Classified Planting List for Annuals— By p. T. Barnes 



New 

 York 



FOR the purpose of reckoning dates, New 

 York city is generally taken as a stan- 

 dard. In making calculations for other 

 sections allow six days' difference for every 

 hundred miles of latitude. 



DATES FOR PLANTING 



January 15th. — Sow indoors tender annuals 

 and biennials which are to be treated as 

 annuals. 



February 15th. — Successional sowing of bien- 

 nials and annuals indoors. 



March 1st. — Sow all kinds indoors for later 

 transplanting outdoors. 



March 15th. — Sow sweet peas outdoors: 

 risk a few other very hardy seeds on light 

 soils. 



April 1st. — If ground is free from frost, sow 

 hardy annuals in the garden. 



April 15th. — Sow all hardy seeds outdoors. 



-Sow more seed of hardy annuals 

 garden. Risk first tender an- 



May ist- 



in the 



nuals. 

 May 15th. — Sow all tender annuals outdoors. 



Plant out from indoors and complete the 



garden. 

 June 1 st. — Plant out bedding stock, cannas, 



and other subtropical plants. 

 September 15th. — Sow sweet peas and other 



hardv annuals outdoors. 











Ten Annuals Useful 



as Cut Flowers 



COMMON NAME 



WHEN TO SOW 



DEPTH 

 TO SOW 



(inches) 



(inches) 



WHEN THEY FLOWER 



DURA- 

 TION OF 

 BLOOM 



(inches) 



COLOR 



HEIGHT 

 (feet) 



OTHER POINTS 





Indoors 



Outdoors 



Early Crop 



Main Crop 





Sweet alyssum 



March 



April 

 Sept. 



1 

 2 



12 X 12 



July 



Aug. 

 to Sept. 



Sept. 

 to Oct. 



20 



white 



1 

 2 



Alyssum maritimum. Dainty little flower, 

 sweet-scented. Cut back for more. 



China aster 



Feb. 



April 



March 



April 



May 



£ 18x18 July 

 to Aug. 



6 



red, white, 

 blue 



I 



Calhstepbus hortensis. Use wood ashes and 

 tobacco water to prevent lice on roots. 



Baby's breath 



May 



1 



8 



I2X 12 



June 



July 

 to Oct. 



12 



white, rosy 



2 to 3 



Gypsopbda muralis. Compact, mound-shaped 

 little plant, covered with flowers. 



Annual coreopsis 



March 



May 



t 



I2X 12 



June 



Aug. 

 to Nov. 



12 



yellow, brown 



12 



Coreopsis tinctona. Useful in border. Has 

 small, velvety brown, flowers f-ij in. across. 



Daisy, Swan 

 River 



March 

 April 



May 



h 



15X24 



June 



July 

 to Oct. 



12 



blue, white 



I to l\ 



Bracbycome iberidifoha. Graceful little annua 

 suited for borders; daisy-like flowers. 



Nasturtium, dwf. 

 fall 



March 

 April 



May 



June 

 to Aug. 



I 



IOX 12 

 12 X 30 



June 



July 



to Oct. 



8 to 10 



scarlet, yellow, 

 maroon 



I to 5 



Tropceolum majus, climbing, and T. minus, 

 dwarf. Leaves used as salad. 



Pansy 



Tan. 

 Feb. 



* 



6 X 12 



May 

 to June 



Sept. 

 to Oct. 



6 to 8 1 purple, blue, 

 white, yellow 



5 t0 I 



Viola tricolor. August-sown flowers in May. 

 Give slight winter cover. Best spring bedder. 



Sweec pea 





April 

 June 



3 



4X24 





July 



to Oct. 



4 to 8 



white, scarlet, 

 blue, yellow 



4 to 6 



Lathyrus odoratus. November-sown early flow- 

 ers. Trench deep. Keep seed-pods picked. 



Pink, Chinese 



Feb. 



March 

 April 



1 -16 



6x 12 



May 



Aug. 



4 to 6 



white, rose, 

 maroon 



1 



Dianthus Chinensis, var. Heddewigi (D. Hed- 

 dewigi). Give warm, well-drained land. 



Stock, ten-weeks 



March 



May 



1 

 4 



12 x 12 June 



July 



10 



white, pink, 

 purple 



1 



Matthiola incana, var. annua. Double white 

 especially useful. Flowers very lasting. 



Six Fragrant-Flowered Annuals 



Bartonia 



March 

 April 



May 



1 

 4 



12 x 12 



June 



July 



to Sept. 



15 



yellow 



1 to 3 



Mentzeha Lindleyi {Bartonia aurea). Flowers 

 l\ inches across. Fragrant in evening. 



Mignonette 



Feb. 

 March 



April 

 Aug. 



1 

 4 



12 x 12 



May 

 to July 



July 

 to Oct. 



3 to 4 



greenish 



1 



Reseda odorata. Hard to transplant. Make 

 succession sowings; the last for winter. 



Sweet pea 





April 

 June 



3 



4x24 





July 



to Oct. 



4 to 8 



white, scarlet, 

 blue, yellow 



4 to 6 



Lathyrus odoratus. Sow for succession. Syringe 

 well and regularly for red spider. 



Stock, ten-weeks 



March 



March 

 April 



May 



i 



12 X 12 



June 



July 



10 



pink, purple, 

 white 



1 



Matthiola incana, var. annua. Sweet-scented 

 at night. Good as cut flower. 



Sweet sultan 



May 



i 



12 X 12 



June 



July 

 Aug. 



4 to 6 



white, 

 yellow, purple 



2 



Centaurea moschata. Good cut flower. Lasts 

 ten days. 



Sweet alyssum 



March 



April 

 Sept. 



ft 



12 X 12 



July 



Aug. 

 Sept. 



20 



white 



1 

 2 



Alyssum maritimum. Low-spreading plant. 

 Good for edgings, border, rockeries. 













Six Climbing Annuals 







Balloon vine 





May 



i 



12 





Aug. 



10 



white 



10 



Cardiospermum Halicacabum. Rapid grower. 

 Has curious inflated seed vessels. 



Hyacinth bean 





May 



2 



12 





July 

 to Oct. 



12 



purple, 

 white 



10 to 



20 



Dolichos Labial. Killed by first frost. Rapidl 

 grower. Good on trellises or old fences. 



Cypress vine 



March 

 April 



May 



i 



6 



June 



July 



10 



scarlet 



10 to 



20 



Ipomcea Quamocht. Beautiful in foliage and 

 flower. Scald seeds before sowing. 



Japanese hop 



March 



May 



i 



24 



foliage 

 plant 







inconspicuous 



8 to 

 20 



Humulus Japomcus. Very quick grower. 

 Pretty mottled foliage. 



Moon-flower 



Jan. toj May 

 March 



i 



18 



July 



June 



Aug. 

 to Sept. 



July 

 Aug. 



10 



white 



15 to 



30 



Ipomoea Bona-nox. Rapid grower. Night- 

 flowering. Good cut flower for evening. 



Morning-glory 



March 

 April 



May 



i 



12 



10 



purple 

 to white 



1 to 



20 



Ipomoea purpurea. Rapid grower, bearing 

 many flowers. Has good double variety. 



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