PASADENA, CALIFORNIA 
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VERONICA 
Long lived perennials that thrive in most any soil or 
sunny location. Easy to grow and extremely hardy. 
Longifolia subsessilis. Bears compact, six to eight inch 
long spikes of deep blue flowers. Leaves wide, three 
inches in length, compact on stems and dark green. 
Handsome when not in bloom. Will create an in¬ 
cipient riot in any garden. Excellent for cutting. 
Height three feet. Gal. containers. 
Maritima. Strong growing, hardy perennial to two 
feet. Dark green leaves to four inches in length. 
Dense racemes of lilac colored flowers. Sun or part 
shade. 2% inch pots. 
*Repens. A minutely-leaved, trailing variety that 
roots as it spreads, forming a close mat of cool, deep 
green. Bears slender racemes of small, light blue 
flowers in late spring. Excellent in the rock garden. 
Part shade. 2^/4 inch pots. Gal. containers. 
*Rupestris. Probably the hardiest of the prostrate 
varieties. The small, thickly growing leaves are quite 
substantial in texture. It, too, roots as it travels and 
spreads into a small carpet of deep green loveliness. 
Many medium blue flowers in early summer. Invalu¬ 
able in the rock garden or border. Gal. containers. 
2% inch pots. 
Spicata. An old standby. Long, narrow, medium 
green leaves. Three inch spikes of lavender-blue in 
spring, summer and fall. Grows to two or two and 
one-half feet. 2% inch pots. Gal. containers. 
*Teucrium prostrata 
Half-trailing, dwarf plant for sun or part shade. Blue 
flowers. Gal. containers. 
VINCA (Periwinkle) 
Major. (Common Periwinkle or Trailing Myrtle). The 
hardiest ground cover. Will thrive under eucalyptus 
trees and in other difficult locations. Cut back to two 
or three inches each winter. Has attractive blue 
flowers in spring. Excellent for hanging baskets or 
window boxes. 2 V 2 inch pots. Gal. containers. Bare 
root, $3.00 per hundred. 
Major variegated. Identical to former except for white 
variegation. Gal. containers. 2 V 2 inch pots. 
Minor. Mowers and leaves smaller than Major. 2% 
inch pots. Gal. containers. 
Rosea (Madagascar Periwinkle) 
Low, glossy-foliaged plant. Through summer and fall 
the tips of each branchlet are aglow with waxy white 
or pink flowers similar to phlox. Plant in protected, 
sunny location. Height to two feet. 2^^ inch pots. 
Gal. containers. 
* Particularly useful in rock gardens. 
