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The Garden Magazine, October, 1920 
DENSE PYRAMIDS OF FRAGRANCE 
Seemingly created to consort with 
flowers of blue are such lustrous white 
forms as Perennial Phlox furnishes 
Madonna Lilies to give enough blue and white 
to relieve the effect of too much lavender and 
the whole is most distinguished in effect. And 
of course all the Dwarf Phloxes are indispensa- 
ble to the spring garden. Of these G. F. Wilson 
is the loveliest pale blue, but difficult to pro- 
cure. Among the other low-growing plants 
Viola Apricot is unusual and striking, with 
many-flowered sprays of coppery-rose flowers. 
Combine it with Anchusa myosotidiflora, 
Primroses and Aubrietia. 
In June, Helianthemum Salmon Queen is 
smothered with bloom! This new Rock Rose 
drapes itself over cliffs in a dry, sunny posi- 
tion. If you want a splash of dazzling color 
interweave with it Lobelia (deep blue) and 
Portulaca (pink and orange). Another strik- 
ing rock garden plant is Lithospermum pros- 
tratum var. Heavenly Blue; Although diffi- 
cult to find it is well worth a diligent search, 
as the clusters of turquoise-blue flowers in 
May compensate any amount of effort. The 
plant requires a well drained sandy soil and 
protection in winter. Daphne Cneorum is 
also used too seldom in the rock garden. Its 
POSSIBLE CHARMING COMBINATIONS 
The chart below may prove suggestively helpful in planning color combinations for one’s garden 
CHIEF SUBJECT 
SEASON OF BLOOM 
COLOR 
COMBINE WITH! 
Buddleia variabilis superba 
J uly — Sept . 
Lavender pink 
Japanese Iris 
Daphne Cneorum 
M ay 
Rose pink 
Mertensia virginica 
Iberis sempervirens 
Narcissus Barrii conspicuus 
Gladiolus Primulinus Hybrids 
Six weeks after 
planting 
Yellow 
Pink 
Old rose 
Gypsophila paniculata 
Ageratum 
Zinnias, copper and yellow 
Helianthemum Salmon Queen 
June 
Salmon pink 
Portulaca (pink and yellow 
shade) 
Lobelia (annual deep blue) 
Iris Chester Hunt 
Juniata 
Albert Victor 
Pallida dalmatica 
lsolene 
Mt. Penn 
Lent A. Williamson 
Mildred Presby 
Anna Farr 
Minnehaha 
Wyomissing 
June 
Dark and pale blue 
Clear blue 
Blue and lavender 
Clear pale blue 
Orchid pink 
Pink and deep pink 
Lavender pink 
Plum and pale plum 
White, veined blue 
White, shaded yellow 
White, suffused pink 
Columbine, Paeonia, 
Heuchera, 1 inum perrene 
Lithospermum prostratum Heavenly Blue 
May-June 
Turquoise blue 
C.erastium 
Stachys lanata 
Aubrietia 
Lvcoris squamigera 
August 
Pink shaded blue 
Amsonia salicifolia 
Paeonia La Perle 
Lady Dull 
La Fayette 
Jules Dessert 
Gigantea 
Adonise Superba 
Festiva Maxima 
Mons. Martin Cahusac 
May — June 
Lavender pink 
Flesh pink 
Lavender pink 
Pale rose 
Rose pink 
Cerise 
White 
Red 
Mauve Iris 
Lupine 
Foxglove 
Columbine 
Phlox Elizabeth Campbell 
Mme. Paul Dutrie 
Peachblow 
America 
Rynstroom 
Miss Lingard 
Jeanne D'Arc 
Tapis Blanc 
Antoine Buchner 
Mrs. Jenkins 
Crepuscule 
Le Mahdi 
Iris 
Pharon 
July — August 
Salmon pink 
Blue pink 
Mauve pink 
Pink with Tyrian eye 
Rose pink 
White (early) 
White (mid-season) 
White dwarf 
White (mid-season) 
White (late) 
Silver mauve 
Dark bluish violet 
Bluish violet 
Mauve with white eye 
Gypsophila paniculata 
Hryngium 
Fchinops 
Blue Salvias 
Salvia farinacea 
June — Sept 
Mauve 
Antirrhinum 
Zinnia 
Ageratum 
Thalictrum glaucum 
May — June 
Yellow 
Delphinium 
Viola Apricot 
May 
Apricot yellow 
Primrose 
Aubrietia 
Anchusa myosotidiflora 
THE LOVELIEST OF SALVIAS 
To furnish the blue of this combination 
is Salvia azurea, with claims to distinc- 
tion which dim the scarlet of its kin 
vast quantities of rose-pink flowers 
bloom along with Mertensia virgin- 
ica, Iberis sempervirens and Nar- 
cissus Barrii conspicuus. The blos- 
soms of the flowering Crab-apple 
(Malus floribunda atrosanguinea) be- 
gin at the same time to paint a 
pink haze against the deep blue of 
the early summer sky. 
Peonies are disappointing unless 
one is familiar enough with them to 
order the best named varieties. Four 
gorgeous soft pink ones are: — La 
Perle, Lady Duff, La Fayette, Jules 
Dessert. A good darker pink is Gi- 
gantea while Adonise Superba bor- 
ders on the cerise pink. For an 
early white Festiva Maxima is good. 
Grandiflorabloomslater. Although ex- 
pensive, M. Martin Cahusacis the only 
red which will blend in with the rose 
shades; in fact it is to some the only 
enjoyable red Peony! Certain flow- 
ers — or perhaps it is better to say 
certain kinds or types of flowers — 
seem naturally to lend themselves to 
combining with others, while some 
are such individualists that they will 
combine with nothing at all. 1 he 
Peony is, I think, one of these. It 
comes pretty near to demanding ex- 
clusively the garden and one’s atten- 
tion at the time of its glory; and 
when a plant does this, it is safe to 
assume that practically nothing else 
will be at its best in company with it. 
