The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming.Shaw, Ellen Eddy
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The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming.
Shaw, Ellen Eddy
Gardening -- Juvenile literature
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LOW GROWING PERENNIALS
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NAME COLOUR TIME HEIGHT SPECIAL POINTS
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Crested Blue April 9 in. Earliest of iris. Good for
Dwarf Iris edgings. Plant the
middle of March.
Dwarf Flag Purple April 9 in. Increases rapidly. Large
flowers. Good colouring
English Pink April 6 in. Good for spring budding
Daisy White purposes.
Tufted Blue June 6 in. More but smaller flowers
Pansies or Yellow than pansies. After
Violets White July cut back, manure
and they will bloom
again in September.
Carpathian Blue July 8 in. Bloom for 6 weeks. Easy
Harebell to grow.
Coral Bells Red Aug. 12 in. Grow in sandy, well-drained
soil. Coral red
flowers.
Popp-mallow Crimson Sept. 9 in. Blooms nearly 12 weeks.
Colour does not harmonize
with others.
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PERENNIALS OF MEDIUM HEIGHT
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NAME COLOUR TIME HEIGHT SPECIAL POINTS
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Bleeding Pink May 1-1/2 ft. Long lived and long of
Heart bloom. Graceful.
European Crimson May 3 ft. Earliest of peonies. Poor
Peony White appearance in the fall.
Sweet Red June 12 in. Self sows. Flowers at their
William Pink best the second year.
White
Chinese Crimson June 2-1/2 ft. Long-lived. Very
Peony Pink satisfactory. Plant
White in September.
Foxglove Purple June 3-3-1/4 ft. Spire-like cluster
White of flowers.
Oriental Blue June 2-3 ft. Best blue perennial. Cut
Larkspur flower spikes as soon as
they fade.
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