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Article: FLOWERING SHRUBS CAN SERVE MANY A PURPOSE.(Spotlight on Home and Gardening)(Column)
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- Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
- Article date:
- May 15, 1999
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Byline: Dale Langford
Flowering shrubs can do double or triple duty in your home landscape. They can fill in corners, perform as single eye-catching specimens, gracefully ease down tall tree lines to ground level or provide screening for utility or patio areas.
Oh yes, being a flowering variety of shrub, they also bring fantastic color and often add a sweet perfume to the air. Others provide interesting shades of foliage or canes.
Shrubs are not usually placed as specimen planting alone, since they can fulfill more than one use at a time. For example, they can screen off your outdoor shed area and be a ``point-of-interest'' planting. They come ...