
wee Jollys 
HARDY PRRENNIALS 
Price: 50c per plant, $5.00 per doz., $35.00 per 100, except where noted 
Varieties starred (*) are suitable for Rock Gardens. Varieties daggered (+) are suitable for Cut Flowers. 

Anemone 
A PERENNIAL is any soft plant which reappears from the same root year after year. The use of them is the backbone 
of your garden effect throughout the growing season. Great possibilities are thus afforded for all season color and 
foliage effect. This group of plants range in height from a few inches to many feet, from white through red, yellow 
and blue, from spring to fall blooming. Some will tolerate full sun, others dense shade; some prefer dry locations, 
others like to have their “toes” damp. Thus, these plants can fill any requirement a gardener may possibly have. 
Their use is not limited only to the Perennial garden or border but can be used in rockeries, in the foreground of 
shrubs, in the woodland, along streams and around pools or as a ground cover to take the place of grass under dense 
trees. For effect and for the least amount of effort Perennials give the greatest return to the garden lover. 
Exact planting instructions are impossible to give as a group for it is greatly varied. Perennials do require rich 
loam, deeply and well prepared. The addition of barnyard manure dug into new ground is a prerequisite. Lime is 
added if your soil tests acid. A top dressing of a complete fertilizer or one which has an analysis of 5-10-5 per 
hundred is raked in before setting your plants. These should, as a rule, be placed the same depth as they were in 
the nursery row. Most Perennials can be planted either spring or fall thus lengthening the gardener’s scope in 
changing his plantings. Division of old clumps should occur usually every three years or when the center of the plant 
becomes non-productive. The best time is immediately after blooming with a few exceptions such as Peonies, 
Poppies, Bleeding Heart, etc. 
Most Perennials are comparatively free from insects and disease. An occasional spraying or dusting when 
attacked by insects or disease will keep them healthy. If given a fair opportunity to grow they are of easy culture. 
Always remove old flower heads immediately after they fade. This reduces disease and also helps to keep undesirable 
colors from appearing in the garden. 
A winter mulch is of help in this section. Immediately after the ground is well frozen, usually by the end of 
December, place barnyard manure around, not on, the plants and lightly cover the entire bed with salt hay. This 
prevents the plants from being heaved from the ground by alternate freezing and thawing during the winter. In the 
spring remove the salt hay mulch and then start your new gardening season by forking in the manure. Thus, the new 
year will start with added nourishment for the plants and assured success for the gardener. 
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