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Flower Garden Planting Guide 
KEY—For classification of flowers by purpose, location, etc. see the 
second column below. The meaning of the key letters in this col- 
umn is as follows: 
A—For hot, dry locations 
B—For a succession of bloom 
C—For shady locations 
D—For poor soil 
E—For edging 
F—For the rock garden 
AGERATUM 
ALYSSUM, Sweet 
ANTIRRHINUM 
AQUILEGIA 
BACHELOR BUTTON 
BALSAM 
CALENDULA 
CAMPANULA 
CANDYTUFT 
CHRYSANTHEMUM 
CELOSIA 
COSMOS 
COREOPSIS 
DAHLIA, Dwarf 
DELPHINIUM 
DIANTHUS 
ESCHSCHOLTZIA 
FOUR O'CLOCK 
GAILLARDIA 
GODETIA 
GYPSOPHILA 
HELICHRYSUM 
HOLLYHOCK 
KOCHIA 
LARKSPUR 
LOBELIA 
MARIGOLD 
MIGNONETTE 
MOON FLOWER 
MORNING GLORY 
NASTURTIUM 
NICOTIANA 
PANSY 
PETUNIA 
PHLOX 
PORTULACA 
SALVIA 
SCABIOSA 
STOCKS 
SCHIZANTHUS 
SWEET PEA 
SWEET WILLIAM 
VERBENA 
WALLFLOWER 
ZINNIA 
Height 
(inches) 
4-12 
4-6 
18-36 
18-30 
36 
18-24 
18 
18-24 
12 
24-36 
12-36 
36-48 
24 
14 
60 
12 
12 
24 
24 
24 
18-36 
36 
60 
H—For winter bouquets 
I—For fragrance 
J—For window boxes 
K—For vines 
L—For backgrounds 
Average 
Suitable Days to 
for Germinate 
ABEFJ 5-10 
ABDEFIJ 5-10 
CIL 20-25 
CEF 15 
ABCDETI 5-20 
ADE 10-12 
BD 10-14 
CFL 8-15 
BCFI 9-10 
ABE 5-20 
CDE 20-25 
ABCL 5-15 
ABDE 10-20 
BEF 10 
L 15-21 
AEFI 5-10 
ACDF 9-12 
AD 5-10 
AD 15-20 
CD 18-20 
BH 15-20 
BH 5-10 
BL 5-20 
AE 15-18 
BCL 15-20 
CEJ 10 
ABDE 5-8 
Bed 
IK 9-8 
AK 5-8 
CDEFK 8-15 
ACI 20-25 
CEF 10-15 
BDEFJ 18-20 
ABCFIJ 20-25 
ADEFJ 18-20 
A 15-25 
Al 18-20 
I 5-15 
CE 20-25 
IK 15-20 
EF 10 
EF] 8-10 
I 9-12 
AEFL 5-10 



AGERATUM, 
Approx Midget Blue 
Time to 
Bloom 
10 wks. 
6 wks. 
3 mos. 
3 mos. 
3 mos. 
6 wks. 
12 wks. ak. ‘ 
10 wks. / 

10 wks. 5 
10 wks. a 
10 wks. ; ye, 
10 wks. ESCHSCHOLTZIA, Lee, 
California Poppy 


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12 wks. : 
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12 wks. 
8 wks. 
4 mos. 
5 mos. 
4 mos. 
2-3 mos. 
12 wks. 
12 wks. 
12 wks. 
10 wks. 
6 wks. 
mos. 
3 mos. 
12 wks. 
8 wks. 
12 wks. 
12 wks. 
12 wks. 
3 mos. 
8 wks. 


IPOMEA, 
Heavenly Blue 
