Wiedorn in Kansas III

In 1924, landscape architect William S. Wiedorn published an article intended for Kansas property owners desirous of improving their yards. "Beautifying the Home Grounds of Kansas" included general advice and a comprehensive planting list. For those struggling to design their gardens, Wiedorn offered the advice of K-State Agricultural College's horticultural department provided inquiring parties supplied a plat.

A LIST OF TREES, SHRUBS AND PLANTS FOR KANSAS HOME GROUNDS

TREES FOR STREET PLANTING

White elm
Pin Oak
Silver maple
Hackberry
Sycamore
Honey locust

TREES FOR YARD PLANTING

Basswood
Tulip tree
Green ash
Osage orange
Russian mulberry

SHRUBS

Japanese barberry
Van Houtes spires
Common privet
Armur river privet
Buckthorn
Bush hydrangea
Butterfly bush
Tamarisk
Fragrant sumac
Staghorn sumac
Indian currant
Japanese quince
Golden bell
Morrow's honeysuckle
Red-twigged dogwood
Common lilac
Rose of Sharon
Mock orange

VINES

Bittersweet
Japanese clematis
Jackman's clematis
Five-leaved ivy
Climbing roses: Dorothy Perkins, Crimson rambler, Climbing American Beauty, Tausenschon

EVERGREENS

Trees

Scotch pine
Austrian pine
Jack pine
Bull pine
Red cedar (best evergreen for Kansas)
Douglas spruce

Shrubs

Fragrant honeysuckle
Low juniper

Vines

Memorial rose
Hall's honeysuckle

ROSES

Prairie Rose

FLOWERS

Bulbs (Spring)

Crocus
Narcisssus
Tulip
Hyacinth

Bulbs (Summer)

Tiger lilies
Dahlias
Gladiolus
Cannas

PERENNIALS

English daisy
Periwinkle
Columbine
Bleeding heart
Iris
Goat's beard
Sweet William
Foxglove
Oriental poppy
Garden pinks
Oriental larkspur
Hollyhocks
Carpathian harebells
Hardy phlox
Peonies
Asters
Evening primroses
Gaillardia
Coreposis
Shasta daisies
Yucca filamentosa

From:  W.S. Wiedorn. "Beautifying the Home Grounds of Kansas." The Biennial Report of the Kansas State Horticultural Society. Topeka: Kansas State Printing Plant, 1924, pp. 150-156.