Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-10-25
WHY PLANT SHRUBS
IN FALL OF YEAR?

h autumn is generally consider
ed to be the very best planting sea-
son for shrubs. If set out then, they
will have fully two months more of
growth than if they are set out in
the springtime, which will provide
that much more strength to with
stand the usual summer draught,
which is tn greatest enemy of new
ly set shrubs, even though planting
has been done most carefully and
properly.
At this season of the year, further
more, there is far more time to de-
vote to the careful planting of the
shrubs, then if one waits until the
spring. The rush of summer work
is over, most of the important gar
dening has been accomplished, and
we now have time in which to prop
erly plan where the shrubs may be
suitably established and just what
spot in the garden awaits the special
variety that is appropriate for it.
When the impulse is with us to do
shrub planting, we had better follow
it, as if we wait until next springs
garden work again seizes us, the
shrub planting may be postponed in
definitely.
jill aoo u 4NoN WILL LIoOlll
Next Spring
Many shrubs if planted now will
bloom early next spring and sum-
mer, thus giving the added attrac-
ton of their blooming a year soon
err than they would if they waited
to plant them in the spring.
AS the shrub planting is to be per-
manent, it will be about as important
to your future happiness and con-
tentment as is the building of your
house, garage, tree planting, or any
of the rest of your home improve
ments. Before actually planting,
therefore, carefully map out your
grounds, deciding where each shrub
is to be placed,-large specimen
shrubs, tall shrubs for a background.
screens, informal hedges, hedges
along paths Or fences, or groupings
massed along fences or drives, or
foundation paintings around the
house. Your shrub planting will
probably take place after the first
hard frost, but do not wait I'M
til the first hard frost" to make all
dering your stock of shrubs. Make
all your plans for the planting as
long before as is possible and have
your shrubs arrive in time.
The Foundation planting" or
planting the shrubs around the
house, should really be given the
very first place in importance when
we order our shrubs. Nc house seems
to be properly clothed or complete
until it has a few shrubs nesting
about it's foundations whether they
be stone or wood. There is scarcely
a house that would not receive a
boost in the real estate market If
shrubs were planted artistically
about it's foundations. In shrubbery
paintings around the house, care
should be taken to plant, the tall
growing varieties at the corners, and
on either side of the entrances, while
the low growing shrubs fill the in
tervening spaces
Some of the Best Shrubs to Use
Probably one of the most effective,
hardest growing and satisfactory OF
all shrubs to include in those for
your foundation planting is the hyd-
rangea. Growing rapidly into a
handsome and snowy beauty, with
many different varieties of white,
pink or blue, the hydrangea has be-
come one of the most popular OF
shrubs for massing about the piazza
and house. 1t might be SAID mere,
also, that it grows particularly well
and successfully at the seashore, or
lake side, and is frequently seen
around the piazzas of summer cot
tages at the shore.
The graceful spirea is another ia
miliar favorite for foundation plant
ing. Like the hydrangea, it includes
many varieties, some of which bloom
in the spring, some in summer and
still others in the fall.
Do not forget to include some OF
the shrubs appropriate for the win
fer in your order. Many of the de-
ciduous shrubs are ornamental In
their outlines or bear winter berries
and thus add to the winter scene, and
some of the evergreen shrubs should
always be included. Do not forget
the rhodendron, the laurel. or the
holly, so that you will still have some
dark green foliage to relieve the
dreary bleakness of winter in your