PERENNIALS by TUTTLE BROS. 
For over twenty years we have been growing perennials, adding each year desirable new varieties, 
until we have acquired a collection which we are quite sure cannot be equaled in Southern California. 
We have bright flowered perennials for every location, wet or dry, hot or cold, for all types of soil, for 
borders, beds, rock gardens and dry walls. And we know our perennials! 
Please note, following descriptions, approximate heights plants will grow. 
PRICES: 3-inch pots, 15c each, $1.50 per doz., $12.00 per 100. Gal. containers, 30c each. A few varieties are slightly 
higher. 
Prices of these varieties are noted after the descriptions. 
NOTE: We have marked with an * the varieties particularly useful in rock gardens. 
ACANTHUS mollis. Enormous 1% 
to 2-foot leaves that are artistically cut. 
Rich glistening green. Shade or part 
shade. 2 ft. Gal. containers, 40c; 5-gal. 
containers, $1.50. 
ACHILLEA Millefolium 
Bright scarlet flower heads on 
stems in summer. Lacy foliage. 
Gal. containers; 3-inch pots. 
AGAPANTHUS umbellatus. Lily 
of the Nile. Produces in summer large 
umbels of 30 to 40 flowers on fleshy 4- 
foot stems. Arching strap-like leaves. 
We have them in blue and white. Gal. 
containers, 35c. 
ALTHAEA rosea. Hollyhock. Excel- 
lent tall erect background perennials. 
Double Bright Red, Double Newport 
Pink, Double Salmon Rose, Double 
Yellow, Double White, Double Orange. 
Gal. containers. 
Single Mixed and Double Mixed. Gal. 
containers; 3-inch pots. 
*ALYSSUM saxatile citrinum. Com- 
pact plant to 6 inches bearing in late 
spring thousands of small pale yellow 
rubrum. 
Zante 
Sun. 
bloom. Sun. Gal. containers; 3-inch 
pots. 
ANCHUSA capensis Blue Bird. 
Bushy plants to 1 ft. thickly studded in 
summer with bright blue forget-me-not- 
like flowers. Sun or part shade. Gal. 
containers; 3-inch pots. 
ANCHUSA myosotidiflora. Dwarf 
variety to 1 foot tall. Produce many 
sprays of small charming blue blossoms 
in spring and early summer. Shade or 
part shade. Gal. containers, 35c. 
ANEMONE japonica. Wind Flower. 
Remarkable perennials for late summer 
and fall bloom. Single 1 to 3-inch flow- 
ers are borne abundantly. Hardy. Shade 
or part shade. Gal. containers. We grow 
these varieties: Prince Henry. Dark 
pink. 1% ft. Single White. Glowing 
white. 4 ft. Gal. containers, 35c. 
AQUILEGIA. Columbine. Supply a 
wealth of bloom in partially shaded lo- 
cations in spring and early summer. 
See color illustration, page 45. 
Crimson Star. 
Gal. containers. 
Longissima. Pale yellow. Spurs to 4 
inches in length. Gal. containers. 
Long Spurred Blue Shades. Gal. con- 
tainers; 3-inch pots. 
Rose Queen. Beautiful long spurred 
rose pink. Gal. containers. 
Snow Queen. Long spurred pure 
white. Gal. containers; 3-inch pots. 
Crimson and _ white. 

*ARABIS alpina. Snow on_ the 
Mountain. Low spreading white flow- 
ered variety with gray green foliage. 
4 in. Sun. Gal. containers; 3-inch pots. 
ASTER. Hardy perennials for sun or 
light shade. 
Frikarti. Wonder of Stafa. Finest of 
all hardy Asters. From June until De- 
cember this busy plant will produce 
continually and in abundance large 
lavender blue blooms. Plant is free 
branching. 2 ft. Sun. Gal. containers, 
40c. 
*Little Boy Blue. The best dwarf 
aster of our acquaintance. Grows only 
to a height of 12 inches in a compact 
dark green ball. From July until Oc- 
tober is smothered with bright double 
blue flowers. Sun or part shade. Gal. 
containers; 3-inch pots. 
*Mauve Cushion. Forms a compact 
mass of glossy green foliage to 10 
inches tall and 2 feet in width. In late 
summer, fall and early winter it is cov- 
ered with delicate mauve flowers an 
inch or more across. Sun or part shade. 
Gal. containers; 3-inch pots. 
Novae-Angliae. Pink. This pink sport 
is a beauty. In summer and fall this 
dark foliaged variety bears great quant- 
ities of bright pink bloom. It is the best 
pink aster we have ever seen. Sun or 
part shade. 2 ft. Gal. containers. 
Porterii. A much branched hardy va- 
riety growing to 3 feet that through 
late summer is profuse’ with small 
glistening white flowers. Sun. Gal. con- 
tainers. 
*Wartburg Star. Brilliant large lav- 
ender asters on good stems for cutting. 
Excellentmtolaceum tie oun OLN palt 
shade. Gal. containers; 3-inch pots. 
BEGONIA. Here is color for you in 
both flowers and foliage. For bedding 
purposes, for edging or in pots these 
attractive plants will delight you with 
their glossy leaves and refreshing blos- 
soms. Prefer shade but will grow in 
sun. Flats of 100 plants, $1.90. 
Alba. Dwarf white. Albert Martin. 
Pink or red. Luminosa. Red flowers. 
Bronze foliage. Indian Chief. Red. Ma- 
roon foliage. Prima Donna. Light pink. 
BELAMCANDA chinensis. Leopard 
Flower. Strikingly handsome orange 
flowers spotted with red, to 2 inches 
across. Iris-like foliage. Quite outstand- 
ing. Gal. containers, 35c. 
CAMPANULA bononiensis. Pre- 
sents a charming display in summer and 
fall. Loose graceful spikes of good sized 
blue bells rise from attractive tufts of 
substantial foliage. Quite hardy. Shade. 
2 ft. Gal. containers. 
CAMPANULA calycanthema. Cup 
and Saucer Canterbury Bell. Blue, Rose, 
White. 3-inch pots. 
*Garganica. Dwarf, slightly spread- 
ing variety. Covered in summer with 
half inch medium blue bells. Part shade. 
4in. Gal. containers, 3-inch pots. 
Persicifolia. Peach Leaved Bell flow- 
er. From a heavy clump of foliage rise 
2 or 3-foot stems that produce quant- 
ities of large blue bells. Plant in shade 
or part shade. Leave several years be- 
fore dividing. Gal. containers; 3-inch 
pots. 
*Poscharskyana. Handsome 1-inch 
bright blue flowers. Dense gray green 
foliage. Trailing. 1 ft. Shade. Gal. 
containers; 3-inch pots. 
*Rotundifolia. Trailing variety bear- 
ing lovely clear blue bells on slender 
stems. Part shade. Gal. containers; 3- 
inch pots. 
CANNA. Excellent for showy sum- 
mer bloom in background plantings. 
The following are all outstanding large 
flowered varieties. Gal. containers, 35c. 
Firebrand. Rose pink. Richard Wallace. 
Yellow. The Ambassador. Red. The 
President. Fiery scarlet orange. 
*CERATOSTIGMA _plumbaginoi- 
des. Bears intense blue flowers in 
great quantities through summer. Sun. 
6 in. Gal. containers; 3-inch pots. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM. We can sup- 
ply many types and varieties in sea- 
son. Gal. containers, 35c. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM Astrid. A 
really exciting new dwarf hybrid of 
Chrysanthemum arcticum that forms a 
thick low mass of robust varnished foli- 
age, crowned through late summer and 
fall with single shell pink, yellow cen- 
tered flowers to 3 inches in diameter. 
Well worth growing for foliage alone. 
Hardy and disease resistant. Gal. con- 
tainers, 35c. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM ss frutescens. 
Marguerite. Blooms through summer 
and fall and into winter if the nights 
are not too cold. Excellent for cutting 
or for pots. White or Yellow. Sun. 
2% ft. Gal. containers; 3-inch pots. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM maximum. 
Shasta Daisy. Useful for edging and for 
cutting. Sun. Gal. containers. 
Chiffon. Double quilled. 
longest when cut. 1% ft. 
Pasadena. Huge single flowers on 4- 
foot stems. 
Snowdrift. Fluffy double white. 2 ft. 
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