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The question often arises as to whether or not it is better to useaverage-sized nursery stock (three to four-year-old stock) or to use large overgrown shrubs. Many people feel that an immediate effect isdesirable and therefore the larger the shrubs that are used the morequickly the effect will be produced. The author has had considerableexperience with both types of plantings. The nursery shrub will re-quire anywhere from two to four years under normal spacing beforeit will develop sufficiently to produce the desired effect in the massplanting. On the other hand, the large, overgrown shrub which willproduce an immediate effect generally requires severe pruning andcutting back in order to produce any growth which will fill the plantat the bottom and the top. This renovating process requires from twoto three years. Therefore at the end of this period the general effectof the plantation is about the same whether large, overgrown shrubsare used or whether the smaller nursery specimens are used. |
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