
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: 
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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 

H—For winter bouquets 
I—For fragrance 
J—For window boxes 
K—For vines 
L—For backgrounds 





AGERATUM, 
Prenat monrte Midget Blue 
Suitable Days to Time to 
for Germinate Bloom 
ABEFJ 5-10 10 wks. 
ABDEFITJ 5-10 6 wks. 
CIL 20-25 3 mos. 
CEF 15 3 mos. 
ABCDEI 5-20 3 mos. 
ADE 10-12 6 wks. 
BD 10-14 12 wks. 
CFL 8-15 10 wks. 
BCFI 5-10 10 wks. 
ABE 5-20 10 wks. 
CDEH 20-25 10 wks. oadger” 
ABCL 5-15 10 wks. ESCHSCHOLTZIA, ,” “= 
ABDE 10-20 pts California Poppy po BY 
BEF 10 4 mos. oC ¥ + 
L 15-21 4 mos. ¥ aN * 
AEFI 5-10 3 mos. ) » 
ACDF 5-12 4 mos, 
AD 5-10 4 mos. 
AD 15-20 3 mos 
CD 18-20 2 mos. 
BH 15-20° 10 wks. 
BH 5-10 3 mos. % 
BL 5-20 10 wks. fs 
AE 15-18 Ww 
Bier 15-20 12 wks. iy COSMOS, 
Radiance 
CEJ 10 12 wks. 
ABDE 5-8 8 wks. 
BEI 4 mos. 
IK 5-8 5 mos. 
AK 5-8 4 mos. 
CDEFK 8-15 2-3 mos. 
ACI 20-25 12wkss @& 8 8} Vo}, aaa 6 hh 
CEF 10-15 12 wks. 
BDEFJ 18-20 12 wks. 
ABCFIJ 20-25 10 wks. 
ADEFJ 18-20 6 wks. 
A 15-25 4 mos. 
Al 18-20 3 mos. 
I 5-15 12 wks. 
CE 20-25 8 wks. 
IK 15-20 12 wks. 
EF 10 12 wks. 
EF] 8-10 12 wks. 
I 5-12 3 mos. 
AEFL 5-10 8 wks. 

IPOMEA, 
Heavenly Blue 
