Part 32

+--------------------------------+---------------------+-----------------+ | =Common and Botanical | =Color, Height and |=Kind of Soil and| | Name; Hints on | Time in Bloom= | Light Required= | | Cultivation= | | | +--------------------------------+---------------------+-----------------+ | | | | | BLOOMING IN MARCH | | | | | | | |=Anemone or Hepatica= (_Hepatica|Blue, lilac, pink, |Rich, drained | |triloba_).--For wild garden or |white; 5 inches; 3 |loam; shade. | |rock garden. Evergreen. |weeks. | | | | | | | BLOOMING IN APRIL | | | | | | | |=Bluebell= (_Mertensia |Blue; 16 inches; 3 |Rich loam; sun. | |Virginica_).--Leave undisturbed |weeks. | | |for years. Foliage dies in | | | |summer. | | | | | | | |=Shooting Star= (_Dodecatheon |Pink; 8 inches; 3 |Good; partial | |Meadia_).--Its English name is |weeks. |shade. | |very descriptive. | | | | | | | |=Wild Sweet William= (_Phlox |Blue; 16 inches; 4 |Rich; sun or | |divaricata_).--The tallest of |weeks. |shade. | |the early phloxes. | | | | | | | |=Sweet Violet= (_Viola |Blue; 8 inches; 6 |Heavy rich; sun | |adorata_).--Blooms again in |weeks. |or shade. | |autumn. | | | | | | | |=Rock Cress= (_Arabis albida_). |White; 4 inches; 3 |Any; sun. | |--For edgings, carpeting bare |weeks. | | |spots, covering banks, etc. | | | | | | | |=Large-Leaved Saxifrage= |White, blue, pink; 12|Any; partial | |(_Saxifraga sp._).--The |inches; 2 weeks. |shade. | |different species known to the | | | |trade as _Saxifraga Megasea_ | | | |generally appear in early April.| | | | | | | |=Moss Pink= (_Phlox subulata_). |Pink; 6 inches; 4 |Good; full sun. | |--Spreads rapidly. Moss-like |weeks. | | |foliage. Carpets ground. | | | | | | | |=English Primrose= (_Primula |Yellow; 9 inches; 3 |Light rich; full | |vulgaris_).--Some moisture is |weeks. |sun. | |necessary to produce fine | | | |blossoms. | | | | | | | |=Leopard’s Bane= (_Doronicum |Yellow; 10 inches; 4 |Any; sun or semi-| |plantagineum_, var. _excelsum_).|weeks. |shade. | |--Showiest early flower of the | | | |daisy family. Flowers sometimes | | | |four inches across. Give | | | |scattering bloom all season. | | | | | | | |=Poppy Mallow= (_Callirhoe |Red, purple; 9 |Good sun. | |involucrata_).--Hardy. May bloom|inches; 8 weeks. | | |again in late summer. | | | | | | | | BLOOMING IN MAY | | | | | | | |=Spiderwort= (_Tradescantia |Violet, blue; 24 |Good; sun or half| |Virginiana_).--For mixed |inches; 12 weeks. |shade. | |borders, wild garden or front of| | | |shrubbery. | | | | | | | |=Many-Leaved Lupine= (_Lupinus |Blue, white; 36 |Rich, heavy; sun | |polyphyllus_).--Easily raised |inches; 4 weeks. |or shade. | |from seed. Soil must not dry | | | |quickly. | | | | | | | |=Common Columbine= (_Aquilegia |Violet, white; 36 |Rich; sun or | |vulgaris_).--Also grow _A. |inches; 5 weeks. |shade. | |chrysantha_ (yellow), and _A. | | | |Canadensis_ (red). | | | | | | | |=German Iris= (_Iris |Various; 24 inches; 3|Good; sun. | |Germanica_).--Plant rhizomes |weeks. | | |flat, cover half their depth. | | | |Best transplanted after bloom. | | | |Keep from contact with manure. | | | | | | | |=Scotch Pink= (_Dianthus |White, pink; 10 |Good; sun. | |plumarius_).--Evergreen. Don’t |inches; 2 weeks. | | |cover with litter in winter. | | | | | | | |=Garden Heliotrope= (_Valeriana |White; 36 inches; 3 |Good; sun or half| |officinalis_).--Sweet spicy |weeks. |shade. | |fragrance; rapid spreader; an | | | |old favorite. | | | | | | | |=Yellow Larkspur= (_Delphinium |Yellow; 12 inches; 10|Deep, rich, | |nudicaule_).--Grows wild near |weeks. |sandy loam; sun. | |streams in northern California, | | | |a pretty, early variety for the | | | |garden. | | | | | | | |=Brown and Yellow Corn Flower= |Brown and yellow; 24 |Any good; sun. | |(_Lepachys columnaris_, var. |inches; 12 weeks. | | |_pulcherrima_).--Grown as an | | | |annual for bedding. Start | | | |indoors in March; it will bloom | | | |June to September. | | | | | | | |=Lily-of-the-Valley= |White; 8 inches; 3 |Good, heavy; | |(_Convallaria majalis_).--Divide|weeks. |partial shade. | |every four or five years if | | | |crowded. Plant six or seven pips| | | |in a bunch. | | | | | | | |=Bachelor’s Button= (_Ranunculus|Yellow; 18 inches; 5 |Good, moist; | |acris_, var. _flore pleno_).-- |weeks. |partial shade. | |Easiest to raise of the yellow | | | |buttons. | | | | | | | |=Cowslip= (_Primula |Yellow; 8 inches; 3 |Moist, deep, | |officinalis_).--Small flowers |weeks. |light; part | |well above leaves. Water during | |shade. | |drought. | | | | | | | |=Lemon Lily= (_Hemerocallis |Yellow; 18 inches; 4 |Good; sun or | |flava_).--This sweet scented |weeks. |partial shade. | |flower is the best Hemerocallis.| | | | | | | |=Early Peony= (_Pæonia |Red, white; 6 inches;|Rich, heavy; sun.| |officinalis_).--This European |8 weeks. | | |species is the parent of the | | | |early peonies; blooms fortnight | | | |before the Chinese peonies. | | | | | | | |=Carolina Phlox= (_Phlox |Rosy red; 8 inches; 4|Good, light; sun.| |ovata_).--A rich color for the |weeks. | | |front of a bed. | | | | | | | |=Bleeding Heart= (_Dicentra |Rosy red; 18 inches; |Rich, light; sun.| |spectabilis_).--Commonly planted|4 weeks. | | |in fall. Sold by bulb dealers | | | |also. | | | | | | | |=Pyrethrum= (_Chrysanthemum |Pink, white; 24 |Rich, deep, | |coccineum_).--_Pyrethrum roseum_|inches; 5 weeks. |light; sun. | |dies from too much moisture in | | | |clay soil. Wilts if too dry. | | | | | | | |=English Daisy= (_Bellis |Pink, white; 6 |Rich, rather | |perennis_).--Best to winter in |inches; 8 weeks. |heavy; sun. | |cold frames. Water freely while | | | |growing. | | | | | | | |=Siberian Primrose= (_Primula |Pink; 12 inches; 5 |Dry, rich; sun. | |cortusoides_).--One of the |weeks. | | |latest primroses. Flowers one | | | |inch across. | | | | | | | | BLOOMING IN JUNE | | | | | | | |=Perennial Larkspur= |Blue; 24 inches; 6 |Rich, well- | |(_Delphinium formosum_).--_D. |weeks. |drained, heavy; | |Zalil_ is yellow, two feet. _D. | |sun. | |elatum_ is blue, six feet. _D. | | | |Chinensis_ is a dwarf kind, two | | | |feet. | | | | | | | |=Canterbury Bells= (_Campanula |Blue, white, pink; 24|Rich, not too | |Medium_).--Biennial, needs |inches; 5 weeks. |light; sun. | |winter protection. Var. | | | |_calycanthema_ best. | | | | | | | |=Foxglove= (_Digitalis |Purple; 36 inches; 5 |Light, good, | |purpurea_).--Short-lived |weeks. |moist; sun; | |perennial but self-sows. Highest| |shade. | |type is var. _gloxiniæflora_, | | | |best sown in August; wintered in| | | |cold frames. | | | | | | | |=Beard-Tongue= (_Pentstemon |Blue; 24 inches; 3 |Good soil; | |diffusus_).--Tall slender spikes|weeks. |partial shade. | |of light purplish blue flower. | | | | | | | |=Japanese Iris= (_Iris |Various; 48 inches; 4|Rich, moist; sun.| |lævigata_).--Largest flowered |weeks. | | |iris. Needs more moisture. | | | | | | | |=Siberian Columbine= (_Aquilegia|Light blue; 24 |Rich, dry; sun or| |Sibirica_).--Give columbine |inches; 4 weeks. |half shade. | |seeds light soil; plants rather | | | |heavy soil. | | | | | | | |=False Indigo= (_Baptisia |Blue; 36 inches; 3 |Good; sun. | |australis_).--Resembles the |weeks. | | |lupine. | | | | | | | |=Douglas’ Clematis= (_Clematis |Blue; 24 inches; 3 |Rich, light loam;| |Douglasi_).--Bell-shaped flowers|weeks. |sun. | |darker within than without. | | | | | | | |=Jacob’s Ladder= (_Polemonium |Blue, white; 24 |Rich, deep loam; | |cæruleum_).--Likes moisture. An |inches; 4 weeks. |sun. | |old-time flower. | | | | | | | |=Amsonia= (_Amsonia |Blue; 24 inches; 4 |Good; sun. | |Tabernæmontana_).--Subshrub with|weeks. | | |willow-like leaves. Grows well | | | |in shrubbery. | | | | | | | |=Goat’s Beard= (_Aruncus |White; 24 inches; 3 |Good; sun. | |astilboides_).--Feathery-spiked |weeks. | | |flowers. Fine cut foliage. | | | | | | | |=Pearl Achillea= (_Achillea |White; 24 inches; 12 |Rich; sun. | |Ptarmica_, var. _Pearl_).--Fence|weeks. | | |in roots with a square of | | | |boards. | | | | | | | |=Phlox Miss Lingard= (_Phlox |White; 18 inches; 6 |Rich; sun. | |maculata_, var. _Miss Lingard_).|weeks. | | |--Healthiest and best variety of| | | |common early perennial garden | | | |phlox. | | | | | | | |=Gas Plant= (_Dictamnus |White, pink; 24 |Rich, heavy; sun.| |Fraxinella_).--Will also grow in|inches. | | |partial shade. Very long-lived. | | | | | | | |=Hardy Yucca= (_Yucca |White; 60 inches; 4 |Rich, light loam;| |flaccida_).--“_Yucca |weeks. |sun. | |filamentosa_” of nurserymen, not| | | |of botanists. Transplant only in| | | |early spring. Makes new plants | | | |every year by suckers. | | | | | | | |=Golden Marguerite= (_Anthemis |Yellow; 12 inches; 10|Good; sun. | |tinctoria_).--Divide every year.|weeks. | | |Var. _Kelwayi_ best. | | | | | | | |=Perennial Coreopsis= |Yellow; 18 inches; 10|Good; sun. | |(_Coreopsis lanceolata_).--Don’t|weeks. | | |let it go to seed. | | | | | | | |=Woolly Yarrow= (_Achillea |Yellow; 8 inches; 4 |Dry, rich; sun. | |tomentosa_).--Carpets the ground|weeks. | | |in early June. | | | | | | | |=Perennial Gaillardia= |Yellow; 12 inches; 16|Good, light; sun.| |(_Gaillardia aristata_).--The |weeks. | | |yellow with maroon disk is | | | |perhaps the best. Blooms | | | |steadily till frost if fading | | | |flowers are cut. | | | | | | | |=Thin-Leaved Coneflower= |Yellow; 36 inches; 5 |Rich, moist; sun.| |(_Rudbeckia triloba_).-- |weeks. | | |Biennial, but blooms first year | | | |and self-sows. | | | | | | | |=Wild Indigo= (_Baptisia |Yellow; 24 inches; 4 |Good; sun. | |tinctoria_).--_Baptisia |weeks. | | |australis_, blue, is showier. | | | | | | | |=German Catchfly= (_Lychnis |Deep red; 9 inches; 3|Good, light; sun.| |Viscaria_).--Beautiful, old- |weeks. | | |fashioned, long-lived in | | | |congenial situation. | | | | | | | |=Late or Chinese Peony= (_Pæonia|Crimson, white, pink;|Very rich, deep; | |Chinensis_).--Flowers best in |30 inches; 3 weeks. |sun. | |rather heavy soil, with moisture| | | |in spring and summer. Single | | | |varieties are exquisite. | | | | | | | |=Oriental Poppy= (_Papaver |Red; 36 inches; 2 |Rich; sun. | |orientale_).--The variety |weeks. | | |_bracteatum_--deep red--is the | | | |best. | | | | | | | |=Sweet William= (_Dianthus |Various; 12 inches; 5|Light, rich; sun.| |barbatus_).--Biennial but self- |weeks. | | |sows. | | | | | | | |=Japanese Pinks= (_Dianthus |Various; 9 inches; 12|Light, rich; sun.| |Chinensis_, var. _Heddewigi_).--|weeks. | | |Best treated as annual. Start | | | |indoors. | | | | | | | |=Coral Bells= (_Heuchera |Crimson; 18 inches; |Good; sun or | |sanguinea_).--Graceful racemes |12 weeks. |half-shade. | |of delicate flowers. Blooms all | | | |summer. | | | | | | | |=Fire Pink= (_Silene |Crimson; 18 inches; 8|Good; sun or half| |Virginica_).--It cannot stand |weeks. |shade. | |much moisture. | | | | | | | | BLOOMING IN JULY | | | | | | | |=Fremont’s Clematis= (_Clematis |Bluish purple; 24 |Deep, rich; sun. | |Fremonti_).--A western bush |inches; 3 weeks. | | |clematis for the hardy border. | | | | | | | |=Beard-Tongue= (_Pentstemon |Blue; 36 inches; 3 |Moist; sun. | |ovatus_).--Short-lived but very |weeks. | | |free blooming while it lasts. | | | | | | | |=True Monkshood= (_Aconitum |Blue; 48 inches; 3 |Rich; partial | |Napellus_).--This plant lives |weeks. |shade. | |longer in partial shade. | | | | | | | |=Japanese Bellflower= |Blue, white; 18 |Light loam; sun. | |(_Platycodon grandiflorum_).-- |inches; 4 weeks. | | |Largest easily grown flower of | | | |the bellflower family. | | | | | | | |=Double Feverfew= |White; 18 inches; 12 |Rich; sun. | |(_Chrysanthemum Parthenium_).-- |weeks. | | |Gives many white buttons. | | | | | | | |=False Chamomile= (_Boltonia |White, violet; 60 |Any good; sun. | |asteroides_).--Like a wild |inches; 4 weeks. | | |aster. Very profuse of bloom. | | | | | | | |=Bugbane= (_Cimicifuga |White; 60 inches; 4 |Good; partial | |racemosa_).--For shrubbery back |weeks. | | |of border, or wild garden. | | | | | | | |=Meadow Rue= (_Thalictrum |White; 60 inches; 4 |Moist; sun. | |polygamum_).--For wild garden or|weeks. | | |shrubbery. Fern-like foliage. | | | | | | | |=Perennial Phlox= (_Phlox |White, pink, red, |Rich, moist; sun.| |paniculata_).--See also _Phlox |blue; 36 inches; 4 | | |maculata_ in June. |weeks. | | | | | | |=Hollyhock= (_Althæa rosea_).-- |White, pink, red; 72 |Deep, rich, | |Dig dry Bordeaux about crowns in|inches; 4 weeks. |heavy; sun. | |spring; spray under side of | | | |leaves weekly with ammoniacal | | | |copper carbonate. | | | | | | | |=Double Perennial Sunflower= |Yellow; 60 inches; 6 |Any good; sun. | |(_Helianthus decapetalus_, var. |weeks. | | |_multiflorus_).--Divide every | | | |two years. Flowers deteriorate. | | | | | | | |=Shining-Leaved Coneflower= |Yellow; 24 inches; 4 |Any good; sun. | |(_Rudbeckia nitida_).--Plenty of|weeks. | | |moisture suits it best. | | | | | | | |=Golden Glow= (_Rudbeckia |Yellow; 72 inches; 3 |Any good; sun. | |laciniata, fl._ pf.).-- |weeks. | | |Wonderfully prolific. Divide | | | |annually. Getting common. | | | | | | | |=Pitcher’s Sunflower= |Yellow; 6 weeks. |Good, dry; sun. | |(_Heliopsis lævis_).--Earlier | | | |than sunflowers, smaller. Var. | | | |_Pitcheriana_ best. | | | | | | | |=Gay Feather= (_Liatris |Pink; 48 inches; 3 |Good; sun. | |pycnostachya_).--Very striking. |weeks. | | |Plant in groups of five or more.| | | | | | | |=Purple Coneflower= (_Echinacea |Pinkish; 24 inches; 6|Good: deep: sun. | |purpurea_).--Rather coarse but |weeks. | | |effective flowers. Sometimes | | | |four feet high. | | | | | | | |=Bee Balm= (_Monarda didyma_).--|Red; 36 inches; 8 |Good; sun. | |Rapid spreading. Place next to |weeks. | | |white phlox. | | | | | | | | BLOOMING IN AUGUST | | | | | | | |=Long-Leaved Veronica= |Blue; 36 inches; 3 |Deep, rich; sun. | |(_Veronica longifolia_).--The |weeks. | | |best is var. _subsesilis_. | | | | | | | |=Stoke’s Aster= (_Stokesia |Blue; 18 inches; 4 |Well drained, | |cyanea_).--Hardy near Boston. An|weeks. |light, rich; sun.| |unusually fine shade of blue. | | | | | | | |=Mist Flower= (_Conoclinium |Blue; 18 inches; 4 |Any good; sun. | |cœlestinum_).--Easily grown. |weeks. | | |Light blue color. | | | | | | | |=Joe-Pye Weed= (_Eupatorium |Purple; 96 inches; 4 |Any good; sun. | |purpureum_).--For back of broad |weeks. | | |border, or shrubbery. | | | | | | | |=Arkansas Ironweed= (_Vernonia |Purple; 96 inches; 6 |Rich, deep; sun. | |Arkansana_).--Flowers by August |weeks. | | |1st. For shrubbery or wild | | | |garden. | | | | | | | |=New York Ironweed= (_Vernonia |Purple; 60 inches; 6 |Rich, deep; sun. | |Noveboracensis_).--Bushy. May be|weeks. | | |placed near _V. Arkansana_. | | | | | | | |=Lyon’s Turtlehead= (_Chelone |Purplish; 24 inches; |Rich; partial | |Lyonii_).--Resembles |4 weeks. |shade. | |pentstemons. Don’t allow to | | | |suffer from drought. | | | | | | | |=Baby’s Breath= (_Gypsophila |White; 24 inches; 3 |Rich, light; sun.| |paniculata_).--Beautiful misty |weeks. | | |white flower. Effective in | | | |bouquets. | | | | | | | |=Marshmallow= (_Hibiscus |Rose, white; 60 |Rich; sun. | |Moscheutos_).--They have deep |inches; 3 weeks. | | |crimson or purple eyes. | | | | | | | |=Showy Coneflower= (_Rudbeckia |Yellow; 24 inches; 6 |Good; sun or half| |speciosa_).--Moisture will |weeks. |shade. | |increase the size of the flower.| | | | | | | |=Showy Sunflower= (_Helianthus |Yellow; 72 inches; 6 |Good; sun. | |lætiflorus_).--Spread too |weeks. | | |rapidly for a crowded border. | | | | | | | |=Long-headed Coneflower= |Yellow; 24 inches; 6 |Good; sun. | |(_Lepachys columnaris_).-- |weeks. | | |Resembles black-eyed Susan. | | | | | | | |=Canadian Goldenrods= (_Solidago|Yellow; 48 inches; 5 |Any good; sun. | |Canadensis_).--Goldenrods all |weeks. | | |welcome in the wild garden. | | | | | | | |=Yarrow, Milfoil= (_Achillea |Pinkish; 24 inches; 8|Any good dry; | |Millefolium_).--Pink kind is |weeks. |sun. | |var. _roseum_. Sink boards | | | |around it. | | | | | | | |=Butterfly Weed= (_Asclepias |Orange; 24 inches; 5 |Good, dry; sun. | |tuberosa_).--Has big woody root.|weeks. | | |Transplant young seedlings. | | | | | | | |=Cardinal Flower= (_Lobelia |Red; 36 inches; 5 |Deep, moist; | |cardinalis_).--Does well in |weeks. |partial shade. | |garden soil. Water freely. | | | | | | | |=Showy Stonecrop= (_Sedum |Pink; 18 inches; 6 |Good, rich; sun. | |spectabile_).--Give good |weeks. | | |drainage. Best of the tall | | | |stonecrops. | | | | | | | |=False Chamomile= (_Boltonia |Pinkish; 60 inches; 5|Rich, deep; sun. | |latisquama_).--Satisfactory for |weeks. | | |back of border. Spreads | | | |considerably. | | | | | | | | BLOOMING IN SEPTEMBER | | | | | | | |=Fischer’s Aconite= (_Aconitum |Blue; 60 inches; 4 |Rich, deep, | |Fischeri_).--Early frost does |weeks. |partial shade. | |not harm this beautiful flower. | | | | | | | |=Blazing Star= (_Liatris |Rosy, purple; 36 |Rich, good; sun. | |graminifolia_).--A singular and |inches; 3 weeks. | | |strikingly beautiful flower. | | | | | | | |=Tartarian Aster= (_Aster |Blue; 72 inches; 3 |Any good; sun. | |Tataricus_).--Tallest of all |weeks. | | |asters. Many other good blue | | | |kinds. | | | | | | | |=New England Aster= (_Aster Novæ|Purple; 48 inches; 3 |Any good; sun. | |Angliæ_).--The rose variety is |weeks. | | |better. | | | | | | | |=Giant Daisy= (_Chrysanthemum |White; 60 inches; 3 |Rich, moist; sun.| |uliginosum_).--Spreads rapidly. |weeks. | | |For back of borders. Rather | | | |heavy soil. | | | | | | | |=Graceful Sunflower= |Yellow; 96 inches; 4 |Any good; sun. | |(_Helianthus orgyalis_).--One of|weeks. | | |the best hardy sunflowers. | | | |Blooms late. | | | | | | | |=Maximilian’s Sunflower= |Yellow; 72 inches; 5 |Any good; sun. | |(_Helianthus Maximiliana_).-- |weeks. | | |Another graceful sunflower. | | | | | | | |=Sneezeweed= (_Helenium |Yellow; 60 inches; 8 |Any good; sun. | |autumnale_).--Begins to bloom in|weeks. | | |August, sometimes in July. | | | +--------------------------------+---------------------+-----------------+