Book of Gardens 



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PLANTING LIST FOR A RED GARDEN 



SPRING 28. 



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1. Tsuga Canadensis, hemlock: for hedge, 3' high. 



2^' apart. 



2. Acer rubriim, red maple: frame planting, trees 90 



10' to 12' high. , " ■ 



3. Early tulips: Mais, dazzling scarlet, darker in- ^q 



side, model form, first to bloom; Dusart, 

 deep crimson, large, finely formed flower. ^q^ 



second to bloom; Kohinoor. deep velvety 

 crimson, purplish bloom, the darkest red t^i 



tulip, third to bloom of the early sorts. 



4. Trillium erectum, wake-robin: very dark red, t^2, 



medium height, late April to tarly June. 



5. Paconia officinalis, common garden peony: 1^3 



double crimson, likes half shade, mid-May 

 to mid-June. 2'-3'. 



6. Paeouia tcnnifolia, red peony: large single flow- 



ers and fine feathery foliage, likes half 

 shade, mid-May to mid-June, I'-XYs'- 



7. Paeonia paradoxa. herbaceous peony: compact, 



dwarf plant, single crimson flowers, glau- 1 1 . 



cous foliage. Half shade, late May, 



I'-IM'. 12. 



S. Late tulips: Eclipse, glowing blood-red, steel 



blue base, probably the best for combina- 13. 



tion with old-fashioned peony, second to 



bloom, Esato, bright blood-red. rich purple 14. 



bloom on outer petals: King Harold, deep 



ox-blood red, purple-black base, _ third to 



bloom; Inglescombe Scarlet, vermilion red, 15. 



black base, fourth to bloom. 

 9. Rhododendron hybrid, Abraham Lincoln: very 



dark red. ^^• 



10. Dianthns crucnins, dark red pink: June and 



July, I'-IJ^'. j^ 



White 

 27. Amelanchier Canadensis, shad bush: small tree jg, 



covered with small white flowers in March 



and April. 



Sangiiinaria Canadensis, blood-root: March and 



early April, 3"-6". 

 Trillium grandifloriim, large flowered wake- 

 robin : pure white, very large flower, half 



shade. May to early June, 6"-12". 

 Arabia a/pina. rock cress: low white, earlv April 



to late May, 6". 

 Spiraea van Honttei, Van Houtte's spirea: May, 



3'-6'. 

 Spiraea Cont07iensis : May, lower bush but 



larger flowers than the above. 

 Syringa zntlgaris, var. alba, common white lilac: 



May. 

 Paeonia albiHora, var. The Bride: large single, 



faint flush rose, golden stamens, early. 

 Thalictrum aquHegifoHum, feathered columbine: 



half shade, late May to mid-July, I'-S'. 

 Thalictrum Havnm. fen rue: greenish yellow, 



half shade, July-Aug., 2'-4'. 

 SUMMER 

 Red 

 Climbing roses: Crimson Rambler; Silver Moon, 



single, large, silvery \vhite. 

 Papaver bracteatum, oriental poppy: blood-red, 



late May to mid-June, 3'-4'. 

 Pot en tilla argy rophylla . var. ctrosangnin ea , 



cinquef oil : sun, June and July, 2'-3'. 

 Geum atrosangnineum Horepleno, var. Mrs. 



Bradshaw : double deep crimson avens, 



June-July, 1'. 

 Heiichera sanguinea, coral bells: nodding red 



bells on red stems, June to late September, 



r-13^'.. 

 Monarda didyma, bee balm: ragged blood-red 



heads, effective. Mid-June to early Sep- 

 tember, iyi'-2y2'. 



Althaea rosea, hollyhock: dark red selected 

 shades. Sun, July-August, 5'-8'. 



Lobelia fulgens, shining cardinal flower: larger, 

 deeper red and more showy than the other, 

 Jub-Aug., 2'-3'. 



19. Phlox paniculata, var. Montagnai-d : deep blood- 



red, July; to October, 3'-4'. 



20. Lobelia cardinalis, cardinal flower: August to 



mid-September, 2'-4'. 



21. Lycoris sanguinea. blood-red amaryllis: sun, 



July-A'ug., l'-3'. 



22. Tuberous begonia: deep red. 



23. Gladioli, red varieties of pure color: Princess 



Orange, Governor Hanley, Cherry King. 



24. Dahlias: J. H. Jackson, cactus, dark crimson 



maroon; Le Grant, decorative, velvety red 

 shaded maroon. 



White 



34. Clematis recta, herbaceous virgin's bower: sun, 



early June to mid-July, 2'-3'. 



35. Iris Kaempferi, Japanese iris, var. Gould 



Bound: white with yellow markings, sun, 

 June-July, 2'-3'. 

 56. Galinni Molluge, mist flower: half shade, June 

 to late August, l'-3'. 



37. Gvpsophila paniculata. infant's breath: Julv- 



August, 2'-3'. 



AUTUMN 

 Red 



25. Hardy chrysanthemums: Black Douglas, fringed 



petals, dark mahogany brown, medium 

 early ; Brown Bessie, small button, dark 

 brownish maroon; Regal Beauty, deep wine 

 red. 



26. Berberis Thunbergii, Japanese barberry: planted 



for foliage and fruit effect of brilkant red. 



White 



38. Boltonia asteroid es, aster-like boltonia: sun, 



late August to mid-October, 2'-8'. 



39. Anemone Japonica, Japanese anemone: sun or 



half shade, late September to early No- 

 vember, r-zYz'. 



40. Hardy chrvsanthemum, Queen of the Whites: 



large flowered, medium to late. 



As for the quality of the dominant color it- 

 self, there can, of course, be no mixture of 

 orange, scarlet or crimson tones. What is de- 

 sired' is a real, true red, a glowing ruby or 

 blood color. 



If white is the peacemaker of the garden, 

 yellow would seem to be the life of it. The 

 deep golden tones, by their very intensity, seem 

 to be in larger quantities than they really are. 

 Accordingly, in the garden of various colors 

 they contribute most to the general effect when 

 they are used as accents. 



At certain seasons, however, we do not ob- 

 ject to an entire garden of vivid gold. In spring 

 a garden of crocus, fors}*thia and daffodils 

 forms a gorgeous though transitory picture; 

 and in the autumn, when sombre tones pre- 

 dominate in the landscape, great masses of 

 heleniums or clir\^santhemums create an in- 

 stant response in the beholder. In midsummer 

 the eye wearies of hot, intense colors, and yel- 

 low should then be subordinated. 



There is a type of yellow garden that could, 

 consistently and agreeably, be carried out for 

 the entire season. It is composed of pale prim- 

 rose-yellow and cream-white, and is selected 

 with the greatest care lest too strong a note ob- 

 trude on the softness of the general tone. To 

 avoid weakness or insipidity there is added a 

 dash of the darkest red imaginable — a velvety 

 black maroon with no hint of crimson. 



By its very nature the color scheme suggests 

 great breadth of treatment in the arrangement 

 of the flowers in large and effective masses. 

 This effect is achieved by the comparative 

 shortness of the list and the frank, simple de- 

 sign of the garden, which admirably lends it- 

 self to well-balanced masses of bloom. A 

 cheerful wanxith is its dominant characteristic; 

 an effect accentuated by the dark brown garden 

 house, the russet paths of tan bark or gravel, 

 the rich green of the high encircling hemlock 

 hedge and the dwarf box which frames the 

 beds. Outside the hedge are masses of shrubs 



whose effect is that of light and grace itself. 



The year begins in February with Japanese 

 witch-hazel; in March this is followed by 

 sprays of spice bush, Corniis mas in April, and 

 in late autumn by the native witch-hazel. All 

 of these have delicate blossoms of light yellow, 

 which in May become ver}' striking with the aid 

 of laburnum or golden chain. With a certain 

 percentage of white — for instance, in April the 

 Magnolia stellata, the fringe-like creamy yel- 

 low wood and the white fringe-tree in late 

 spring — we evolve a contrasting background. 



Inside the hedge certain shrubs and roses 

 pay royal tribute. At the outer corners are 

 strong masses of strawberry shrub whose cinna- 

 mon-scented brown flowers are an effective foil . 

 to the snowy w^hite cascades of Spiraea Van 

 Houttei. All the entrances are sentinelled with 

 Harrison's yellow rose, an old-fashioned fa- 

 vorite, in early June a shower of fragrant semi- 

 double blooms of sulphur yellow; while in 

 front of them are some dark red varieties. 



