This section is from the book "The Complete Garden", by Albert D. Taylor. Also available from Amazon: The Complete Garden.
The following groups comprise only plants which are most successful when used singly or in small groups.
a. Trees
Albizzia julibrissin Mimosa
Aleurites fordi
China Wood-oil Tree Aphananthe aspera
Chinese Hackberry
Aralia spinosa Hercules Club
Broussonetia papyri/era Paper Mulberry
Carya aquatica Water Pecan
Carya myristicaeformis Nutmeg Hickory
Carya pecan Pecan
Catalpa bungei
Round-leaved Catalpa
Cedrela sinensis Chinese Cedrela
Cephalotaxus fortunei Fortune's Yew
Chilopsis saligna
Flowering Willow Citrus trifoliata
Hardy Orange
Cladrastris lutea Yellow-wood
Cornus florida Flowering Dogwood
Diosporos virginiana Persimmon
Fagus americana American Beech
Fraxinus americana acuminata
Silver-leaved White Ash Fraxinus pennsylvanica
Red Ash Ginkgo biloba
Maidenhair Tree Cleditsia japonica
Japanese Honey Locust Cleditsia sinensis
Chinese Honey Locust
Gleditsia triacanthos Honey Locust
Cymnocladus dioica Kentucky Coffee Tree
Halesia Carolina Silver Bell
Hovenia dulcis Japanese Raisin Tree
Juglans cinerea Butternut
Juglans sieboldiana Japanese Walnut
Koelreuteria paniculata Varnish Tree
Liquidambar stryacifiua Sweet Gum
Magnolia (in variety) Magnolia
Magnolia acuminata Cucumber Tree
Magnolia denudata
Yulan Magnolia Magnolia grandiflora
Magnolia Magnolia macrophylla
Great-leaved Magnolia
Magnolia soulangeana Soulange's Magnolia
Melia azedarach umbraculiformis Umbrella Tree
Nyssa aquatica Cotton Gum
Nyssa sylvatica Tupelo
Oxydendrun arboreum Sourwood
Parkinsonia aculeata Jerusalem Thorn
Paulownia tomentosa Empress Tree
Photinia arbutifolia Christmas Berry
Photinia serrulata Evergreen Photinia
Populus alba pyramidalis Bolle's Poplar
Populus deltoides
Southern Cottonwood Populus deltoides monilifera
Northern Cottonwood
Prunus cerasifera pissardi Purple Plum
Pterocarya fraxinifolia False Walnut
Pyrus coronaria Wild Crab
Quercus acuta Korean Oak
Quercus falcata Spanish Oak
Quercus laurifolia Laurel Oak
Quercus muhlenbergi Yellow Chestnut Oak
Quercus nigra Water Oak
Quercus pagodaefolia Swamp Spanish Oak
Sapium pebiferum Chinese Tallow Tree
Sothora japonica Japanese Pagoda Tree
Sterculia platanifolia Japanese Varnish Tree
Taxodiumy distichum Bald Copress
Ulmus montana pendula Camperdown Weeping Elm b. Shrubs:
Aucuba japonica
Japanese Laurel Aucuba japonica variegata Variegated Japanese Laurel
Bambusa (in variety) Bamboo
Buddleia (in variety) Summer Lilac
Buxus (in variety) Boxwood
Callicarpa purpurea Beauty Fruit
Camellia japonica
Japonica Caryopteris incana
Blue Spirea Chilopsis linearis
Flowering Willow Chionanthus virginica
White Fringe
Cornus capitata
Himalayan Dogwood
Corylus maxima purpurea Purple-leaved Hazel
Exochorda grandiflora Pearl Bush
Gardenia (in variety) Cape Jasmine
Hydrangea quercifolia Oak-leaved Hydrangea
Ilex opaca
American Holly Lagerstroemia indica
Crape Myrtle
Nerium oleander Oleander
Osmanthus aquifolium
Fragrant Olive Prunus caroliniana
Carolina Laurel Cherry Prunus ilicifolia
Evergreen Cherry
Prunus laurocerasus English Laurel
Prunus lyoni Islands Cherry
Rhus cotinus
Smoke Bush Staphylea pinnata
European Bladder-nut Staphylea trifolia
American Bladder-nut Stewartia pentagyna
Alleghany Stewartia Styrax japonica
Japanese Storax Viburnum tinus
Laurestinus
Vitex agnus-castus Chaste Tree
 
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