One Hundred Plants for an All-Year Garden— By Leonard Barron, ?:r k 



A SUGGESTION OF PERENNIALS, SHRUBS, ETC., FOR A COMPLETE GARDEN WHICH MAY BE 

 PLANTED NOW TO GIVE RESULTS NEXT YEAR. BULBS ARE DISCUSSED ON OTHER PAGES 



Common Name 



Botanical Name 



Color 



Special Purpose and Situation 



Height 



Duration in 

 Weeks 



Other Facts of Interest 



MARCH RESULTS 

 Silver Maple 



Amoor Adonis 



Acer saccharinum . . . . 

 Adonis Amurense . . . . 

 Hepatica triloba 



Alyssum sexatile, var. 



compactum 



Aquilegia Canadensis. 



Arahis albida 



Azalea Canadense. . . . 



Berbefis Thunbergii. . 



Forsythia suspensa. . . 



Yellow 



Yellow 



White, blue, pink 

 Violet 



To give height in background. . . 



Very early flowers in sun 



Very early flower in shade 



80 ft.... 

 1 ft. . . . 

 6 in... . 

 4m... 



1 ft. . . . 



1-2 ft.. . 

 .4-6 in.. 



3 ft 



3 ft.... 



4 ft.... 



1 ft.... 



creeping 



1 ft.... 



9-12 in.. 

 1-2 ft... 



ij- 3 ft- 

 it-2ft.. 



6-9 in.. . 

 6-9 in. .. 

 creeping 



4ft 



6-8 in. . 

 6 in. . . 



lj-2jft. 



2-3 ft... 



6 ft.... 



1 J ft.... 



spreading 

 8 in, 



2-4 ft. . . 



1 ft.... 

 ijft.... 

 20 ft . . . 

 2-4 ft. . . 



9-12 in . 



I £-2 ft. . 



spreading 



2 ft.... 



spreading 

 1 £-2 ft.. 



9 in. 



spreading 



l£-2 ft.. 

 3-4 ft... 

 1 £-2 ft.. 

 1 £-2 ft.. 

 3-4 ft... 

 l|-2ft.. 



two 



eight 



Fastest grower but short lived and liable to insect attacks. 



Flowers very effective before the leaves. 

 Earliest flowering long-lived perennial in open sun. Better 



get pot-grown plants. 

 Flowers even in January under the snow in sheltered places. 



Also double forms. 

 Hardiest and most free-flowering of the violets. Single. 



Most prolific small yellow flower of spring. Blooms all 

 season. Do not plant in heavy clay. 



Excellent for rocky ledges or shallow soils. Attracts hum- 

 ming birds. Flowers suspended in air. 



Fragrant. Showiest plant for carpeting bulb borders. A. 

 alpina is smaller and inferior. 



Earliest hardy azalea. Best on loose peaty soil. Trans- 

 plant to same conditions. 



Best small ornamental shrub; leafs out early, and becomes 

 bright scarlet in fall. Red berries all winter. 





APRIL 



Golden Tuft 



Yellow 



Graceful effect in shade or open. 

 Low white carpet; all situations. 



Rose color in shrubbery 



Neat, low shrubbery effect in 



.two 



two 



five 



four 



fifteen 



seven 



twenty-two.. 





White 







Japanese barberry . . 



For foliage 



Yellow 



Pale blue 



White, rose, pink 

 Violet . . . 



Golden bell 



Early flower in shrubbery 



Hardier than F. viridissima and a clearer color; also more 





drooping. Showiest of early shrubs. 

 Grows in any garden soil. Flowers short-lived, large and 





Phlox subulata 



Pulmonarta officinalis. 



Achillea tomentosa. . . . 

 Anemone Pennsylva- 





close to ground. Spreads rapidly. 

 Most brilliant carpeting plant, and for edging. Grows 







on banks too steep for grass. 

 Opens reddish, becomes blue; flowers upright. Good for 



MAY 



Woolly millf oil 



Bright yellow. . . 

 White 





bold, half-wild effects. Moist, light soil. 

 Foliage feathery, grayish and evergreen. For bordering 



Ground cover, sun or shade. . . . 



Daisy-like flowers for cutting. . . 

 For blue tints on rockery and 



beds, etc. Flowers continuously. Grows anywhere. 

 Cup-shaped flowers on erect stems, grows anywhere and has 





Yellow 



White, blue .... 



Rosy purple. . . . 



White 



Pink 



Pink magenta . . 

 White 



long season. Well drained loam best. 



Rock camomile 



Anthemis tinctoria. . . . 

 Aquilegia cczrulea.... 



Armeria marttima. . . . 

 Convallarta majalis. . 

 Dianthus deltoides. . . . 



Diervilla forida 



Iberis sempervirens. .. 



Flowers two inches across. Free-flowering. Very vigorous. 



Any soil. 

 Excellent for naturalizing on light-moist, well-drained soil. 





four 



four 



eight 





Thrift 



Rockery and carpeting 



Flowers in dense heads under deciduous shrubs, etc., and 



Lily-of-the-valley . . . 

 Maiden pink 



spreads to make a dense mat. Evergreen. 

 Fragrant white bells for cutting; but foliage is effective all 



Breezy effect and fragrance 



summer, often where grass will not grow. 

 Solitary crimson centered flowers in abundance; fragrant. 



Foliage makes dense mat. 

 Numerous varieties from pure white to the deep carmine- 



Evergreen candytuft. 





five 



five 



five 



four 



four 



five 



three 



eight 



four 



three 



four 



three 



three 



three 



five 



six 



four 



all summer. 



six 



six 



four 



all summer. . 

 eight 



all summer . 



five 



five 



lake Eva Rathke. Also a variegated form. 

 Solid cushion of dazzling white in sun. Best permanent 



Blue, spotted 



yellow 



Various 



Yellow 



White 





mat of its season, following phlox. 

 Earliest hardy iris for general use, but better planted in spring 





Iris Germanica 



Iris Pseudacorus 



Lonicera Tatar ica. . . . 



Lychnis Viscaria, var. 





if possible to wait. 

 The most popular flags, and most useful of garden flowers 



Yellow water flag. . . 

 Tartarian honey- 





in great variety of colors. Plant shallow. 

 Best yellow flower for water sides, typically "aquatic "looking. 





Flowers do not change to yellow. Most fragrant at dusk. 



Light blue 



White 





Valuable screen at seaside. 



German catchfly. . . . 



One of the old-time favorites, blooming profusely in its season 





and lasting well. Any soil. Grass-like leaves. 



Forget-me-not 



Mountain spurge .... 



Chinese peony 



Wild Sweet William 



Myosotis palustris. . . . 

 Pach ysandra terminalis 



Pceonia albifora 



Phlox divaricata 



Smilacina racemosa.. . 



Syringa vulgaris 



Thalictrum aquilegi- 



folium 



Trillium grandiforum 



Trollius Europ&us. . . 



Veronica rupestris.. . . 

 Veronica spicata 



Small flowers over a long season. Good carpet and edg- 



Ground cover in shade or 

 rockery 



ing plant on moist soil. Pla::t with tulips. 

 Pale evergreen foliage with white terminal spikes. Excellent 





under shrubbery and trees. 



Largest flowered perennial. Earlier than European type. 



Plants take three years to establish. 

 Flowers fragrant in loose clusters. Rich foliage. Valuable 



on rich, moist soil. 

 Numerous foamy flowers in panicles. Plant in masses on 



moist soil. 

 The common lilac is exempt from borers, but the modem 



Lavender 



White 





False Solomon's Seal 







Flowers, fragrance, screen 





White 



hybrids are more massive and in varied colors. 



Large-flowered 



wake-robin 



Mountain globe 



White 





age. Does not last long when cut. 



Plant five or six inches deep in woods earth. Increases 

 slowly. Excellent in woodland corners. 



Flowers either solitary or borne in twos, one to two inches 

 across and globular in form. Largest globular flower. 



Yellow 



Blue 



Many 



Blue 



White 







Rock speedwell 



Spike-flowered 



JUNE 



The Pearl 



Best carpet plant of its color and season, especially in sun. 



Keep in bounds. 

 Downy foliage. One of the best blue flowers of moderate 



height. Tips nodding. 

 Best evergreen ground cover where grass fails, under trees and 



badly drained soil. 



Best profuse blooming white button flower. In loose panicles. 



Has pungent odor. 

 A bold plant for foliage effects, flowers inconspicuous. Starts 



to grow early. 

 Scattering blooms all season. Easiest to grow of all the 



low-growing bellflowers. Rich soil. 

 Grayish woolly leaves. Much used for edgings. 







Achillea Plarmica, var 

 Asarum Canadense ... 

 Campanula Carpatica 

 Ceraslium tomentosum 



Coreopsis lanceolata. . 

 Delphinium jormosum 

 Dianthus barbatus... . 

 Dicentra spectabile . . . 

 Digitalis purpurea. . . 

 Funkia ovata 







Brown 



White 











Ground cover, dry, rockery 





Yellow 





Don't let it go to seed. Most constant yellow bloomer for 

 the border. 



Will bloom next year from seed sown now. One of the 

 very best blue flowers. Divide every three years. 



Biennial but self-sows. Very fragrant, rich deep colors the 

 best. 



Frag'le looking, but perfectly hardy and an old-time favorite. 

 Give moist deep soil. 



Short-lived perrennial but self-sows. Effective near build- 

 ings. Var. gloxinioides the best. 



Lax spikes well above rosette of leaves. Naturalizes well. 

 Starts very early in spring. 











Bleeding heart 



Pink 



Rockery and border 



White, purple. . 

 White, lavender, 



Plantain or day lily. . 













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