sort of violet-blue. 



Just picture a border of hardy pink Forget- 

 me-nots! Farquhar's Alpestris variety, bor- 

 dered with hardy blue Forget-me-nots, Palus- 

 tris; then violet blue phlox. Nana Caerulea, 

 white Platycodons Mariesi and Rose-pink 

 Zephyranthes — this is indeed a most effective 

 border. The skill of a master gardener is not 

 needed to make it, either, because one may 

 have this unusual hardy border for edging the 

 perennial garden beds with no more trouble 

 than a border of ordinary annuals. 



We can use the dwarfest of all hardy 

 phlox, Tapis Blanc, an ideal variety for edg- 

 ing. Its huge white caps will in turn frame 

 Heuchera, Pink Beauty or Rosamunde, a coral 

 pink, and back of the Heucheras could be 

 nests of Spanish Iris, in blue and gold. This 

 would be a delightful border and I believe an 

 edging of white sweet Alyssum bordering 

 the Tapis Blanc would complete the 

 framing. Last Summer all the phlox I saw 



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