Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-16

stance, will grow in five years. Yet since
most shrubs well may be called pernna-
nent material, this must always be kept
In mind.
Althea specimens, set out in early
March, will grow to u feet or even more
In height in that time.
The supreme advantage of early
planting for all shrub material must
never be forgotten.
Early Spring planting Is better &C
cording to our experience, than Fall
planting, but If the former time is
adopted care must be taken to put the
new shrubs in the ground as soon as
they are offered for sale.
Our experience has been that most
of the material sold at the local de-
partment stores in March is very good
If the purchaser buys as soon as the
stock Is put on sale.
The dry atmosphere Of indoor air
soon dries out the roots, even when
balled and burlapped, and, unfortu-
nately, too often the clerks who handle
this type of material do not understand
the necessity for keeping the roots
always damp.
Some dozen althea plants set out In
early March have grown tremendously,
but a couple Of plants purchased from
the same lot, just three weeks later,
did nothing at all.
1t also may be pointed out that shrub
material purchased locally and planted
very early Is just as good as that Sc
cured from a great distance. It is human
to want to buy from the far-away place,
but good gardening to purchase home
grown plants in order that they may
be put in the ground again as quickly
as possible.
Few failures with good shrub stock
would be registered if the purchasers
would keep in mind the necessity for
planting as early in March as possible
Even the delay of two weeks often
proves too much for the plant.
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Right now the altheas provide a
lavendar and white glory all along the
back Of the garden. Many of the bios
SONS are a dozen feet of the ground.
These are the old-fashioned single flow
ers, among the prettiest of blossoms
Later the double varieties, many of
them q deep maroon, will unfold, pro-
longing the time of Towering of this
fine though common shrub by many
weeks
We have named three shrubs, the
forSythia, the althea and the rosa
hugonis. Others that may be selected
are the lilac, the bush honeysuckle, the
abelia. the beauty bush, any one of the
mahonias, the old SNOWFALL, the bush
dogwood, the high bush cranberry, any
one of the deutzias, any one of the
spiraeas, of the weigelas, the mock
orange, the sweet pepper, the globe
flower. the Japanese barberry, the witch
hazel. We will not include the little
trees, such as the Towering almond and
the various ornamental crabs.
The foregoing list is enough. If some
of the better varieties are planted, a
wealth of blossoms as well as berries
for the birds will result. along with
most interesting habits of growth and
leaf formation.
These shrubs are as carefree as any
thing in the modern garden.
Mostly they need little attention and
will 60 for many years without pruning
If flower borders must be neglected,
still the shrubs will give a good show
of flowers. We would add to the above
list the snowberry and the coralberry,
although some find them too sprawly.
Any of the above shrubs is good, but
planting of all of them would give
any small garden display seldom seen
in one place.