Privet Magnolia stellata Shining Sumac Ribes aureum Flowering Currant Sophora viciifolia Sophora Spiraea prunifolia Bridal Wreath Spiraea vanhouttei Van Houtte's Bridal Wreath Spiraea veitchi Veitch's Spirea Syringa persica Persian Lilac Viburnum carlesi Korean Viburnum Viburnum cassinoides Starry Magnolia Withe-rod Prunus japonica (in variety) Viburnum dilatatum Flowering Almond Japanese Bush Cranberry Viburnum tomentosum Single Japanese Snowball c. Tall-growing shrubs (growing over seven feet tall): Cercis canadensis Red-bud Diervilla floribunda Pink Weigela Diervilla florida Rose-coloured Weigela Evonymus bungeanus Bunge's Spindle Tree Evonymus europaeus European Spindle Tree Exochorda grandiflora Pearl Bush Forsythia intermedia Hybrid Golden Bell Forsythia suspensa fortunei Fortune's Golden Bell Forsythia viridissima Dark Green Golden Bell Lonicera bella Zabel's Honeysuckle Lonicera maacki Late-blooming Honeysuckle Lonicera morrowi Japanese Bush Honeysuckle Lonicera tatarica Tartarian Honeysuckle Philadelphus coronarius Common Mock Orange Philadelphus falconeri Falconer's Mock Orange Syringa (in variety) Lilac Viburnum lantana Wayfaring Tree Viburnum lentago Sheep Berry Viburnum opulus High Bush Cranberry B. MASSES CONSISTING MOSTLY OF NATIVE COLLECTED SHRUBS. This group consists mostly of shrubs which are indigenous to the section of the country where they are used. These plants are adapted to plantations on a large or small scale, where a feeling of formality or of definite refinement of detail is not required. It is difficult to differentiate fully between the two groups in this chapter. A number of shrubs may equally well, under expert selection and placing, be used in either group interchangeably. a. Low-growing shrubs: