322 COMMON SENSE GARDENS 



Hemerocallis flava is the lemon Day Lily which 

 blooms profusely in June and should be planted 

 in clumps at the corners of the beds or the foot 

 of a flight of steps. Hemerocallis fulva is the 

 orange Day Lily, a rampant grower, with larger and 

 less attractive flowers than flava. Plant it in 

 the large beds, two or four clumps balancing each 

 other; its bloom is borne on long stems well above 

 the other plants. It spreads very rapidly and 

 should be kept from reaching out into the clumps 

 of Phlox, Foxglove, etc., for a little of it goes a long 

 way. 



Rudbeckia, or Golden Glow, is not included in 

 the above list for it is not necessary to use it, and 

 it is of such weed-like growth that it is apt to 

 spread over everything. Small clusters of it may 

 be distributed through the Phlox in the large beds, 

 but place them where the lower part of the stalks 

 will be hidden, for the old leaves generally wither. 

 It should be kept low by pinching off the leaf 

 crowns, and although the individual flowers will 

 not be improved by this method you will get the 

 colour, which is all you need, and the plants will not 

 grow to such a height that they will be broken off 



