COLOUR IN MY GARDEN 



I am extravagantly fond of Torch Lilies (Kniphofias), not 

 grown as one sees them all too often, drawn up in fierce 

 array upon a spread of meek greensward, but used in 

 gracious combination with the hardy plants and annuals of 

 their season. The flaming scarlets, warm coral reds, and 

 golden apricots of the torches are in fine harmony or bold 

 contrast with all the autumn flowers, save those that wear 

 the pinkish magenta tones, and even from these in ac- 

 cidental juxtaposition we do not shrink as we should have 

 in the earlier year. The great flower heads are particularly 

 striking piercing a haze of lavender Michaelmas Daisies; 

 late Aconites are most effective planted with them, and 

 they may be delightfully used with white Japanese Ane- 

 mones and the pretty lavender-flowered Eupatorium coeles- 

 tinum, or with the late white Phlox Jeanne d'Arc with a 

 foreground of dwarf Nasturtiums and Ageratum. 



One of the best and most reliable of these Kniphofias is 

 K. Pfitzeri (syn. corallina). It is of a fine coral colour and 

 sends up its great torches on stems three feet tall from 

 August until November. The old Red Hot Poker (K. 

 Uvaria; syn. aloides) is perhaps the hardiest and the best 

 for general use. It blooms late and its red and yellow 

 flowers rise on stems five feet tall. But the wonderful 

 colours of some of the newer sorts are not to be resisted. K. 

 caulescens, for instance, has handsome glaucous foliage 

 and reddish-salmon flowers of a most beautiful tone. Gol- 

 conda, too, is a beauty and Leichtlinii, both with warm 

 golden-apricot torches. The flower spikes of Chloris are 

 tarnished gold and particularly rich in combination .with 

 deep purple Michaelmas Daisies like Melpomene. Bright- 



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