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Dwarf Shrubs and Climbers
ОглавлениеAcanthopanax spinosum variegatum, pretty, white-variegated, dwarf, and slow-growing.
Arundinaria auricoma, the best yellow-variegated hardy Bamboo.
,, Fortunei, the best white-variegated hardy Bamboo.
Cornus alba Spaethii, probably the finest of all yellow-variegated shrubs, never "scorching" in the hottest summers. It is very handsome as pyramids, but by pruning a brighter coloured bark is obtained.
Euonymus radicans, the white-variegated form of this plant is useful as a carpet in shady positions where grass will not grow.
Ivy (Hedera Helix), numerous varieties, both shrubby and climbing—arborescens variegata, chrysophylla, discolor, maderensis variegata, sulphurea, canariensis argentea. E. radicans Silver gem is a larger leaved form, purer white and altogether better than many variegated Ivies.
Jasminum nudiflorum foliis aureis and officinale foliis aureis, variegated climbers with yellow leaves; the latter is the more ornamental, but is delicate in constitution.
Kerria japonica foliis variegatis, white.
Lonicera japonica aureo-reticulata. The veins of this climber are beautifully "picked out" in gold.
Osmanthus Aquifolium ilicifolius variegatus, a holly-like, white-variegated shrub useful in the milder parts of the kingdom.
Osmanthus Aquifolium purpureus, the hardiest of the Osmanthus. There are two forms of this, one much darker than the other, and the darkest is the best.
Pieris japonica variegata, white.
Ribes alpinum pumilum aureum, golden in spring.
Rubus ulmifolius variegatus, veins of the later leaves golden.
Salix repens argentea, a prostrate silvery-leaved Willow, makes a pretty weeping shrub if trained up at first.
Santolina Chamæcyparissus, silvery white entirely.
Vitis heterophylla variegata, a pretty, blue-berried climber, but tender; the variegation is rosy white.
,, inconstans purpurea, a purplish form of the popular "Ampelopsis Veitchii."
,, vinifera purpurea, deep purple.
Vinca minor, white and yellow-marked forms.
THE FAMOUS ARAUCARIA IMBRICATA AVENUE AT MURTHLY, N.B.
