This section is from the book "The Complete Garden", by Albert D. Taylor. Also available from Amazon: The Complete Garden.
It is difficult to define the effects which it is intended to produce through the use of plants included in this list. In general, these Plants For Natural, Informal Effects 149 plants are selected because they are somewhat irregular in outline, loose in habit and texture of growth, and are not adapted to producing the neat lines of foliage required in formal development.
Amelanchier oblongifolia
Shad-bush Amelanchier rotundifolia
June Berry Chionanthus virginica
White Fringe
Cornus (in variety) Dogwood
Deutzia (in variety)
Deutzia Diervilla (in variety)
Weigela Forsythia suspensa
Drooping Golden Bell Hippophae rhamnoides
Sea Buckthorn
Laburnum vulgare Golden Chain
Lonicera fragrantissima
Early Fragrant Honeysuckle
Philadelphus grandiflorus Large-flowered Mock Orange
Physocarpus opulifolius Ninebark
Prunus avium plena
European Double-flowering Cherry
Ptelea trifoliata Hop Tree
Rhododendron (in variety) Native Varieties
Rhus (in variety) Sumac
Ribes (in variety)
Flowering Currant Robinia pseudacacia
Black Locust Rosa rugosa
Japanese Rose
Salix babylonica Weeping Willow
Sambucus canadensis American Elder
Spiraea vanhouttei
Van Houtte's Bridal Wreath Symphoricarpos racemosus
Snowberry
Symphoricarpos vulgaris
Indian Currant Tamarix gallica
French Tamarisk Viburnum opulus
High-bush Cranberry
 
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