24 
EVANS GARDENS 
SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA 
USEFUL PLANTING HINTS 
Garden owners who are not fortunate enough to have a perfect soil, will find that the addition 
of peat moss will do wonders for both sandy soil and heavy clay soil. In both instances the peat 
moss will add humus and will give more body and moisture retaining qualities to sandy soil, while 
on the other hand, loosening up a clay soil. 
In planting we always recommend that the hole in which the plant is to be placed should be 
dug at least three times the size of the container in which the plant is growing. After the ground 
is prepared in this way, and the leaf mold, peat moss, well-rotted manure, or other ingredients 
added, whenever the condition of the soil calls for it, the plant will have a far better chance of 
making rapid growth and developing into a fine specimen. 
For plants that prefer plenty of water, it is a good plan to keep a basin around the plant and 
irrigate in this manner. 
Among the plants which we catalogue, we mention a few below which are especially suitable 
under the following conditions: 
PLANTS FOR SHADY LOCATIONS 
ALSEUOSMIA MACROPHYLLA 
BEGONIAS 
BOUVARDIAS 
BRUNFELSIA FLORIBUNDA 
CERATOSTIGMA WILMOTTII 
ERANTHEMUMS 
FUCHSIAS 
HIBBERTIA VOLUBILIS 
IMPATIENS 
LIBONIA FLORIBUNDA 
LUCULIAS 
MACKAYA BELLA 
OCHNA MULTIFLORA 
OXERA PULCHERRA 
PLEROMA SPLENDENS 
REINWARDTIA TETRAGYNA 
REINWARDTIA TRIGYNA 
RONDELETIA CORDATA 
STROPHANTHUS SPECIOSA 
PLANTS FOR NATURALIZING 
ARISTEA ECKLONIS 
BARLERIA OBTUSATA 
CERASTOTIGMA WILMOTTII 
COLEONEMA PULCHRA 
HIBISCUS DIVERSIFOLIUS 
MALVASTRUM CAPENSIS 
MALVASTRUM SPECIES 
ZAUSCHNERA CALIFORNIA 
PLANTS FOR GROUND COVERING 
GAZAN IA COCCI NEA 
GAZAN IA PAVONIA 
GREVILLEA OBTUSIFOLIA 
GREVILLEA PANICULATA 
HEERIA ROSEA 
HIBISCUS DIVERSIFOLIUS 
THUNBERGIA GIBSONI 
PLANTS FOR WINTER BLOOM 
ALSEOSMA MACROPHYLLA 
BARLERIA OBTUSATA 
BAROSMA PULCHERRIMA 
BEAUMONTIA GRANDIFLORA 
BOWKERIA GERARDIANA 
BOUGAINVILLEAS 
CALISTEMON VIMINALIS 
CANTUA BUXIFOLIA 
CASSIA SPLENDIDA 
CHAMAELAUCIUM CILIATUM 
CHIRONIA IXIFERA 
CONVOLVULUS CNEORUM 
CORREA BICOLOR 
CORREA PULCHELLA 
CROTALARIA AGATIFLORA 
DISTICTIS CINEREA 
DOMBEYA WALLICHII 
EPIDENDRUM O'BRIENII 
ERANTHEMUM PULCHELLUM 
ERYTHRINA CAFFRA 
EUCALYPTI (most of our new 
dwarf varieties) 
EURYOPS ATHANASIAE 
GREVILLEA OBTUSIFOLIA 
GREYIA SUTHERLAND! 
HIBBERTIA VOLUBILIS 
HIBISCUS (where it is not 
too cold) 
HOLMSKIOLDTIA SANGUINEA 
INGA PULCHERRIMA 
KOELREUTERIA BIPINNATA 
LEPTOSPERMUM SCOPARIUM 
VAR. ROSEUM 
LIBONIA FLORIBUNDA 
LUCULIA GRATISSIMA 
PELARGONIUM ECHINATUM 
PELARGONIUM COCCINEUM 
REINWARDTIA TETRAGYNA 
REINWARDTIA TRIGYNA 
RHODORHIZA FLORIDA 
RUELLIA MACRANTHA 
SENECIO SPECIOSA 
SOLANDRAS (different varieties) 
SUTERA GRANDIFLORA 
TECOMA AUSTRALIS 
VAR. ROSEUM 
THUNBERGIA GIBSONI 
PLANTS FOR THE SEA SHORE 
The two following plants will do particularly well exposed to the full force of the ocean wind: 
CONVOLVULUS CNEORUM METROSIDEROS ROBUSTA 
