Ulex europæus fl. pl. (Double-flowered Furze or Gorse), 4 to 6 feet. Beautiful in hot and dry soil.
Viburnum Opulus sterile (Guelder Rose or Snowball tree), V. plicatum, 5 to 6 feet.
Vinca major (Periwinkle), 6 inches to 1 foot. A little creeping shrub, delightful for a rough bank, and will thrive under trees better than most shrubby plants. The pretty blue flowers appear for a long time. There is a variety with prettily variegated leaves. V. minor, another species, is smaller altogether. There are deep-blue and white varieties.
Weigelas, 6 to 8 feet. Excellent shrubs for small gardens.
Shrubs for Town Gardens
From the preceding list of shrubs for small gardens a selection suitable for towns is appended. Many things refuse to live in the smoky and confined air of towns. This is particularly noticeable in the case of evergreens; the pores become choked with sooty deposit, and the plant consequently soon fails, whereas many of those whose leaves are removed annually are not so seriously affected. Conifers are generally a failure. This is a small list, but only small gardens are under consideration.
- Aucubas.
- Berberis Aquifolium.
- Berberis stenophylla.
- Cotoneasters, especially C. frigida, which is, however, a small tree.
- Cratægus Oxyacantha (Hawthorn) and varieties.
- Cratægus Pyracantha (Fire Thorn); C. Lælandi.
- Daphne Mezereum.
- Euonymus japonicus.
- Forsythia.
- Genista hispanica.
- Hedera (Ivy).
- Hibiscus syriacus.
- Jasminum officinale.
- Kerria japonica.
- Laburnum.
- Ligustrum ovalifolium elegantissimum (Golden-leaved Privet).
- Magnolia stellata, M. conspicua.
- Osmanthus ilicifolius.
- Philadelphus (Mock Orange).
- Privet.
- Prunus Amygdalus (Almond).
- Prunus Avium flore-pleno (Double-flowered Gean).
- Prunus Laurocerasus (Laurel).
- Prunus Persica (Peach).
- Prunus pseudo-cerasus.
- Pyrus Aucuparia (Mountain Ash).
- Pyrus floribunda.
- Pyrus japonica and varieties.
- Rhus typhina (Sumach).
- Ribes aureum.
- Ribes sanguineum and varieties.
- Robinia Pseudacacia and varieties.
- Spartium junceum.
- Spiræa arguta.
- Spiræa japonica and varieties.
- Symphoricarpus racemosus (Snowberry).
- Symphoricarpus vulgaris.
- Syringa vulgaris (Lilac) and varieties.
- Viburnum plicatum (Chinese Guelder Rose).
- Weigela rosea and varieties.