This section is from the book "The Complete Garden", by Albert D. Taylor. Also available from Amazon: The Complete Garden.
These types are selected because of their ability to develop a compact, heavy foliage effect and most of these types retain their foliage during the late summer and early fall months.
Acer saccharinum pyramidale
Pyramidal Silver Maple (low-branched)
Cornus mas
Cornelian Cherry Elaeagnus angustifolia
Russian Olive Fagus sylvatica
European Beech Forsythia intermedia
Hybrid Golden Bell Forsythia viridissima
Dark Green Golden Bell Hibiscus syriacus
Rose of Sharon
Ligustrum (in variety)
Privet Lonicera bella
Zabel's Honeysuckle Lonicera maacki
Late-blooming Honeysuckle
Lonicera tatarica
Tartarian Honeysuckle
Rhamnus cathartica
Common Buckthorn Spiraea vanhouttei
Van Houtte's Bridal Wreath Syringa vulgaris
Common Lilac
Viburnum (in variety) Viburnum
 
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