The tree or shrub in the right place will give your house an Iift. Likewise, thought given to the selection and grouping of the plants you use on your property can make the difference between a pleasing effect and a jumble.
Every housewife knows that clutter and confusion in the house make her day’s work doubly difficult and tiring. The same will hold true for the gardener of the house, whichever family member he may be.
Many tiny plants planted here and there require more work than a few well-chosen, well-placed shrubs and trees.
More weeding, more pruning, and more edging will be needed — all of it works that is time-consuming and backbreaking. Picture your place as you would like to have it look.
Make a sketch over an enlarged photograph of your house and study it to be sure that your planting will provide the following important features — shade, winter greens, variety of texture, and color in bloom and foliage.
Time For Gardening
Above all, be sure that the planting will give you pleasure and your house charm. Then, plan the backbone of your planting scheme for permanence.
As your enthusiasm grows and you find more time for gardening, you can add to your planting.
Spring and summer flowering bulbs, perennials, and annuals can be used for more color.
Basic Plants To Use
The accompanying photographs and sketches are presented to help you plan what you can do this year or next to give your home the lift it may need.
The following list suggests basic plants that may be used to gain the effect shown in the sketch.
They are offered as suggestions only, for much depends on the exposure and color of the individual house.
Sketch No. 1
- European Mountain Ash (Sorbus aucuparia)
- Anglo-Jap Yew (Taxes media)
- Dwarf Japanese Yer
- Red-vein Enkianthus (Enkianthus campanulatus)
- Royal Azalea (A. schlippenbachi)
- Big-leaf Winter-creeper (Euonymus fortunei vegetus)
- Spreading Cotoneaster (Cotoneaster divaricata)
- Pink-flowering Dogwood
- Spring bulbs, Chrysanthemums
Sketch No. 2
- Pin Oak (Quercus palustris)
- Kousa Dogwood (Corpus kousa)
- Pink shell Azalea (Azalea vaseyi)
- White Carolina Rhododendron
- Convex-Ieaf Japanese Holly (ilex crenata convexa)
- Korean Yodogawa Azalea (A. yedoense poukhanense)
- Dwarf Japanese Yew (Taxus Cuspidata nana)
- Hybrid Lilac (Syringe hybrid)
- Baltic English Ivy (Hedera helix baltica) and Spring bulbs
- A Flowering Plum (Prunus triloba)
Sketch No. 3
- Eley Crab-apple
- Star Magnolia (Magnolia stellata)
- Ware Arborvitae (Thuya occidente lis wareana)
- Mountain Laurel (Kalmia latifolia)
- Spreading Japanese Yew (Taxus cuspidata)
- Floribunda Rose
- Anglo-Japanese Yew (Texas media)
- Korean Rhododendron (Rhododendron macronalatam)
- Yeddo Euonymus
- Espaliered Firethorn (Pyracenthe coccinea lalandi)
- Upright Japanese Holly (Ilex crenata)
- Japanese Spurge (Pachysandra)
Sketch No. 4
- Paper Birch (Betula papyrifera)
- Japanese Tree Lilac (Syringe amurensis japonica)
- Upright Japanese Yew (Texas cuspidata capitata)
- White Fringe Tree (Chioncanthus virginicus)
- White Catawba Rhododendron
- Spreading Cotoneaster (Cotoneaster divaricata)
- Winged Burning-bush (Euonymus alatus)
- Mountain Laurel (Kalmia latifolia)
- Snow Azalea (A. mucronetum)
- Hick’s Yew (Texas media hicksi)
Sketch No. 5
- Katsura. Tree (Cercidiphyihon japonicam)
- Flowering Dogwood (Comas forida)
- Red Maple (Acer rubrum)
- Torch Azalea (A. Kaempferi)
- Mountain Pieris (P. floribunda)
- Baltic English Ivy (Hedera helix baltica) Bulbs, Annuals
- Anglo-Japanese Yew (Taxus media)
- Convex-leaf Japanese Holly (Ilex crenate convexa)
- Double Pink Shrub Althea (Hibiscus syriacus)
- Korean-spice Viburnum (Viburnum carlesi)
- Dwarf Japanese Yew (Taxus cuspidata nano)
Sketch No. 6
- Waterer Laburnum (L. tvatereri)
- Moraine Locust (Gleditsia triacanthos Moraine)
- Hybrid Lilac (Syringe hybrid)
- Beauty-bush (K9liovitzia amabilis)
- Japanese Pieris (Pieris japonica)
- True-dwarf Box (Buxus sempervirens True-dwarf)
- Royal Azalea (A. schlippenbachi)
- Wilson Rhododendron (Rhododendron laetevirens)
- Floribunda Roses and Annuals
- Pfitzer Juniper (Juniperus chinensis pfitzeriana)
- Common Flowering Quince
44659 by Mary F. Bunting