COLOUR IN MY GARDEN 



pervivums, Achillea tomentosa, Tunica Saxifraga, Lych- 

 nis alpina, Alpine Pinks in wide variety, Arabis, Alyssum 

 montanum, Lavender, Sedum Sieboldi, Antennarias, Linum 

 salsoloides, Gypsophila repens, Linaria Cymbalaria, and 

 L. hepaticaefolia, Aubrietias, Aethionemas, dwarf Phloxes, 

 Silene acaulis, Stachys Corsica, and Mazus rugosus. 



When my garden was first laid out the paths appeared too 

 wide, but as changing them would have meant expense and 

 delay they were not altered. Now, all along at the foot of the 

 stone border verges are mats and tufts and trails of gray and 

 green leafage — dwarf plants that have self-sown from the 

 border above into the path, thriving there amazingly and 

 creating the most delightful associations of colour and form, 

 while they narrow my paths to more pleasing dimensions. 

 These have not an untidy or haphazard appearance at all, 

 but seem a quite intended and happy ordering of the garden's 

 scheme, and of course we sharply check any sally designed to 

 take a venturesome seedling toward the centre of the path. 



As the seasons pass these small green squatters make 

 their floral offerings with the prettiest grace imagi- 

 nable and put forth as great a claim to admiration as do 

 any of the dwellers in more official circles. Here may be 

 found fountains of sky-blue Flax and rich stores of spicy 

 Pinks; trails of yellow Flax and tufts of rosy Thrift; 

 spreads of silvery Cerastium, velvet Woundwort, and 

 brilliant gatherings of fluttering Spanish Poppies with alert 

 Johnny-jump-ups prying between. It is amazing what 

 carefully nurtured plants will elect to lead a gypsy existence 

 in this apparently barren no-man's-land of the garden and 

 will there thrive when elsewhere in more favoured spots 



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