GARDEN GUIDE 



Annuals for Edging Beds of Other Plants 



Dwarf Snapdragon Petunia 



French Marigold 



Lobelia (Lobelia eri- 

 nus) 



Madagascar Peri- 

 winkle (Vinca ro- 

 sea) 



Nasturtium Tom 



Thumb 



Ageratum 

 Annual Phlox 

 California Poppy 

 Baby's Breath 

 Calliopsis (Dwarf) 

 Candytuft 

 Dwarf Marigold 



(Tagetes signata 



primula) 



Portulaca 

 San viT alia 

 Scarlet Flax 

 Swan River Daisy 

 Sweet Alyssum 

 Verbena 



Foliage Annuals 



RiciNus communis (Castor Oil Bean). One of the tallest, most rampant 



growing annuals. 

 Senecio cinerarioides and Centaurea gymnocarpa (Dusty Miller). 



Unexcelled for gray effects. 

 Pennisetum (Fountain Grass). Dainty and graceful hairy spikes. 

 Amaranthus caudatus (Love-Lies -Bleeding). Foliage deep maroon often. 

 Mexican Horned Poppy. The deep green leaves are veined with white. 

 Phalaris arundinacea, var. picta (Ribbon Grass). A very useful grass 



for bouquets as well as landscape effect. 

 HoRDEUM jubatum (Squirrel's Tail Grass). Spike resembles a squirrel's 



tail. Adds a very graceful touch to the border or bouquet. 

 KocHiA tricophylla (Summer Cypress). Makes a formal cypress-like 



plant. In Autumn turns a bluish crimson, at which time it seems a 



poor color. 

 Zea Mays japonica (Variegated Corn). Useful for bouquets of Gladioli 



or Red Hot Pokers. 



Biennials 



This is a class of 

 plants which 



lives 

 years. 



Hedge of Ipomceas, or Morning Glories, 

 doors at the end of May 



Sow out of 



but two 

 The seed 

 can be sown in 

 the Summer or 

 early Autumn 

 one year; the 

 young plants 

 form a rosette of 

 leaves but do not 

 bloom until the 

 following year, 

 after which they 

 usually die. One 

 of our common- 



