HARDY BEDDING 315 



Ajuga Genevensis May-June 



Tufted pansies May-Sept. 



Cerastium tomentosum June-July 



Achillea tomentosa June-July 



Anemone Canadensis June-Sept. 



Carpathian harebell July 



Coral bells July-Aug. 



Hardy leadwort Sept.-Oct. 



Napoleon III pink June-Oct. 



THE FOURTH CROP 



Underneath the carpeting plant it is perfectly practical to 

 have a crop of bulbs. Indeed, bulbs never look their best when 

 growing out of bare earth. They are far prettier when seen against 

 a background of foliage that hides the soil entirely. These carpet- 

 ing plants are so shallow-rooted that they do not exhaust the 

 soil. If you have lilies in the centre of the bed, you can have an 

 edging of daffodils or tulips. If you have tulips or daffodils in the 

 centre you can have spring or autumn crocuses for an edging. 



In this way it is easy to get flowers at four different seasons. 

 If each one lasts a fortnight you will have eight weeks of bloom 

 from hardy flowers. Indeed, I believe it possible to have three 

 months of bloom in a hardy bed and attractive foliage for seven 

 months without the expense of annual digging and replanting. 



GAINING TWO OR THREE MONTHS 



Any one can make a hardy bed look attractive two or three 

 months longer than the best bed of tender plants in the world. 

 There are two whole months in spring, or from March I5th to 

 May 1 5th, when hardy plants will blo6m while tender ones would 

 be killed by frost. This one fact is reason enough why we should 

 try nine times to get a hardy combination before falling back on 

 tender plants, because this is time when there is the greatest 

 heart-hunger for flowers. 



