This section is from the book "Practical Landscape Gardening", by Robert B. Cridland. Also available from Amazon: Practical Landscape Gardening.
This scheme differs from the preceding in that the treatment in the rear is of formal outline. This garden is planted with an assortment of hardy perennials, and the whole is enclosed with hybrid Tea Roses. The diagram represents a plot 50 ft. wide by 118 ft. deep over all.
On the transverse axis of the "garden a Summer house is located. This little open area is necessary to provide a suitable drying area for laundry purposes. The drier, however, , is of a movable type and when not in use should be removed.
The Summer house is surrounded by the Ginkgo, one of the most picturesque of trees. Small arches spanning the two entrances to the garden would be a desirable feature, and climbing Roses should be planted on either side of the arch, using Silver Moon, Dr. Van Fleet, Tausendschoen and Farquhar.
The side line, west side, is planted in hardy perennials, with a flowering shrub at each end as a terminal feature.
On the eastern boundary line dwarf flowering shrubs are planted at equal intervals.
The planting at the base of the house consists of broad-leaved evergreens.
The hedge along the front is the silvery grey Japanese Cypress, with the green variety at the ends and entrances for contrast and to emphasize those points.
Key No. | Quan. | Variety | Common Name |
1. | 1. | Syringa Charles X | Lilac |
2. | 15. | Iris Kaempferi | Japanese Flag |
3. | 10. | Paeonia Festiva Maxima | White Peony |
4. | 16. | Helianthus Miss Willmott | Sunflower |
5. | 14. | Phlox Athis | Pink Phlox |
6. | 1. | Ligustrum lucidum | Evergreen Privet |
7. | 7. | Physostegia virginica | False Dragon's Head |
8. | 12. | Chrysanthemum Jardin des Plantes | Yellow Flowered |
9. | 15. | Fuchsia elegans | |
10. | 20. | Phlox Mrs. Campbell | Pink Phlox |
11. | 15. | Delphinium Mrs. Thompson | Larkspur |
12. | I | Syringa Frau Bertha Dammon | White Lilac |
13. | 12. | Pyrethrum uliginosum | Giant Diasy |
14. | 2. | Buxus pyramidalis | Pyramidal Box |
15. | 10. | Boltonia asteroides | False Chamomile |
16. | 15. | Iris Kaempferi | Japanese Flag |
17. | I | Syringa Michael Bushner | Lilac |
18. | 10. | Paeonia Jeanne d'Arc | Pink Peony |
19. | 10. | Antirrhinum, pink | Snapdragon |
20. | 14. | Phlox R. P. Struthers | Red Phlox |
21. | 10. | Iris Niebelungen | Yellow and Blue Flag |
22. | 15. | Stokesia cyanea | Stoke's Aster |
23. | I | Abelia grandiflora | Hybrid Abelia |
24. | 15. | Campanula persicifolia | Bellflower |
25. | I | Abelia grandiflora | Hybrid Abelia |
26. | 16. | Phlox Wm. Robinson | Pink Phlox |
27. | 8. | Iris Gypsy Queen | Gold and Pearl Flag |
28. | 10. | Platycodon Mariesii | Chinese Bellflower |
29. | 15. | Delphinium hybridum | Larkspur |
30. | 1. | Syringa Pres. Grevy | Lilac |
31. | 12. | Chrysanthemum maximum | Shasta Daisy Alaska |
32. | 12. | Aster novae-anglaiae pulchella | Blue Aster |
33. | 2. | Buxus pyramidalis | Pyramidal Box |
34. | I | Rosa Dr. Van Fleet | Flesh colored Climbing Rose |
35. | I | Rosa Tausendschoen | Pink Rose |
36. | 1. | Rosa Gloire de Dijon | Pink Rose |
37. | I | Rosa Alberic Barbier | Yellow Rose |
38. | I | Philadelphus, Avalanche | Mock Orange |
39. | Bulbs and Annuals |
Key No. | Quan. | Variety | Common Name |
40. | I | Spiraea Aitchisoni | |
41. | 4. | Stephanandra Tanakee | |
42. | 8. | Kerria japonica | Corchorus |
43. | 5. | Deutzia Lemoinei | Lemoine's Deutzia |
44. | 8. | Hydrangea arborescens grandiflora | Hills of Snow |
45. | 4. | Viburnum Carlesii | Pink Viburnum |
46. | 3. | Thuya pyramidalis | Pyramidal Arborvitse |
47. | 20. | Berberis Thunbergii | Japanese Barberry |
48. | 2. | Thuya pyramidalis | Pyramidal Arborvitse |
49. | I | Osmanthus aquifolium | Holly-leaved Tea Olive |
50. | I | Abelia grandiflora | Hybrid Abelia |
51. | I | Genista juncea | Spanish Broom |
52. | I | Jasminum nudiflorum | Jasmine |
53. | I | Abelia grandiflora | Hybrid Abelia |
54. | I | Lycium barbarum | Washington's Bower |
55. | I | Jasminum nudiflorum | Jasmine |
56. | I | Lycium barbarum | Washington's Bower |
57. | I | Jasminum nudiflorum | Jasmine |
58. | I | Abelia grandiflora | Hybrid Abelia |
59. | I | Jasminum nudiflorum | Jasmine |
6o | I | Genista juncea | Spanish Broom |
6l | 5. | Paeonia chrysanthemiflora | White Paeony |
62. | I | Forsythia intermedia | Golden Bell |
63. | I | Abelia grandiflora | Hybrid Abelia |
64. | I | Ilex aquifolium | English Holly |
65. | I | Abelia grandiflora | Hybrid Abelia |
66. | I | Ilex aquifolium | English Laurel |
67. | I | Abelia grandiflora | Hybrid Abelia |
68. | I | Photinia serrulata | Evergreen Photinia |
69. | I | Abelia grandiflora | Hybrid Abelia |
70. | 8. | Hollyhocks | Pink and Yellow |
71. | I | Ilex aquifolium | English Holly |
72. | 7. | Digitalis purpurea | Foxglove |
73. | I | Abelia grandiflora | Hybrid Abelia |
74. | 7. | Delphinium Kelway's hybrids | Larkspur |
75. | I | Ilex aquifolium | English Holly |
76. | 10. | Phlox R. P. Struthers | Red Phlox |
77. | 2. | Platanus orientalis | Oriental Plane |

 
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