Botanical

Name

English

Name

1 Deciduous

2 Evergreen

3 Vine

4 Herbaceous

Perennial

Ultimate Height in feet

Color

Time of Bloom

Remarks

Vitis coignetiae

Crimson Glory Vine

1&3

20-30

A strong growing vine, good for covering tree trunks or trellises. Its foliage is large, resembles the grape, and turns a brilliant scarlet in the autumn. B. C. D. G.

Vitis labrusca

Fox Grape

1&3

20-30

Green

A rapid climber with large, thick, deep green leaves and purple-black or red-brown berries. Good for covering trees, steep banks, rocks or coarse trellises. A. D.G.

Vitis vulpina

Frost Grape

1&3

20-30

Green

Resembles the preceding, but with very sweet-scented flowers and small purple-black berries. A. D.G.

Wistaria chinensis

Chinese Wistaria

1&3

20-30

Purple

May

Pea-shaped flowers in dense, pendant clusters, sometimes 1 foot long. Light green, compound foliage. Good for heavy trellises and well adapted for covering pergolas, also attractive if trained to old trees. A. D.G.

Wistaria chinensis var. albiflora

White Wistaria

1&3

20-30

White

May

Flowers larger than those of the preceding. Very rapid in growth, but requires a warm, sheltered situation. B. C. D. G.

Wistaria speclosa

American Wistaria

1&3

15-20

Lilac-purple

June

Not as vigorous as the Chinese Wistaria. Flowers in short racemes, generally 4 or 5 inches long. Leaves dark green. A. D.G.

Wistaria speclosa var. alba

American

White Wistaria

1&3

15-20

White

June

A white-flowered form of the preceding.

Wistaria multijuga

Large-flowered Chinese Wistaria

1 & 3

20-30

Deep blue

May

Undoubtedly the best of the Wistarias. It flowers while very young, varying in this respect from the common Chinese variety, and produces abundant loose clusters of flowers sometimes 2 feet long. A. D. G.

Woodsia llventis

Rutty Woodsia

4

6 in.

A good fern for the border and pretty among rocks. Leaves finely cut, 6 to 8 inches long and 1 to 1 1/2 inches wide, growing in rosettes or tufts. A. G.

Woodwardia augustifo-lia

Chain Fern

4

1

A coarse-foliaged fern with fronds 3 or 4 inches wide. Good for naturalizing under trees and among rocks. A.G.

Xanthocsras sorbifolia

1

8-10

Yellow-white

May

T. A rare, very ornamental dwarf tree or upright shrub, with long, pinnate foliage, dark green above and pale beneath. Flowers bell-shaped, in loose, upright clusters about 3 inches across and 5 to 6 inches long. B, C. E. G.

Xanthorrhiza apiifolia

Yellowroot

4

2

Purple

May & June

S. Good for covering steep banks and dry, sandy places. Flowers in slender, drooping racemes. Foliage light green, pinnate. A. G.

Yucca filamentosa

Adam's Needle

1

4

Cream-white

June & July

S. Foliage sword-like. Flowers bell-shaped, about 2 inches across, drooping and produced in large clusters on branching stalks. Of tropical appearance and effective in masses with shrubbery or perennials. A.G. I.

Zenobia pulverulenta or Andromeda speciosa

1

3

White

June

A hardy, deciduous or half-evergreen shrub which is very attractive when in bloom. It thrives well in a sandy soil; foliage glaucous. A. E. G.