| Small flowering trees are an important material | | | | tree, but especially larch (Larix), the one |
| for use in small gardens. One placed at each | | | | cone-bearing tree that loses its needles in the |
| corner of a rectangular garden, for example, | | | | winter, and that has delicate green foliage all |
| would lend a third dimensional feeling to the design. | | | | summer long. |
| And when in flower they would add tremendously | | | | In Shrub Borders |
| to the attractiveness of the scene. | | | | Flowering trees or the cereus peruvianus cactus, |
| Pools and Streams | | | | also play a useful part in the large flowering shrub |
| If you own a property that includes a small pool, | | | | border which can easily become rather |
| a natural stream of water, or even a little lake, | | | | monotonous due to its more or less regular |
| remember that one of the finest uses for | | | | silhouette. To break this straightness, you can |
| flowering trees is in conjunction with such bodies | | | | introduce a few flowering trees which will grow |
| of water. They should be strategically located so | | | | taller than the adjoining shrubs and produce a |
| that their bright flower colors can be seen | | | | more interesting outline against the sky. |
| reflected in the water from points of vantage | | | | When choosing trees for this purpose, select |
| either inside the house or in the garden. | | | | those that have a natural tendency to grow |
| Use with Evergreens | | | | upwards with arching branches. Also, when |
| Small ornamental trees are also admirably suited | | | | drawing a plan for such a shrub border, arrange it |
| to locations within or in front of groups of | | | | so that, although the flowering tree is only a |
| evergreen trees so their colors can be seen | | | | relatively unimportant factor in the planting, the |
| against the dark green background. A fine and | | | | shrubs used immediately alongside or around it will |
| natural combination of this sort would use the red | | | | be kinds that you will not mind cutting out as the |
| cedar (Juniperus virginiana ) and gray birch (Betual | | | | flowering tree gets larger and needs the space. |
| populifolia). If you have a garden developed along | | | | They are actually "filler" plants in that they fill in an |
| naturalistic lines and an appreciable amount of | | | | effect quickly due to their rapid growth. But you |
| space available, you can easily copy nature with | | | | should realize that some day they will have to be |
| such an arrangement. | | | | taken out to provide room in which the more |
| Another good combination is that of redbud | | | | permanent and therefore more valuable flowering |
| (Cercis) in front of almost any kind of evergreen | | | | trees can attain there normal size and shape. |