COREOPSIS, CORNUS 331 



COLUMBINE 



See Aquilegia 



COREOPSIS LANCEOLATA 



A fine plant for the hardy border and as good a cut flower 

 for the florist. The large, deep yellow. Cosmos-like flowers are borne 

 on long stems and are fine keepers. Though at their best in early 

 Summer, the plants will produce a few flowers even up until Fall. 

 Sow seed outdoors in July and transplant seedUngs to six inches 

 apart where they are to flower; or, if you expect to sell part of your 

 plants during Fall or Spring, set them in beds in row s about four 

 inches apart and leave every other row when thinning and selUng. 



Under glass Coreopsis can be brought into flower by the middle 

 of April nicely. Sow in June outdoors and transplant the seedUngs 

 into good soil allowing eight inches between them. With at all 

 favorable growing conditions, they wiU form heavy plants by 

 October. After the frost has cut down the foliage — not before — 

 lift the plants and heel them in a coldframe where they can remain 

 until the end of January; then bring in and plant them in a solid 

 bed in a 45-deg. house. If, in March, the temperature goes to 50 

 deg. and over, it won't hurt; but the plants will not stand for hard 

 forcing. 



CORNFLOWER ASTER 



See Stokes ia 



CORNUS (DOGWOOD) 



Not everywhere does Cornus florida, the large white-flowering 

 Dogwood do weU, and in colder sections we have to be satisfied with 

 some of the others, which are used mainly for the sake of the wonder- 

 ful coloring of their bark while they are dormant. 



Cornus sanguinea and C. sibirica are among the showiest of 

 all dormant shrubs during Winter, with their red twigs sticking 

 out of the snow. You want to plant them in masses in order to see 

 them at their best, and each year cut out a little of the old wood 

 in order to encourage new growth which will be the best colored. 

 There is also a Golden Dogwood (C. lutea) which is weU worth plant- 

 ing. While it is good in Winter and can be planted as a foreground 

 for the red twigged sorts, it is most highly colored in early Spring, just 

 as the sap gets into the branches and before the leaves appear. 



These Dogwoods grow in any sofl, but of course do best with 

 plenty of moisture. If you ever figure on a planting for a good 

 Winter effect, try to plant conifers as a background. In front of 

 them, place Red Dogwood, not in regular rows but rather in 

 irregular groups or large clumps; and stfll more in the foreground 

 plant the Golden Dogwood. Then, if you wish, finish off with dwarf 

 Barberry (Berberis Thunbergii.) 



