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Fiowers for Shady Locations 
Most annuals need plenty of sun- 
light, but there are a few which do 
fairly well in the shade, or with 
partial sun. The following are worth 
a trial in shady spots: 
Bachelor Button Candytuft 
Nasturtium Larkspur 
Pansy Lupine 
Clarkia Godetia 
Pansy Lobelia 
Coreopsis English Daisy 
Lupine Viola 
Columbine 
In the Vine group, those which 
often prosper in fairly shady places 
are Cardinal Climber, and Morning 
Glory. 
Flowers for Poor Soil 
Of course, the right answer to poor 
soil conditions is “Improve the 
soil!” But if you can’t or don’t want 
to do this, you can usually get 
fairly good results in poor soil 
with these: 
Balsam Marigold 
California Poppy Nasturtium 
Zinnia Petunia 
Gaillardia Portulaca 
Godetia Four O’Clock 
Easiest Annuals to Grow 
We are often asked to recommend 
annuals for growing without much 
care, particularly around summer 
cottages used only on week ends, 
or where the soil is poor. We 
suggest Calendula, Gaillardia, Mari- 
gold, Petunia, annual Phlox, Scabi- 
osa, Verbena and Zinnia, These 
usually bloom profusely without 
care or extra watering, though some 
water applied when seed is sown 
will often insure germination. 
For Successive Sowings 
Some of the annuals which come 
into bloom quickly keep blooming 
for only a little while. If you want 
them in bloom through the season, 
make several successive sowings 
at two to four week intervals. 
Flowers in this class include: 
Calliopsis Gypsophila 
Candytuft Larkspur 
Bachelor Button Mignonette 
Sweet Alyssum Poppy 
Annuals for Fall Bloom 
While Petunias can be cut back to 
force new bloom, others can be re- 
placed by sowing new seed late in 
June among the old plants. Try 
Calendula, Candytuft, Eschscholtzia, 
annual Phlox, Sweet Alyssum, and 
small flowered Zinnias for this 
purpose. These late-sown annuals 
will need extra watering to ger- 
minate and grow. The Alyssum and 
Candytuft often keep flowering along 
with the hardy Mums. 
Annuals for Edging 
Low growing annuals planted at 
the edge of a garden make it look 
neat and finished. The best plants 
for this purpose are Sweet Alys- 
sum, Ageratum, Lobelia, dwarf 
Marigold, Nasturtium, dwarf Pe- 
tunias, and Zinnia linearis or mexi- 
cana. Edging annuals should be 
pinched back once to keep them 
especially low. 
Annuals for Fragrance 
We are often asked, ‘What annuals 
are really fragrant?’ We recom- 
mend Alyssum, Candytuft, Car- 
nation, Mignonette, Gleam Nastur- 
tiums, Petunia, Scabiosa, Stocks, 
Sweet Peas and Wallflower. 
Flowers for Hot, Dry Locations 
In spots where the sun beats down 
mercilessly all day long, many 
flowers can not prosper. But some 
of the annuals can do well, even in 
these difficult locations. Here’s a 
good list: 
Sweet Alyssum Petunia 
Ageratum Phlox, Annual 
Bachelor Button Poppy, California 
Cosmos Portulaca 
Dianthus Scabiosa 
Dimorphotheca Zinnia 
Gaillardia Four O’clock 
Marigold Salvia 
Perennials for hot locations are less 
plentiful, but you can usually do 
well with Babysbreath, Perennial 
Asters, Sedum Acre, Statice, and 
Blanket Flower (Gaillardia). 
Flowers for Bouquets 
Most of the garden flowers can be 
used in. bouquets of some sort. 
However, some are so small that 
special minature vases must be 
used, Others will need low saucers 
and must be used in special places. 
The following list includes the best 
ones for most uses in bouquets 
and flower arrangements: 
Aster Gypsophila 
Bachelor Button Larkspur 
Calendula Lupine 
Chrysanthemum Marigolds 
Clarkia Phlox 
Coreopsis Salpiglossis 
Cosmos Scabiosa 
Delphinium Statice 
Gaillardia Sweet Peas 
Godetia Zinnias 
Flowers for Low Bowls 
Many excellent flowers are neglect- 
ed because of the stems are so 
short that they need low bowls or 
saucers to display. Or they may 
be floated on deeper containers. 
While they are a little hard to ar- 
range, they are very fine for use 
on dinner tables, buffets, and in 
front of mirrors, They are beauti- 
ful and still do not cut off or hide 
any of the other decorations. Some 
of the best for this type of use are: 
Carnation Dianthus 
Nasturtium Lavatera 
Petunia Mignonette 
Candytuft Nemophila 
Dwarf Marigold Verbena 
Dwarf Zinnia Viola 
Phlox Pansy 
English Daisy 
For Winter Bouquets 
Several flowers can be dried and 
used for winter decorations. The 
everlastings are best known but 
Statice and Gypsophila are also 
fine. Celosia will last a long time 
but is not as showy as the others. 




