Perennials 
TRANSVAAL DAISIES 
Blue Nile Lily 
Agapanthus umbellatus. A very satis- 
iactory bulbous plant that makes a 
pleasing addition to the garden through¬ 
out the entire year. Flowers in large 
blue clusters, frequently 8 inches across, 
appear during the summer. Often the 
plant will send up two bloom spikes a 
year that are about 2 feet tall. Heavy, 
strap-like leaves make excellent foliage 
in a perennial bed. Gal. 30c. 
Blue Creeper 
Convolvulus mauritanicus. A hardy 
perennial that is always desirable in 
a rockery or where a spreading ground 
cover is wanted. Each plant will put out 
hundreds of pale blue, quarter size 
flowers, during the summer, and will 
thrive under almost any conditions ex¬ 
cept dense shade. Gal. 30c. 
Chironia 
Chironia exefera. One of the most 
cheerful little plants that we have to 
offer. It grows to about 15 inches in 
height and about the same spread. Its 
carnation-like leaves give this plant a 
delicate air which makes an ideal back¬ 
ground for the bright pink flowers that 
appear in abundance over the entire 
plant throughout the summer. An excel¬ 
lent border plant or for general use in 
the perennial garden. Gal. 40c. 
Transvaal Daisy 
Gerbera jamesoni. We have yet to find anyone that does not like 
this extremely hardy perennial. The beautiful daisy-like flowers 
come in a great many pastel shades of all hues, from white to red. 
The plant wants full sun, a minimum of water and not much in 
the way of fertilizer, so it should be a plant that would adapt 
itself to anyone's garden. Gal. 35c. 
Heliotropes 
Heliotrope, Black Beauty. Nearly everyone who enjoyed a gar¬ 
den in the East usually remembers the Heliotropes above any¬ 
thing else because of their odd coloring and delightful fragrance. 
This one, with its flowers an odd shade of bluish-lavender, will do 
well in our California gardens. Gal. 40c. 
Heliotrope, Black Prince. One of the complaints that people make 
of the California Heliotrope is that its lacks fragrance, but this is 
a variety which never fails in this characteristic. This small shrub 
is an upright grower and is well covered with foliage, the flowers 
being a deep blue and borne in the usual upright clusters. You 
will enjoy having some of these in your garden. Gal. 40c; 5-gal. 
$1.50. 
Yellow Flax 
Linum flavum (Reinwardia). This is a particularly desirable 
perennial because of its habit of producing a great abundance of 
bright yellow flowers about the size of a half dollar, just prior 
to Christmas, coming at a time when most flowers are gone. 
The plant sends up many erect branches which are liberally cov¬ 
ered with light green foliage throughout the year. This will be 
an excellent addition to your perennial garden. Gal. 35c. 
Blue Cup Flower 
Nierembergia hippomanica. When we say that this dainty per¬ 
ennial will produce thousands of blooms, we mean literally that. 
The plant does not attain more than one foot in height, but will 
frequently spread over an area four feet across. The flowers are 
borne in an almost solid mass all over the top of the plant, and 
are of a bluish-lavender coloring, resembling in shape, a flat morn¬ 
ing-glory. The feathery foliage makes a wonderful background for 
the heavy mass of flowers, which are present on the plant all 
through the summer, with occasional blooms throughout the winter. 
Gal. 35c. 
Purple Sage 
Salvia leucantha. At the time that this perennial comes into 
bloom it will attract a great deal of attention because it flowers 
very late in the year, when there is very little of anything else in 
bloom. The plant sends up a quantity of erect, single branches, 
each one bearing a terminal spike of very fuzzy, purple flowers. 
Each individual flower has a little white tip. This plant should be 
allowed to send up a whole new top every year. Gal. 35c. 
Saxifrage 
Saxifraga rubicunda. This perennial makes an excellent one to 
use in sheltered places where a heavy mass of foliage is wanted, 
together with delicate flower coloring. The plan develops no main 
stem, but sends out a mass of broad, flat leaves on reddish stems, 
immediately from the ground. The flowers are borne on sturdy 
stems above the foliage and are of a delicate rose pink color. 
This plant combines well with ferns or Begonias and likes about 
the same situation. Gal. 35c. 
Spanish Shawl Plant 
Schizocentron elegans. We believe that this is about the most 
colorful ground cover plant that one could possibly use. It is ex¬ 
tremely spreading by nature and clings very closely to the ground 
with an extremely thick mass of small stems which are solidly 
covered with tiny leaves about a half inch long. During the spring 
the plant is heavily covered with a mass of bright, rosy lavender 
flowers of delicate proportions. This plant makes a beautiful effect, 
either in rockeries or as strictly a ground cover. Gal. 40c. 
Blue Everlasting 
Statice perezii. There are few perennials that will give a greater 
amount of color in a sunny location than will this one. The large 
leathery, light green leaves form a solid clump, not over 18 
inches high, above which the flower stalks appear. The flower 
heads are in large clusters frequently 6 inches across, the gen¬ 
eral background color of which is blue, but upon close examination 
you will find flecks of white and lavender. When these flower 
heads are picked after they are fully mature they will dry satis¬ 
factorily, retaining the colors which they had in full bloom. 
Gal. 35c. 
Red Hot Poker 
Tritoma hybrid. These plants grow into very colorful perennials 
which are quite easy to grow and hardy in all respects. The flow¬ 
ers are borne on heavy, stiff stems from two to three feet tall. In 
this hybrid strain there will be quite a variation of coloring in the 
red shades. As the flower spikes mature the buds hold the deeper 
color and as the tubular flowers open they take on lighter shades, 
giving the effect of a poker point heated until it is white hot at 
the tip. Gal. 40c. 
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