late in May and bloomed on until July, while Da- 

 hurica, Tudica, Odesana and Plumosa produced 

 their soft pink and mauve clouded rose flowers in 

 their season. I will tell you why I choose Budd- 

 leia variabilis superba to frame the Tamarix fam- 

 ily instead of Buddleia magnifica. The flower tails 

 of Buddleia superba are just the right shade of 

 rosy pink to be harmonious with the several pink- 

 ish, flesh, rosy mauve shades of the different Tam- 

 arix. However, I had much need of Buddleia mag- 

 nifica in another planting, a most important one, 

 combining Desmodium pendula and Buddleia 

 magnifica. I wonder if you have seen these show- 

 ering, arching, wonderful shrubs growing side by 

 side. You sec, Desmodium pendula is so very pen- 

 dulous that I utilized it as a foreground massing 

 to Buddleia magnifica — Desmodium is about the 

 latest flowering shrub we have, its waxy thick 

 but small fine leaves and Russian violet purple 

 toned blossoms, each marked with a cerise scarlet 

 spot, as a base or border to Buddleia magnifica is 

 a radiant combination ; the rich lilac purple tails 

 of Buddleia magnifica blend so happily with the 

 fine purple of Desmodium pendula. Both die down 

 to the ground in Winter, just as herbaceous plants 

 do, but that seems only to make them stronger 

 and more wonderful. Both require rich soil and 



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