Round the Year in the Garden 



nurserymen have different names for similar sorts. One 

 of the most satisfactory of all for the garden is Maggie 

 Mott, of lavender-blue colouring; it blooms most pro- 

 fusely from early until late summer. It is possible to 

 form some simple though effective colour schemes with 

 Roses and Tufted Pansies, providing the former are 

 fairly correctly grouped in colours. For example, the 

 variety Maggie Mott looks best beneath pink Roses ; 

 yellow Violas associate best with crimson Roses ; purple 

 Violas with yellow Roses, and so on. 



Pentstemons, though really hardy perennials in many 

 gardens, are commonly raised from cuttings in Sep- 

 tember, like Tufted Pansies, and the young plants are 

 put out now. Some of the smaller-flowered varieties are, 

 I think, more attractive than the larger ones. Three 

 that especially appeal to me are Newbury Gem, Southgate 

 Gem and Myddleton Gem. 



Hardy Annuals. Hardy Annuals are, in some ways, 

 the easiest of all flowers to grow, and there is the 

 temptation, for that reason, to pay little heed to their 

 likes and dislikes, but merely to sow them and to hope 

 for the best. Useful as they are when given fair treat- 

 ment, they are perhaps the most unsatisfactory of all 

 hardy flowers when left entirely to look after them- 

 selves. Their lives are so short they flower from seed 

 in about three months that they have no chance of 

 recovering from neglect and indifferent cultivation. 

 Annuals are commonly regarded as of value for filling 

 blanks in the mixed border, but to set them among tall 

 perennials, as is often done, is simply to court failure ; 

 they need sunshine and fresh air. They provide the 

 finest display when grown in beds in the open, garden or 

 in patches towards the front of the mixed border where 

 they will not be overshadowed by more vigorous neigh- 

 bours. Some of them may be grouped towards the 

 margin of the Rose beds if their presence there is not 

 objected to. 



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