The Garden Magazine, February, 1920 



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AIRY PINKS AND TENDER GREENS AGAINST THE BLUE MARCH SKY 

 The whole place is extremely lovely as the first warm days bring leaf and flower buds to their debut in a cloud of soft pastels 



April. The Japanese flowering trees — the Quince in all 

 shades of pink, the Cherry, Plum, Crabapple, and Apricot — 

 head the list. And of all the flowering trees, let me say in 

 passing, the Flowering Crabapple alone has no rival. It 

 bears countless thousands of big fluffy flowers, each blossom 

 with the beauty of a delicate rose, and its season is compara- 

 tively long — at least three weeks. 



With the bloom of these trees come the lavender and white 

 Chinese Wisterias on the arbors and porches, closely followed 

 by the native Wisteria. The Ramblers, crimson and pink, 

 do well almost everywhere of course — and here they run riot. 

 The Spiraea Van Houttei also attains unusual height and 

 beauty, and used along the walls its snowy cascades are most 

 effective. Tucked in all sorts of 

 surprising nooks are the next 

 comers in the floral procession, the 

 many varieties of Iris, keeping com- 

 pany with the Hardy and the Tea 

 Roses. And although their seasons 

 are short, the Yucca and the Peony 

 have honored places because of re- 

 quiring minimum care as well as 

 being showy. On the other hand 

 there are perennials that are less 

 showy but that bloom all summer 

 — such as the Pentstemons — which 

 have been included because of the 

 length of their blooming season. 



While the walks and arbors 

 have been a succession of gay 



















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MAY-DAY CROWNS THE ARBOR 



And again Roses are the medium with which 

 the timbers seen above are made regal 



colors, the terraced hillsides — the site is a mountain side- 

 have been equally beautiful with the native wild flowers, 

 shrubs, and trees. With the first soft mist of green in the 

 trees appears the most beautiful native combination imagin- 

 able — the Redbud (Cercis canadensis) true in its color to its 

 name and rose color when in full flower, and the Flowering 

 Dogwood which everyone I am sure knows is white. Fol- 

 lowing these are the Rhododendrons, Laurel, and Azalea or 

 Mountain Pink — and though perhaps not quite so decorative, 

 the fragrant Locusts. Among trees too there are the Tulip 

 Poplar and the Fringed Ash; and later the Sourwood (Oxy- 

 dendrum). 



Later, too, is the Australian Tree-vine (small flowers, shape 

 and color like the Arbutus), and 

 the hardy Chrysanthemums that 

 wait until, with the brilliant foli- 

 age of the trees and shrubs, they 

 may end the display in a final 

 blaze of warmest colors. 



One could not in every climate, 

 to be sure, count on as many 

 shrubs as are at home in North 

 Carolina; but if you desire a garden 

 which requires the least attention 

 study first and use your native 

 shrubs and trees. Later the 

 exotics may claim attention if 

 you like — if you feel that the na- 

 tive material yet leaves something 

 to be desired. 



