Article: Diervilla sessilifolia-Southern bush-honeysuckle.(Brief Article)

Bill Flemer IV of Mapleton Nurseries in Kingston, NJ, can be contacted with suggestions for "Plant of the Month, East" at (609) 430-0366.

At my family's New Jersey nursery where I grew up, we used to grow and sell large quantities of what we referred to as "highway shrubs." The interstate highway system was being built, and mountains of nursery stock were needed each year to beautify the new roads. "Highway shrubs" were mass-planted on banks and slopes around interchanges, and in median strips to reduce headlight glare. To qualify, a shrub species had to be reasonably ornamental, but mainly tough, trouble-free, adaptable, drought- and salt-tolerant, and easy ...

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