202 PLANNING AND PLANTING 



JULY AND AUGUST 



To the average amateur who has not been in- 

 formed on the subject, the planting season is short 

 and ends with May or at least early June. This, 

 however is a misunderstanding that it is the pur- 

 pose of this chapter to correct, for there are 

 important possibilities connected with July and 

 August plantings, in fact there are things that 

 should be planted during these hot summer months, 

 instead of being planted either in spring or fall. 



One of our very choice and popular hardy 

 perennials is the showy Oriental Poppy. Its flow- 

 ers are very large and very gorgeous, and there 

 are but few who know how to successfully plant 

 it, therefore it is not commonly grown as it should 

 be. 



These Poppies are very difficult to transplant 

 in the spring, when most other perennials may be 

 transplanted, and the right time to transplant 

 this flower is in midsummer after growth has 

 stopped and the tops have died down. 



Then the roots should be dug and cut up into 

 sections each about two inches in length, and these 

 pieces planted right where the Poppies are to 

 grow and bloom. Plant the pieces two inches deep 

 and about a foot apart so they will have plenty of 



