End of May. Daffodils gone. German iris dom- July. Phlox and hydrangeas dominant. ( Peonies September. Hydrangeas now deep pink. In front 



inant. A good background of other foliage past). Alyssum, platycodon and Shasta daisy in flower is blue spirea, which never shows well in a picture 



A BIT OF HARDY BORDER FROM THE SAME VIEW-POINT IN SPRING, SUMMER AND AUTUMN, SHOWING A REMARKABLE SUCCESSION OF FLOWERS 



A Constant Succession of Hardy Flowers-By h. g. Taylor w- 



THE STORY OF A COMMUTER WHO HAS FLOWERS EVERY DAY FROM APRIL TO OCTOBER- 

 SEVEN YEARS OF STEADY PROGRESS TOWARDS COLOR HARMONY AND FLORAL SUCCESSION 



Photographs by the author 



IN the January number of The Garden 105 and next spring I know exactly what I while. One reason is that you have to shift 



Magazine I told how I began garden- want to do when the plants are fit to move, plants to places where they will look better, 



ing seven years ago in my 50x75 backyard by MARCH AND ApRJL GLQRIES fifteen flowers in perfect succession 



making meaningless flower beds of geomet- ,>,,-„ . ,,,• ^, , „ ■ n . . • L 



riVal rfUiVn in tL middle nf thp lawn an H Before the flowers in mv borders begin to The following flowers are the ones shown in the 



ncal design in the middle ot the lawn and t, , ■ .,' , itself f mm pictures. The numbers refer to the diagram, 



how I changed to the border system. I now bloom i have a show in the lawn itselt trom v 



have irregular borders of hardy flowers all the snowdrops, sciUas and crocus which are April 



round the yard, and everv year I have shifted scattered, in the grass. These bulbs have to N J Variety Color 



plants and added new one's, until I can hon- be P lante< J ln the fal1 in such a wa y as not t0 37. Crown imperial .... Red and yellow 



estly say that I have plenty of flowers every mar the lawn - 48 - Narcissus Yellow and wh,,e 



day for seven months and that there is not a the secret of productiveness Ma 3> 



vacant or ragged spot anywhere. As to color T . . , , „. , , , . ,, . . 45. German iris Mixed 



. T ft6 , ^ -i ' , t ., . . It is onlv telling sober fact to sav that mv 



harmony I make no boast, tor that is a a - , ° , , , , J , ■ June 



J t , . , • uuju^-t flowers are larger, better-colored and more , ... 



matter or taste and mine may be bad, but 1 ., ° ,/_ r ,. , 43. Peonies Red and white 



,, , T , , i , ,. , numerous than those of ordinary gardens ,, r-;ii_ r j; a R rnn7f 



Know that I have suppressed color discords . , ,, ., , , 4.1. 41 - Gaiiiardia Bronze 



r . ., j j t simply because the sou has been more thor- , 



as fast as they appeared, and everv year 1 £,- , , , , , , , July 



, , j i« it 1 u- oughlv prepared — trenched to the depth ot -. ' ..... 



have made new and better color combma- Ljfuc.-.jr., , ^ t 35. Shasta daisy White 



Uons two and a half feet instead of the depth of an 36 Hydrangea y panicu . 



ordinary spade. lata, var. grandi- 



an ingenious scheme My planting has been criticised as being flora White, turning to pink 



My borders are divided— on paper— into too thick, but I have experienced no trouble. 38 - P/ ^™^ * va ^ r *"f|T 

 twenty- five-foot units. Diagrams are drawn to Whenever I fear a group of plants may be iesT!"'™*'™"'- ■ Blue 



scale and show the position of every plant, insufficiently nourished I simuly use liquid 39. p n ] ox "Lumineux" Pink 



In the summer I note on those plans everv- manure. I have always been better satisfied 42. Tiger lily Orange 



thing that is a failure in any way. During with thick planting and frequent division 46. ^V,^ 1 '* 1 ™^ Sc 



the winter I pore over these war maps and than more open placing and the expectation Pearl' '^ 6 White 



mark every move of the campaign. If 42 and that the distances between the plants would Sweet alyssum 



43 make a color discord and 43 would look be just right after several seasons' growth, "Tom Thumb," 



better next to 105. I draw a line from 43 to the spaces to be occupied by annuals mean- planted to cover 48 



August 



£ j — ^j 1 j j'-\w \ 3 1 \*ji \si — vjj I 40. Liatris pycnostachya Rose purple 



? Vv-S_X 5 Vl^ J-N * k_5 H. * J September 



- s — ,/ \5- \ ^-A £ j J^S F7 z 7 "! 44. Blue spiraea (Cary- 



opt ens Masta- 

 -^ / — . — ■<- / ^^- 1 v/ canthus) Blue 



A good way to plan a border is to write 

 down the names of your twelve favorite per- 



Plan of the 6x30 strip shown above. Numbers refer to table, in the next column. (If the diagram were placed . . - , • ■ , . 



vertically you would get the same viewpoint as in the pictures) ennials and arrange them by months, color 



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