Flower facts at your finger tips 
East side of a building is an ideal spot for asters. Then 
they get a bit of shade during the day. Be sure to use 
the wilt-resistant strains. 
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Make several sowings of Annual Gypsophila (Baby’s 
Breath) to combine with other flowers in bouquets all 
summer and fall. 
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For that ‘‘something blue,” so desirable in flower border 
or arrangement, consider Bachelor Button Double 
Blue, Blue Lace Flower, Lupin Hartwegit (Annual 
Lupin), Anchusa, and Chinese Forget-me-not. 
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Sow seeds of perennials at the same time as annuals. An 
early start gives the plants a chance to become strong 
and healthy for bloom the next year. 
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Try out some of the newer flower varieties in your veg- 
etable garden rows before admitting them to the flower 
border. Then you'll know their habits. 
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Most flowers need sunlight the greater part of the day. 
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Cut back the alyssum border frequently if you want con- 
tinuous bloom and neat plants all summer and fall. 
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Giant Pink Queen Cleome makes a pretty driveway 
border. 
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If you are a beginner, stick to the easy-to-grow annual 
flowers. Bachelor Button, Cosmos, Gaillardia, Mari- 
gold, Nasturtium, Poppy, and Zinnia are among those 
almost sure to succeed. 
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Do you need a foundation planting or a bushy hedge in 
a hurry? Try Four o’clock or Kochia. Either will serve 
you well until frost. 
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Never use rich soil in which to grow nasturtiums— 
you're likely to get too much foliage and too few blos- 
soms. 
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Don’t hesitate to thin your annual flowers when the — 
plants are a few inches tall. Each individual plant must 
have plenty of room to grow and spread if you want 
lots of flowers. 
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Zinnias stand heat well, but they like a lot of moisture 
at their roots. 
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Mix fine flower seeds with sand before sowing—it saves 
much thinning. 
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You'll get earlier flowers and better results with Agera- 
tum, Lobelia, and Petunia in the northern states if you 
start the seed indoors and set the young plants outdoors 
when the weather warms up. 
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Sow seed of Larkspur and Annual Poppy where the 
plants are to bloom. They usually don’t like trans- 
planting. 
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Portulaca seed won’t germinate before the ground 
warms up, no matter when you plant it. 
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Sweet Pea seed should be sown when the weather is very 
cool. Here is the schedule for the new Cuthbertson type 
already so popular over the country: | 
California— August or September for early spring 
bloom; November to early January for summer bloom 
Pacific Northwest—March or April 
Southwest, Southern Texas, and Southern Florida— 
September or October 
Lower Southern States (Texas to Atlantic Seaboard) 
November, December, January 
Balance of the Country—February to about April 1, 
just as soon as the soil can be worked. 
