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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 Carolina Azalea Benzoin aestivale Spice Bush Cercis canadensis Red-bud Chaenomeles japonica Japanese Quince Cornus florida Flowering Dogwood Daphne cneorum Garland Flower Forsythia (in variety) Golden Bell Hamamelis japonica Japanese Witch Hazel Lonicera fragrantissima Early Fragrant Honeysuckle Lonicera standishi Standish's Bush Honeysuckle Magnolia (Asiatic varieties) Magnolia Mahonia aquifolium Oregon Grape Prunus (in variety) Japanese Flowering Cherry Prunus triloba Flowering Plum Salix caprea Goat Willow Spiraea arguta Hybrid Snow Garland Spiraea prunifolia flore pleno Bridal Wreath B. PRODUCING FLOWERS IN EARLY SPRING AFTER THE LEAVES AP- PEAR. Through a careful selection of plants the season of bloom from flowering trees and shrubs can be made almost continuous. There are many trees and shrubs which flower during the early spring after the leaves appear. Only those trees and shrubs which produce an abundance of flowers, effective against a background of green foliage, are given here.

Aesculus (in variety) Horse-chestnut Azalea japonica Japanese Azalea Caragana arborescens Siberian Pea Shrub Chionanthus virginica White Fringe Cornus alternifolia Alternate-leaved Dogwood Cornus stolonifera Red Osier Cornel Crataegus (in variety) Thorn Deutzia (in variety) Deutzia Exochorda grandiflora Pearl Bush Halesia carolina Silver Bell Lonicera bella Zabel's Honeysuckle Lonicera morrowi Japanese Bush Honeysuckle Lonicera tatarica Tartarian Honeysuckle Magnolia glauca Swamp Magnolia Pyrus (in variety) Crab Rhodotypos kerrioides White Kerria Ribes aureum Flowering Currant Rosa cinnamomea Cinnamon Rose Sambucus racemosa Red-berried Elder Spiraea arguta Hybrid Snow Garland Spiraea vanhouttei Van Houtte's Bridal Wreath Syringa (in variety) Lilac Viburnum prunifolium Black Haw Viburnum tomentosum Single Japanese Snowball C. PRODUCING FLOWERS DURING EARLY SUMMER. The largest group of flowering trees and shrubs is that containing the types which flower during the early summer months. Carefully selected groupings of these plants may produce a continuous flower effect through June and July.