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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 2 Dec 1971, p. 19

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* +m 9 7 Sm mae 100 e e f We ks O Sn p eate s e o . oo e se se Cc Pn l l en e â€"â€" 20.__ Whwrlog Chronicle, Thuridey, Decémber 21971 _ _ AMust be wellâ€"planned. _ _ VOTE FOR EXPERIENCE 41 JOHN W. _ WALLPAPER seevice O Glidden B oemer ALDERMAN WATERLOO ALTERNATIVE C PAINTS RICHARD LLOYD PARKING for THE FACTORY QOUTLET MISS RENE‘ HAS JUST ADDED WATERLOO‘S 578â€"5530 best hedging plant for each location will go a long way toward creating a useful and enjoyable outdoor living e 9 years Municipal Engineering experience as County Engineer e 7 years Business experience as Vice President and General Manager of a Waterloo Industry ©4 years Alderman. @2 years Chairman of Works and Sanitation Committee * 2 years Chairman Fire and Light Committee. * 2 years Chairman Finance Committee ©4 years Council representative of Community Serâ€" vice Board Reâ€"Elect ROBERT A. CRUISE P. Eng. Alderman in Waterioo PAINT for ips to create useful living area space loses its landscaping effect. If hedges, besides being functional, can also provide garden interest, so much the better. Berried hedges give us this interest in full measure, often throughout the dullest months of the year. To get the best effect from these kinds of hedges, care should be made in their selection and also in the method of pruning for this differs from ordinary plants. Hedges that proâ€" duce a good berried effect are as follows: Siebold‘s Aralia â€" (Acâ€" anthopanax sieboldianus ) This is the most ornamenâ€" tal of the Acanthopanax family, with palmate shiny leaves and fine lustrous black fruits. Although it grows well in the sun, it is a good plant for the shade. It PAPERS ADVICE WATERLOO One seldom thinks of a maple for its fruits, or of a tree maple as a hedge plant, but this charming maple can perform in both capacâ€" ities. As a hedge it must be allowed to grow eight or 10 feet high , then it will provide very showy pink fruits from July until October. In the fall its foliage turns to deep crimson, thus giving an adâ€" ded bonus of beauty. The native bittersweet is seldom considered as a hedâ€" ge plant but if you have a rough rail or wire fence you can train several plants over it and it will make a more or less formal hedge that selâ€" dom needs clipping. Its long straggly shoots may be tied in where they will evâ€" entually interâ€"twine with the others. . Bittersweet â€" (Celastrus scandens) Quite a few cotoneasters may be considered as hedâ€" ge plants with beauty of berâ€" ries, but Pekin cotoneaster is best for this area. Even without the fruit, it would still be among the top hedâ€" ges for formal or informal display. It has large texâ€" tured leaves that are dark green all summer and turn crimson in the fall. Its flowers are quite inconâ€" spicuous, but are followed tropical effect in the landâ€" scape. It should be sheared very erve the berries and reâ€" tain its large lustrous folâ€" by,.deep black fruits that hang on the bushes for a long time, sometimes into midâ€"winter. Pekin cotoneasterâ€" (Coâ€" toneaster acutifolia) Turkestan spindlebush â€" (Euonymus nanus ‘Turkesâ€" The best spindlebush for a THE PRESTIGE ADDRESS TN THE WATERLOO AREA creatrue decorating! Contact: FREDDY SCHMIDTKE BY LARRY MSLAUGHLIN WATERLOO PAINT â€" PAPER â€" VINYL ©2 storey office space or store space ©Total electric environment control eWall to wall broadloom tile to suit ©750 sq. ft. to 6,530 sq. ft. eOn sight parking eNOW leasing 89â€"91 King St. N. Waterloo OftSe 742â€"1998 after 5 p.m. Here is a very spiny light greenâ€"leaved â€" shrub â€" that is extremely hardy even on the prairies. The plants make a good thickhedge, and the _ lush _ reddishâ€"purple fruits, produced in abunâ€" dance, are considered by many a great attraction. The fruits are edible but not very palatable. Most prairie nurserymen stock this plant. ; neat small hedge is the Turkâ€" estan spindlebush, a small shrub with graceful branchâ€" lets and narrow green leavyâ€" es. In the fall it is covered with red orange fruit, surâ€" rounded by thick pink capâ€" sepia sinensis). pophae rhamoides) The sea buckthorn makes a good screen or a clipped hedge of four to five feet high. Its fine, light green foliage blends nicely with the surroundings and if not clipped too closely will be jewelled by fleshy orange red berries in the fall. will hang on most of winter until they finally white and drop. * Bush _ honeysuckles ‘ (Lonicera _ tatarica â€" cul vars) This is another excellent berried shrub for screen or informal hedges. â€" erve the fruits, this bush should be kept fairly low and not clipped too severely. Prune lightly both in early spring and in summer to preserve its berried effect. There are many new kinds that have attractive flowers as well as fruits. Watch for Arnold Red, Hack‘s Red and Morden Orange. Use Chronicle Classifieds Cherry Prinsepia â€" (Prinâ€" We oge o 92 CoP sls

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