This section is from the book "The Complete Garden", by Albert D. Taylor. Also available from Amazon: The Complete Garden.
Rhododendron maximum (white to pink June to July - tall) Rhododendron catazobiense (lilac to purple) Rhododendron catawbiense album
(white) Rhododendron carolinianum (rose June) Best dwarf
Rhododendron arbutifolium (rich pink July) Rhododendron ferrugineum (carmine June to August) Rhododendron hirsutum (Pink - June to August) (Does not dislike lime) Rhododendron myrtifolium (Deep rosy pink - July) Rhododendron May and June) Rhododendron campanulatum (Lilac June)
Azaleas (Hardy except in windswept locations) Rhododendron obtusum amoenum
(Purple - May) (Azalea amoena) Rhododendron canadense (Rhodora canadensis) Rhododendron vaseyi (Azalea vaseyi) Rhododendron nudiflorum (Azalea lutea) Rhododendron japonicum (Azalea mollis) Rhododendron canescens (Azalea canescens) Rhododendron calendulaceum (Azalea calendula) Rhododendron arborescens (Azalea arborescens) Rhododendron viscosum (Azalea viscosa) Rhododendron kaempferi (Rhododendron indicum kaempferi) Rhododendron morteri (Azalea gandavensis) Rhododendron ledifolium (Azalea ledifolia) b. Other broad-leaved evergreens which should be tried:
Andromeda polifolia Wild Rosemary
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Bearberry
Aspidium acrostichoides Christmas Fern
Aubrietia deltoidea Purple Rock Cress
Berberis sargentiana Evergreen Barberry
Chamaedaphne calyculata
Leather-leaf Chimaphila maculata
Pipsissewa
Chimaphila umbellata Pipsissewa
Chiogenes hispidula Evergreen Snowberry
Cotoneaster adpressa (semi-evergreen)
Creeping Cotoneaster Cotoneaster horizontalis (semi-evergreen)
Prostrate Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster microphylla Small-leaved Cotoneaster
Daphne blagayana White Garland Flower
Daphne cneorum
Garland Flower Empetrum atropurpureum
Red-fruited Crowberry
Empetrum nigrum
Black-fruited Crowberry
Empetrum earnest
Pink-fruited Crowberry
Epigaea repens Trailing Arbutus
Evonymus radicans (in variety) Climbing Evonymus
Galax aphylla (north exposure only)
Galax Gaultheria procumbens
Wintergreen
Helianthemum chamaecistus Rock Rose
Helleborus niger
Christmas Rose Hippophae rhamnoides
Sea Buckthorn
Hypericum aureum
Large-flowered St. John's Wort Iberis sempervirens
Evergreen Candytuft Kalmia angustifolia
Sheep Laurel
Kalmia Carolina Carolina Laurel
Kalmia latifolia (in variety) Mountain Laurel
Kalmia polifolia Swam Laurel
Ledum groenlandicum Labrador Tea
Ledum palustre
Narrow-leaved Labrador Tea Leiophyllum buxifolium
Sand Myrtle Leucothoe catesbaei
Catesby's Andromeda
Mahonia aquijolium (scorches in sun) Oregon Grape
Mahonia repens Creeping Mahonia
Mahonia pinnata wagneri Pinnate-leaved Mahonia
Pachysandra terminalis Japanese Spurge
Pieris floribunda
Mountain Fetterbush
Polygala chamaebuxus Box-leaved Milkwort
Potentilla tridentata
Evergreen Cinquefoil Pyracantha coccinea
Evergreen Thorn
Pyracantha coccinea pauciflora Low-growing Fiery Thorn
Pyxidanthera barbulata Flowering Moss
Shortia galacifolia Shortia
Thymus serpyllum lanuginosus Downy Thyme
Vaccinium (in variety) Blueberry
Viburnum rhytidophyllum Evergreen Viburnum
Vinca minor
Periwinkle Yucca filamentosa
Adam's Needle
Zenobia pulverulenta Zenobia
F. Lilies.
a. List of lilies:
The following table contains the best sorts for the average grower and indicates the culture, season of bloom, colour of flower, and usual height. There are four clearly defined types of lilies as indicated in the table by the letters A, B, C, and D. First the funnel form like the Easter lily (A); then the pendant, spreading, or bell form (B). The same flower erect is the cup-like type (C), which flowers earliest of all; and the Turk's cap group with petals completely reversed (D).
(o) All the lilies marked thus should thrive in any ordinary fertile garden soil. If the available soil is naturally compact or adhesive it can be lightened and made more porous by digging some coarse sand or leaf mold into it. If the soil is light and sandy, procure and incorporate with it some clay loam; but in a broad sense all these lilies can be depended upon to live and increase under average garden conditions.
(+) These lilies require a good soil and if the soil is heavy it should be lightened by the addition of some leaf mold or peat; these lilies do not quite so well withstand heat and drought either. Partial shade is beneficial, especially at their roots, which can be provided by interplanting them among other plants that will shade, yet not too densely cover the ground.
( = ) This group embraces all native species and they are shade and moisture loving. Although they lift up their tall flower spikes to the bright sun, they like a cool root run at all times. In a cool north corner, or by lake or stream or in any moist hollow, about or near the garden, these lilies are a host in themselves wherewith to make a summer picture.
(*) Lilies marked in this manner are stem-rooting. Therefore they can be transplanted in the spring.
 
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