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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



October, 1912 



Tones 



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Hardy Plants to Bloom all 

 Summer 



BY THE usual methods of permanent planting it 

 is a tough proposition to adapt hardy plants 

 to small places so that a succession of flowering 

 can be had. In large areas, succession of bloom, 

 color schemes, and the thousand and one little 

 things some people think must be worked out with 

 mathematical precision, on paper, can be indulged 

 in to the limit; but the fellow with the two by four 

 spot is in difficulties unless he makes his plants fit 

 his limited space. 



For some years I have taken about the smallest 

 area possible and demonstrated to my own satis- 

 faction that hardy plants are just as suitable to use 

 there as any other kind; in fact I think that the 

 hardy plants have the call for profusion of bloom 

 and variety of displays. The beds are three and 

 one half feet in diameter and circular in shape. 

 They are dug out to the depth of half a whiskey 

 barrel, because each successive floral display is 

 grown in a tub about that size. When one display 

 shows signs of passing, another tub is ready; the 

 old one is taken out of the hole and the new one 

 substituted. This may seem like a lot of work but 

 in reality it is not. I have eight tubs which I use 

 for this purpose, and all but the first and last two 

 are for hardy plants. 



When filling the tubs, put into the bottom a 

 liberal lining of broken pots, or stones. I use a rich 

 soil that does not pack down hard. In placing the 

 plants arrange them so that they do not all point 

 straight up, but strive to get an irregular, globular 

 form of plant. Put handles on the tubs. With a 

 three and one half foot bed there will be a space 

 around the tub when put in position and this should 

 be filled with loam and sod. 



Some of my strikingly attractive shows have 

 been with arabis, Canterbury bells, foxgloves and 

 the fire bush, Kochia tricophylla. This latter was 

 wonderfully successful both in its beautiful dress 

 of green and its later flaming red. 



Bulbous stock, used in connection with hardy 

 plants, opens up great possibilities. The bulbs, 

 of course, should be potted in the fall previous, 

 or they may be put into the tubs in which they 

 are to flower in the fall. They are to be the 



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Canterbury bells, strikingly beautiful in the garden, 

 are also charming in the window box 



earliest spring show. I prefer to pot my bulbs, 

 not that any better results can be had from that 

 treatment but simply for convenience. Tulips, 

 hyacinths, narcissus, etc., are suitable for this 

 work. 



In June or July I sow seed of my hardy plants 

 which gives me rugged plants to carry through the 

 winter. If you do not want to grow your own 

 plants you can always buy them grown in pots. 

 It may cost a little more but the plants will prove 

 themselves cheaper than the field-grown ones. 

 Almost all big nurseries grow their hardy plants in 

 pots. 



In the fall I pot up the plants I intend to use for 

 the little beds and keep them in a pit during the 

 winter. In early spring I fill the tubs with the kinds 

 wanted and start them into growth. There are 



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For low, dwarf, impenetrable hedges 



One of the handsomest flowering shrubs. Often planted 

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 followed by bright red berries. 



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