382 GARDEN PLANNING 



ANNUALS FOR SPECIAL PURPOSES — Continued 







HEIGHT 



DURATION 



COMMON NAME 



SCIENTIFIC NAME 





OF BLOOM 







(inches) 



(weeks) 



Bonfire salvia 



Salvia splendens 



24 



Twelve 



LILAC AND PURPLE 









Peony-flowered aster 



LjalllSteprl'US rlOTt€7lSXS 



24 



r our 



Late-branchmg aster 



Callistcphus hoTtensis 



24 



Four 



Victoria aster 



Calltstephus hoTt€nsis 



18 





Double purple balsam 



1 7Hpati6ns Bulsaynma 



20 



xLignt 



Ten weeks stock 



Matthiola incana var. 









annua 



IS 



Ten 



Giant bluebird petunia 



Petunia hybrida 



18 



Ten 



Carnation-flowered 









poppy 



Papaver somniferum. 









var. fimbriatum 



24 



Five 



Peony-flowered poppy 



Papaver somniferum. 









var. pceoniceflorum 



24 



Five 



Mammoth verbena 



Verbena hybrida 



12 



Ten 



FOR MASS EFFECTS 



BLUE 









Tom Thumb ageratum 



Ageratum conyzoides 



6 



All summer 



Amethyst 



Browallia demissa (B. 









elata) 



18 



All summer 



Slender lobelia 



Lobelia Erinus, var. 









gracilis 



9 



All summer 



Crystal Palace lobelia 



Lobelia Erinus, var. 









compacta 



6 



All summer 



YELLOW 









Double sulphur rose 









moss 



Portulaca graJidiflora 



6 



Twelve 



African marigold 



Tagetes erecta 



24 



Twelve 



Dwarf nasturtium 



Tropceolum minus 



12 



Twelve 



Double mammoth 









zinnia 



Zinnia elegans 



20 



Fifteen 



RED AND SCARLET 









Love-lies-bleeding 



Amaranthus caudatus 



30 



Ten 



Giant snapdragon 



Antirrhinum majus 



30 



Eight 



Globe amaranth 



Gomphrina globosa 



18 



Ten 



