Plant Horsford’s Hardy Perennials 
for a Colorful, ALL-SEASON Garden 
Nowhere in the whole plant kingdom can one find such variety of shape, size, color, and 
habit of growth with which to paint the garden picture as in the perennial group. Fall is 
the ideal time to plant perennials. In late August or early September, the Spring-and-Sum- 
mer-blooming plants are making root-growth for next year’s flowering. 
Achillea will just fit that spot in every garden that is 
forever dry—perhaps from a rock too close to the surface 
or from thin soil. Their pure white flowers make bouquet 
highspots in the house. 
Aconitum is mighty useful. It blooms from August to 
October, and, with its variety of blues, can be used to 
duplicate the spring effect of massed Larkspur. 
Aquilegia. Call it Columbine or Honeysuckle—look for it 
in reds, yellows, blue, or white—wish it were 1 foot or 
3. feet high—and- this versatile perennial can provide the 
answer. Its spurred form™is unique among flowers. 
Campanula. Its perennial and biennial forms are cousins. 
The perennial single white and blue Bellflowers give great 
support to the early borders of the garden. 
Coreopsis and the proper use of a pair of scissors will give 
you a profusion of bold, golden yellow saucer-like blooms 
all through the summer. 
Delphinium. One of the five dominant perennials of the 
border. Its stately spikes make a superb background for 
such lilies as Regal and our own carefully developed 
Pacific Hybrids have an unusually- stunning variety of 
colors. 
Dictamnus. You won’t like its pungent gascous odor, but 
you will enjoy its interesting reddish purple flowers. 
Digitalis. The venerable Foxglove is usually a biennial, but 
there is one strictly perennial yellow variety that is worth 
growing. Try D. ambigua. 
Doronicum. Most of the early spring flowers are whites 
and blues, but here’s one that is a gorgeous yellow, and 
has moderate height, too. 
Echinacea. Everything recommends this daisy-like flower— 
its strong growth, its 4-foot stems, and its reddish purple 
blooms set off with a true orange cone. Mighty handy to 
have in July and August for cutting, because it lasts 
especially well. 
Gaillardia. Our Regal Plants have been selected for both 
vigor and brilliant color. 
Hemerocallis. Surely no flower in the garden works so 
faithfully to justify your selection of it! Though their 
gay Lilies last only for a day, other buds force themselves 
along to be ready for their orange or yellow blooms each 
morning. 
Liatris is a rough-and-ready grower. Its foot-long spikes 
(with their perverse habit of blooming from the top 
down!) make an almost solid rose-purple tube. 
Lupinus. Our own Russell Hybrids are truly breath-taking 
in their range of colors. They make a dazzling display 
in your early border, and, too, we seem to have been able 
to give them a vigor that carries them successfully through 
the difficult first year of transplanting. 
Lychnis. Here is another group of bright, cherry perennials, 
in various shades of pink and red, that are invaluable to 
the June garden. 
Mertensia is the true Bluebell of Virginia. It’s best to 
mass it for an effect. Choose a location where its dark 
green foliage will be helpful after the loose panicles of 
blue-purple flowers have passed their spring-blooming 
period. 
Doronicum plantagineum excelsum 
