| Show Let N Native Shrubs Shrubs Beautify B Our Our Homes Native twill will vill beautify our home surroundings surrounding as much as any other things we can use sas sa's says Prof L S Morris 1 of th the Brigham Young University Plant Plants imported at no small expense from Japan apan Russia and other foreign countries are arc oft often n more popularly iced cd th than n those growing m in our owl ours own mountains How often we fins fino ourselves admiring admiring admiring ing the grass of o our our r neighbors neighbor's that looks so much greeter greener gree er to us than our own Is this not true twe to some extent in our use of shur s I I am sure if we stop to make our native nathe will yank tank ank as beautiful as any others we Use and it is only natural to expect them tieni to grow well wellin wellin wellin in their natural environment Let us not disregard because they are arc then perhaps commonplace ce and easily ac- ac accessible accessible ac accessible but rather take advantage of our opportunity and use them wisely and to the OOst Rest nest of our artistic ability It is mos gratifying to find how well most o 0 oS these arc are adapted to 10 the me nat settings of 01 our homes in this m me country I Various and sui able specimens of may be obtained obi ob in most of i lour western canyo s by merel merely going I and getting then the In doing this if we are careful o take the plants where they are growing abundantly and take only th they amount we need I nature will provide pr provide plenty for all of ofus ofus ofus us A most unpardonable thing to todo todo todo do is to take plants lants lants where there are only one or y t ti t of its kind grow grow- ing growing in that partie particular ar place A much better plan would be to go on a lit lit- lit lit-Itc Ito farther where they ley arc are gro growing ving in lite greater numbers tHere Here it would per per- per haps perhaps be a good thIng th ng for the remain remain- remaining r remaining ing plants to thin ut a few We can put our c ci at ease case and know that we ire not the cause of beautiful being acing entirely rem removed removed v- v ed cd from a n part cular location and its or original lent rent A few ot or the shrubs that might be favorites and t l at are arc at the same time among anlon th most common are Western Mount Moun tin ash Blue Elder ElderBerry ElderBerry ElderBerry Berry Scrub C ik Lk k Dogwood Sumac Suma Snowberry Wil Will I Rose Hose and Oregon grape The Western Mountain Ash grows from four to 14 feet high Its Ita leaves are often a foo long and with eleven or more lance lanco pointed and sharply saw toothed lea lets fiets It has a white showy flower a id d in the autumn the fruit becomes a cluster of bright red I or orange ben berm os es The Blue El ler er cr Berry though or- or ordinarily or ordinarily ll a shu sliu b may grow into a tree as high a 20 feet The are arc a deep sha Ie e a of green shiny and smooth on tOl to and it has a dainty white flower lower The fruit which is edible is blue black and grows in in large clusters of small berries that are not muc much larger than a sweet seed The scrub O k growing from 10 to 15 feet high L 1 ia rarely tree like The leaves are are- arera are arc ra rem a light green and smooth and shi shiny my IY on top It is a most bushy Hl nd it as well as the Western Mon lon ain ask and Blue El- El Elderberry El derberry woul 1 be very successfully ully used as a ba k ground for or smaller shrubs group grouped d cl to form sort of a screen for sot soi ie to little shack or the like e that we like hidden from view The wild ro 10 which we all know so sowell sowell sowell well could alo al o 0 be used as a back back- background background background ground shrub or it might form fonn a beautiful hed m if we care to screen any one part if f our yard off or hide some lye ivo back yard ard fence yellowish Sumac has 1 ergo u-ge clusters of yellow yellow- ish green floers flo ers and very abundant foliage The eaves arc green on top I and rather wl wI rte ite underneath A leaf lear I has from 15 lo o 18 pairs pairs of leaflets which are arc ne lal la io ce cc shaped and coarse coarse- coarsely coarsely coarsely ly toothed he he fruit is attractive with its scarf t color Dogwood le Ie yes ves are rather small The flowers a are e conspicuous white whitt or sometimes o Ji rose color The Fhe fruit turn red in th the autumn Sumac and Dogwood arc are medium to tolar lar large e sized s scrubs rubs and are used to best advantage to fill in rather barren lookin looking cornets corners corners or spaces next to the foundations ns of houses They may have sn an smaller faller aller shrubs or flow flow- flowers flowers flowers ers growing i in front of them The ry with small rounded or leaves 1 eves is usually very bushy It ha hd tin tiny bell shaped flow flow- flowers flowers flowers ers white or faintly pink and white wax like berri berries berris s which remain on af- af after after af after ter the snow I j falls It should be I planted in the th foreground of lour our group of shrubs because it is rather small and easy easily hidden from sight Oregon Gra Grape e is the lowest growing of the shrubs mentioned but one of the most desirable Its leaves are evergreen an and would make a good substitute for jour our Christmas holly The flowers a arc e yellow and grow in ina ina ina a dense grape like like cluster The blue or purple fruit much resembles grapes Although gh the Oregon Grape is known as a creeping we also have our native vines By way o suggestion I I might mention the Western a most hardy and rapidly growing vine covered in sum sum- summer rimer mer with clusters of small white flow flow- flowers flowers flowers ers ers and later lusters Clusters of long soft i I ferL- ferL fer fruits remain even after frost The wild hops arc are also ornamental rapi ly A growing growing owing vines and tolerant of n ost soils On n of shrubs and vines might lear lead us farther on into the field of trees where we have our picturesque ever f or 01 our wild wildflowers wildflowers ourI I flowers such as the Golden Rod I Larkspur and As era ers Trees and flow rs S 'S s furnish as great greata a variety of chol choi as do the shrubs In choosing our lants ants directly from their natural We we arc are given given given en a splendid ch ice ce to use our indi- indi individuality individuality indi individuality In o 0 l r own gardens we have an ty to transplant as much of the nat ral iral beauty every every- everywhere everywhere everywhere where around us give rive to our national surroundings th the more we are apt to appreciate them In conclusion P Morris Ionis says My own garde garden will never be com com- complete complete com complete wit without out at least last one specimen of our genuine genuine western sage brush be- be because because be because cause of its beauly beauy and its refreshing beauty |
