WHEN THEY BLOOM 



them impracticable for the garden crowded with plants 

 of the other periods. 



However, early spring perennials may have their 

 places in the main garden when the owner is to be at 

 home in May, and absent during some later periods. 

 The flowers that will bloom only during his absence 

 can then be omitted, allowing the use of that space for 

 the earliest bloomers. 



In a colder climate, where plants make a later start, 

 the blooming periods arrive in closer succession, the 

 earlier periods almost blending in one period; the 

 frost comes earlier, the season is shorter; therefore 

 in the North planting for continuous bloom is not as 

 complicated a task; there are fewer periods for which 

 to provide and a lesser number of varieties of plants 

 required. 



First Period * 



The most useful plants for early spring are the fol- 

 lowing: 



May 1-22 



Doronicum. Hyacinths. 



Early Tulips. Arabis. 



Phlox divaricata. Mertensia Vir. 



Phlox subulata. Pansies. 



Bleeding-Heart. English Daisy. 



Forget-me-not. Hardy Candytuft. 

 Primroses — Primulas. 



* The flowers of early May, which is the first period, will be more thor- 

 oughly coDsidered in a later chapter on "Spring Gardens." 



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