Hercules’s club | 6-15 | White |Low |Large compound leaves 3 to 4 feet long, make (Aralia spinosa) | | | ground| this the foliage plant _par excellence_. Flowers | | | | inconspicuous. | | | | 88. Sweet pepper bush | 3-8 |Cream- |Low |Fragrant flowers followed by persistent fruits, (Clethra alnifolia) | | white| ground| a sturdy habit and bushy outline make this | | | | a favorite. | | | | 89. Buttonbush | 5-15 |Cream- |Moist |Best not attempted much away from water, (Cephalanthus | | white| places| and in such situations often becoming almost occidentalis) | | | | treelike. Flowers fragrant. --------------------------+------+-----------+-----------+------------------------------------------------ --------------------------+------+-----------+-----------+----------------------------------------------------- Common and Latin |Height| Color of | Preferred | Remarks and Notes Names |(feet)| Flowers | Habitat | --------------------------+------+-----------+-----------+----------------------------------------------------- 90. Snowberry | 2-6 | White |Indifferent|The flowers are not showy but the conspicuous (Symphoricarpos | | | | white berries stay on all winter, thus valuable racemosus) | | | | for winter effect. | | | | 91. Coralberry | 1-4 | Pink |Indifferent|Much like the preceding but the red fruits are (Symphoricarpos | | | | not so persistent. Forms a wide-spreading vulgaris) | | | | bush. | | | | SEPT.-DEC. | | | | | | | | 92. Witch hazel | 5-15 | Yellow |Moist |Flowers later than any other native shrub, (Hamamelis virginiana)| | | shade| often after all the leaves have fallen off, | | | | and the first frost arrives. | | | | 93. Heather | 1-2 |Pinkish- |Sandy |Rather shy in its few American localities. Near (Calluna vulgaris) | | white| places| the coast from Massachusetts to southern | | | | New Jersey it should do well.