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Title: Armstrong Nurseries
Identifier: armstrongnurseri1948arms
Authors: Armstrong Nurseries (Ontario, Calif. ); Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nurseries (Horticulture) California Catalogs; Nursery stock California Catalogs; Fruit trees California Catalogs; Ornamental trees California Catalogs; Shrubs California Catalogs; Flowers California Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental California Catalogs
Publisher: Ontario, Calif. : Armstrong Nurseries
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Orange Ginger-Lily (Yellow, Orange and Scarlet) Fragrant Ginger-Lily Hedychium gardnerianum. 1429. "Orange Ginger-Lily." 4-5 ft. 24°. For something really startling in the way of exotic color and fragrance, try this new Ginger-Lily from India. The 8 to 12-inch flower spike is a complicated affair with long tubes of saf- fron-yellow, contrasted with extraordinarily long filaments which are orange, shading to orange-scarlet at the tip. The intoxicating sweet fragrance fills the garden or the house. Blooms in early spring, has big glossy leaves, 1 8 inches long and 6 inches across. Plenty of moisture. Sun or shade. Gal. tins, $1.50; 5-gal. tins, $4.50. Hedychium coronarium. 1427. "White Ginger-Lily." 6 ft. 24°. Similar to the above but with exceedingly fragrant 3-inch white blossoms. Sun or shade. Plenty of moisture. Gal. tins, $1.25; 5-gal. tins, $4.00. Cheerful Sun-Roses Halimium libonotis. 923. "Rosemary Sun-Rose." 18 inches. 10°. Dainty little compact plant with fine gray-green, rosemary-like foliage, covered in spring with quantities of little %-inch pure white flowers. Grows almost anywhere. Full sun. Gal. tins, 80c. Halimium ocymoides. 925. "Spanish Sun-Rose." 3 ft. 10°. In early spring and summer this little rounded plant with gray-green foliage is a glorious mass of bright yellow flowers, each bloom with a maroon-red center. Likes sun, not too much water. Prune back after flowering season. Grows easily anywhere. Gal. tins, Evergreen Shrubs Freeblooming Fuchias No other shade-loving shrubs bloom so pro- fuse'y and with so much color over such a long season as the Fuchsias. They like a cool, moist, shady situation, thriving in most of California. 22°. Price on all Fuchsias: Gal. tins, 80c. Taller Growing Fuchsias Aviator. 21. Single, pure white, with long, rose-red sepals curving outward like wings. 2-4 ft. Blue Gown. 23. A brilliant blue cup in a bright scarlet saucer. Large double. 3-4 ft. Cardinal. 24. Very long sepals of deep rose to cardinal-red, with purple petals. Vigor- ous and will climb to 15 feet. Glendole. 28. Single dainty coral-pink flow- ers on a tall vigorous plant. Will grow in full sun in the coastal belt. 4-5 feet. Gypsy Queen. 29. Double giant with rose- pink petals and flame-colored sepals. 4-5 ft. Otto. 33. A large brilliant purple cup (the petals) in a bright scarlet saucer (the se- pals) . A large, single flower, 1 Vz inches long. 4-5 feet. Pasadena. 34. Small, semi-double flower, white with striped pink petals and deep pink sepals. Small, densely foliaged plant. 6-8 ft. Pride of Orion. 37. Immense double flow- ers, with pure white petals, brilliant scarlet sepals. Our best white. 4-5 feet. Storm King. 41. Petals are waxy white, with crimson veins at the base. The sepals are brilliant scarlet. Quite double. 3-4 feet. Tubular-Flowered Fuchsia Souv. de Henry Henkel. 39. Long, tubular, scarlet flowers. Plum-colored foliage. 2-4 ft. Our Best Hanging Basket Fuchsias Cascade. 25. Almost 4 inches long. Coral- rose sepals, bright rose petals. 1 -2 feet. Aurora Superba. 19. Single, orange-salmon. 2-4 feet. Our Best Low-Growing Fuchsias Little Beauty. 31. Single, purple petals, red sepals. Compact plant, heavy bloomer. 1 -2ft. Melody. 32. Large, perfect single flowers in pastel shades, with cup of pale purple and saucer of rose. Graceful pendulous type of growth. 2-4 feet. Pasteur. 35. Double, white petals, scarlet sepal: 1-2 feet. Hydrangeas loves the big Old-Fashioned macrophylla described below, I enjoy these new hybrids with deeper colors as well. Part Chinese Hat Plant Holmskioldia sanguined. 951. "Chinese Hat Plant." 8 feet. 22°. In a warm, sunny spot, this unique plant will produce great long clusters of brick-red flower bracts dur- ing almost the entire year, even through the middle of winter when you can use it for Christmas decorations. A beautiful thing when trained flat against buildings or wall facing south. It likes plenty of sunshine and water. Gal. tins, $1.25; 5-gal. tins, $4.00. Gold Flower Hypericum moserianum. 969. 2 ft. 10°. A particularly valuable low foreground shrub, covered in early spring and summer with big, 2-inch golden yellow flowers. Easy to grow anywhere. Full sun or part shade. Gal. tins, 80c. Hypericum patulum henryi. 971. "Henry's Golden Cup." 4 ft. 10°. Has foliage and plenty of bright golden, 2-inch flowers like the above but it gets up to 4 feet in height and makes a beautifully rounded, compact plant which blooms over most of the spring and summer. Grows with the greatest of ease in any soil. Sun or part shade. Gal. tins, 80c. Hypericum calycinum. 967. 10°. A fast growing ground cover with dark evergreen foliage and countless 3-inch golden flowers. See page 52. Flats, $6.00. Privets for Hedges Ligustrum lucidum. 1045. "Japanese Privet." 4 to 12 ft. 10°. The best fast growing tall hedge plant. Dark green glossy leaves and white flowers. Hardy, drought resistant. Excellent for desert areas. Flats of 100 small plants, $6.00; gal. tins, 80c. Ligustrum japonicum. 1043. "Waxleaf Privet." 3-8 ft. 10°. Hardy from seacoast to desert. Fine medium-sized hedge with large glossy deep-green leaves and compact habit. Flats of 100 small plants, $6.00; gal. tins, 80c; 5-gal. tins, $3.00. Ligustrum ovalifolium. 1047. "California Privet." 3-8 ft. 10°. Best for severe cli- mates, strong growing, bright green foliage. Can be pruned to any desired size. Partially loses leaves in winter. Flats of 100 small plants, $6.00; gal. tins, 80c. Burford Holly (two-thirds natural size)—See page 35 Everybody Hydrangea but you will their richer, shade. 10°. Price on all varieties: Gal. tins, $1.25; 5-gal. tins, $4.00. Avalanche. 965. Immense, pure white. Triomphe. 959. A very fine deep pink. Matador. 955. Deep rich rose-red. 80c; 5-gal. tins, $3.00. Holly Leaf Sweetspire Itea ilicifolia. 983. "Holly Leaf Sweet- spire." 8 ft. 15°. The big, polished, deep-toothed leaves of luxuriant dark green look more like Holly than Holly itself. Grows tall and slender. Sun or part shade along coast, part shade inland. Gal. tins, $1.00; 5-gal. tins, $3.50. Rouget de Lisle. 957. Normally this is a rich shade of deep carmine, but we have treated the soil to make them bloom a deep rich blue. The flowers will always be that way if you keep the soil acid. Hydrangea macrophylla. 953. (H. hor- tensis.) "Old-Fashioned Hydrangea." 5-8 ft. Long a favorite in California gardens, with its large bold foliage and immense heads of pink flowers, which turn blue in soils containing iron. [34]
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Image from page 35 of "Armstrong Nurseries" (1948)
Title: Armstrong Nurseries
Identifier: armstrongnurseri1948arms
Authors: Armstrong Nurseries (Ontario, Calif. ); Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nurseries (Horticulture) California Catalogs; Nursery stock California Catalogs; Fruit trees California Catalogs; Ornamental trees California Catalogs; Shrubs California Catalogs; Flowers California Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental California Catalogs
Publisher: Ontario, Calif. : Armstrong Nurseries
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
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Orange Ginger-Lily (Yellow, Orange and Scarlet) Fragrant Ginger-Lily Hedychium gardnerianum. 1429. "Orange Ginger-Lily." 4-5 ft. 24°. For something really startling in the way of exotic color and fragrance, try this new Ginger-Lily from India. The 8 to 12-inch flower spike is a complicated affair with long tubes of saf- fron-yellow, contrasted with extraordinarily long filaments which are orange, shading to orange-scarlet at the tip. The intoxicating sweet fragrance fills the garden or the house. Blooms in early spring, has big glossy leaves, 1 8 inches long and 6 inches across. Plenty of moisture. Sun or shade. Gal. tins, $1.50; 5-gal. tins, $4.50. Hedychium coronarium. 1427. "White Ginger-Lily." 6 ft. 24°. Similar to the above but with exceedingly fragrant 3-inch white blossoms. Sun or shade. Plenty of moisture. Gal. tins, $1.25; 5-gal. tins, $4.00. Cheerful Sun-Roses Halimium libonotis. 923. "Rosemary Sun-Rose." 18 inches. 10°. Dainty little compact plant with fine gray-green, rosemary-like foliage, covered in spring with quantities of little %-inch pure white flowers. Grows almost anywhere. Full sun. Gal. tins, 80c. Halimium ocymoides. 925. "Spanish Sun-Rose." 3 ft. 10°. In early spring and summer this little rounded plant with gray-green foliage is a glorious mass of bright yellow flowers, each bloom with a maroon-red center. Likes sun, not too much water. Prune back after flowering season. Grows easily anywhere. Gal. tins, Evergreen Shrubs Freeblooming Fuchias No other shade-loving shrubs bloom so pro- fuse'y and with so much color over such a long season as the Fuchsias. They like a cool, moist, shady situation, thriving in most of California. 22°. Price on all Fuchsias: Gal. tins, 80c. Taller Growing Fuchsias Aviator. 21. Single, pure white, with long, rose-red sepals curving outward like wings. 2-4 ft. Blue Gown. 23. A brilliant blue cup in a bright scarlet saucer. Large double. 3-4 ft. Cardinal. 24. Very long sepals of deep rose to cardinal-red, with purple petals. Vigor- ous and will climb to 15 feet. Glendole. 28. Single dainty coral-pink flow- ers on a tall vigorous plant. Will grow in full sun in the coastal belt. 4-5 feet. Gypsy Queen. 29. Double giant with rose- pink petals and flame-colored sepals. 4-5 ft. Otto. 33. A large brilliant purple cup (the petals) in a bright scarlet saucer (the se- pals) . A large, single flower, 1 Vz inches long. 4-5 feet. Pasadena. 34. Small, semi-double flower, white with striped pink petals and deep pink sepals. Small, densely foliaged plant. 6-8 ft. Pride of Orion. 37. Immense double flow- ers, with pure white petals, brilliant scarlet sepals. Our best white. 4-5 feet. Storm King. 41. Petals are waxy white, with crimson veins at the base. The sepals are brilliant scarlet. Quite double. 3-4 feet. Tubular-Flowered Fuchsia Souv. de Henry Henkel. 39. Long, tubular, scarlet flowers. Plum-colored foliage. 2-4 ft. Our Best Hanging Basket Fuchsias Cascade. 25. Almost 4 inches long. Coral- rose sepals, bright rose petals. 1 -2 feet. Aurora Superba. 19. Single, orange-salmon. 2-4 feet. Our Best Low-Growing Fuchsias Little Beauty. 31. Single, purple petals, red sepals. Compact plant, heavy bloomer. 1 -2ft. Melody. 32. Large, perfect single flowers in pastel shades, with cup of pale purple and saucer of rose. Graceful pendulous type of growth. 2-4 feet. Pasteur. 35. Double, white petals, scarlet sepal: 1-2 feet. Hydrangeas loves the big Old-Fashioned macrophylla described below, I enjoy these new hybrids with deeper colors as well. Part Chinese Hat Plant Holmskioldia sanguined. 951. "Chinese Hat Plant." 8 feet. 22°. In a warm, sunny spot, this unique plant will produce great long clusters of brick-red flower bracts dur- ing almost the entire year, even through the middle of winter when you can use it for Christmas decorations. A beautiful thing when trained flat against buildings or wall facing south. It likes plenty of sunshine and water. Gal. tins, $1.25; 5-gal. tins, $4.00. Gold Flower Hypericum moserianum. 969. 2 ft. 10°. A particularly valuable low foreground shrub, covered in early spring and summer with big, 2-inch golden yellow flowers. Easy to grow anywhere. Full sun or part shade. Gal. tins, 80c. Hypericum patulum henryi. 971. "Henry's Golden Cup." 4 ft. 10°. Has foliage and plenty of bright golden, 2-inch flowers like the above but it gets up to 4 feet in height and makes a beautifully rounded, compact plant which blooms over most of the spring and summer. Grows with the greatest of ease in any soil. Sun or part shade. Gal. tins, 80c. Hypericum calycinum. 967. 10°. A fast growing ground cover with dark evergreen foliage and countless 3-inch golden flowers. See page 52. Flats, $6.00. Privets for Hedges Ligustrum lucidum. 1045. "Japanese Privet." 4 to 12 ft. 10°. The best fast growing tall hedge plant. Dark green glossy leaves and white flowers. Hardy, drought resistant. Excellent for desert areas. Flats of 100 small plants, $6.00; gal. tins, 80c. Ligustrum japonicum. 1043. "Waxleaf Privet." 3-8 ft. 10°. Hardy from seacoast to desert. Fine medium-sized hedge with large glossy deep-green leaves and compact habit. Flats of 100 small plants, $6.00; gal. tins, 80c; 5-gal. tins, $3.00. Ligustrum ovalifolium. 1047. "California Privet." 3-8 ft. 10°. Best for severe cli- mates, strong growing, bright green foliage. Can be pruned to any desired size. Partially loses leaves in winter. Flats of 100 small plants, $6.00; gal. tins, 80c. Burford Holly (two-thirds natural size)—See page 35 Everybody Hydrangea but you will their richer, shade. 10°. Price on all varieties: Gal. tins, $1.25; 5-gal. tins, $4.00. Avalanche. 965. Immense, pure white. Triomphe. 959. A very fine deep pink. Matador. 955. Deep rich rose-red. 80c; 5-gal. tins, $3.00. Holly Leaf Sweetspire Itea ilicifolia. 983. "Holly Leaf Sweet- spire." 8 ft. 15°. The big, polished, deep-toothed leaves of luxuriant dark green look more like Holly than Holly itself. Grows tall and slender. Sun or part shade along coast, part shade inland. Gal. tins, $1.00; 5-gal. tins, $3.50. Rouget de Lisle. 957. Normally this is a rich shade of deep carmine, but we have treated the soil to make them bloom a deep rich blue. The flowers will always be that way if you keep the soil acid. Hydrangea macrophylla. 953. (H. hor- tensis.) "Old-Fashioned Hydrangea." 5-8 ft. Long a favorite in California gardens, with its large bold foliage and immense heads of pink flowers, which turn blue in soils containing iron. [34]
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