INDIANAPOLIS, IND. 
PERENNIAL PLANTS 
PHLOX SUBULATA 6 in. 
Moss or Ground Pink 
Creeping evergreen moss-like foliage, which 
is compltely hidden for weeks by the color¬ 
ful bloom. A favorite for the rock garden and 
carpeting in the border. Sun. 
Alba 
White bloom in May. 
Atropurpurea 
Deep carmine-red. May. 
Blue Hills 
Distinctive pale blue. May-June. 
C. F. Wilson 
Soft lavender. May. 
City of Holland 
Large clear pink, later May-June. 
Rosea 
Clear pink. May. 
Rose-oink 
Deeper pink than Rosea. May. 
PHYSALIS FRANCHETTI 2 ft. 
Chinese Lantern Plant 
Interesting hardy plant grown for its hand¬ 
some red fruit. Excellent for drying for winter 
bouquets. Sun. 
PHYSOSTEGIA VIRGINIAN A 1-3 ft. 
False Dragonhead 
Grows in clumps forming an erect bushy plant. 
Flowers purplish-rose in dense spike-iike ra¬ 
cemes. July-August. Transplant and divide 
frequently. Sun. 
Vivid l 1 /-* ft. 
Very deep pink flowers, heavy blooms. 
Dwarf. 25c each. 
♦PLATYCODON GRANDIFLORUM 2 ft. 
Balloon Flower 
A shrubby plant with numerous large, showy, 
blue bell-shaped flowers at the end of each 
leaf stalk. Attractive in rock gardens or 
borders. Sun or shade. 
* PLUMBAGO LARPENTAE 6-8 in. Leadwort 
A desirable rock and border plant. Spreading 
habit. Covei'ed with deep blue flowers during 
late summer and fall. Sun or shade. Protect 
in winter. 
♦PRIMULA VERIS HYBRIDS 12 in. Primrose 
Flowers of lilac to buff to orange to red on 
spikes above the tufts of thick crinkled foliage. 
Flowers in April-May. Shade. 25c each. 
PYRETHRUM 1-1 Va ft. 
Persian or Painted Daisy 
Charming flowers like large daisies. Vary from 
carmine through pink to white. Feathery foli¬ 
age. Cut off old flowers. June-July. Sun. 25c 
each. 
RUDBECKIA NEWMANNI 3 ft. Coneflower 
A compact bushy plant with large showy flow¬ 
ers. The perennial form of “Black Eyed Su¬ 
san”; deep yellow flowers with a dark purple, 
cone center. Blooms all summer. Sun. 
Purpurea 3 it. 
Purple flowers with a large, brown, cone 
center; July to October. Splendid in border. 
SALVIA FARINACEA 2-3 ft. Meadow Sage 
Pale blue flowers branching out from stalks 
in pairs forming elongated whorls. July-Au¬ 
gust. Neat plant, pretty in borders. Protect 
in winter. Sun. 
♦SAXIFRAGA MEGASEA CORDIFOLIA 1 ft. 
t\/t . , Rock-foil 
Masses of handsome, broad, deep green foli¬ 
age, which alone renders them useful. Flow¬ 
ers appear very early in spring. Fine among 
rocks or ledges. 25c each. 
♦Crassifolia 12-15 in. 
Showy and spreading. Drooping masses of 
pink flowers high above the large clustered 
leaves. A fine rock plant. 25c each. 
SEDLIM Stonecrop or Live-For-Ever 
Popular rock plants and ground covers. Vary¬ 
ing in size from creeping dwarf plants of two 
inches to compact plants of eighteen inches. 
The flowers are small starry shaped from white 
to yellow to rose-lavender. The leaves are 
thick and pulpy. Sun or half shade. 
♦Acre 2-3 in. 
Green, evergreen, prostrate and slow creep¬ 
ing. Flowers bright yellow. May. 
♦Album 4-6 in. 
Pale green; creamy-white starry flowers in 
clusters. 
♦Altissimum 6-8 in. 
Graylish-red leaves; flowers in clusters, 
greenish-yellow. 
♦Dasyphyllum 2-4 in. 
Small, thick leaves; gray-green; crowded 
on slender stems. Flowers white to pink. 
♦Glaucum 6 in. 
Gray-green, flowers one-half inch, yellow. 
♦Kamtschaticum 9 in. 
Robust, green plant. Flowers orange-yellow. 
♦Lydium 3 in. 
Mossy, blue-green. White flowers. 
♦Rupestris I -3 in. 
Gray-green to red foliage. Flowers small 
and yellow. 
♦Sarmentosum 4 in. 
Rapid grower, yellow-green leaves, yellow 
flowers. Best filler in walls. 
♦Sexangular 3 in. 
Dark green foliage; yellow flowers. 
♦Sieboldi 9 in. 
Large round leaves, gray with pink margins. 
Flowers pink. August. Excellent and 
unique variety. 
Spectabilis Brilliant 1 Va ft. 
Compact plant, broad light gray-green 
leaves. Large heads of bright red flowers in 
August. 
Spectabilis—variegated 
Leaves gray-green with yellow variegations. 
♦Spurium coccineum 6 in. 
Creeping, small, broad leaves, reddish green. 
♦SEMPERVIVUM 4 in. 
House Leek or Hens and Chickens 
♦Fimbriatum 
Thick green leaves in rosettes, margin deflexed. 
Flowers bright red. 
♦Tectorum 4 in. 
Broad rosettes with reddish brown tips. This 
is the old-fashioned variety. Flowers pale 
red to one foot. 
STACHYS LANATA 1% ft. Lamb’s Ears 
Soft wooly, silvery foliage in low tufts. Pur¬ 
ple spikes of flowers in June-July. Sun. 
STATICE LATIFOLIA iy>-2 ft. Sea Lavender 
Clouds of tiny, bluish-purple, flowers in large 
spreading spikes, July-August. Bold luxurant 
foliage, excellent in border. Do not disturb. 
STOKESIA LAEVIS 2 ft. Stokes’ Aster 
Huge flowers often five inches across with long 
stems. Color is an attractive shade of silvery 
blue with a lilac blue suffusion in center. Free 
flowering. Sun. 
Better Trees and Shrubs From Hillsdale 
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