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Flower Planning Suggestions 
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 Bution Candytuft 
Nasturtium Larkspur 
Pansy Lupine 
Coreopsis Godetia 
English Daisy Lobelia 
In the vine group, those which 
often prosper in fairly shady places 
are: Cup-and-Saucer Vine, and 
Morning Glory, 
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: 
African Daisy Petunia 
Ageratum Phlox, Annual 
Sweet Alyssum Poppy, California 
Bachelor Button Portulaca 
Cosmos Scabiosa 
Dianthus Zinnia 
Gaillardia Four O’Clock 
Marigold Salvia 
Perennials for hot locations are less 
plentiful, but you can usually do 
well with Babysbreaith, Perennial 
Asters, and Blanket Flower (Gail- 
lardia). 
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 gcod results in poor soil 
with these: 
California Poppy Nasturtium 
Gaillardia Petunia 
Lady Slipper Portulaca 
Marigold Sweet Sultan 
These Need 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, Flow- 
ers in this class inciude: 
Bachelor Button Baby’s Breath 
Candytuft Larkspur 
Cornflower Micnonette 
Forget-me-not Poppy 
For Late Gardens 
Even in mid-summer, there’s still 
time to start some of the annuals 
from seed and have lots of bloom 
before the season is over. The soil 
must be well prepared and_ferti- 
lized. The proper flowers for such 
late planting are: 
Bachelor Button Cosmos 
Calendula Portulaca 
Cornflower Shirley Poppy 
Petunias and Snapdragoen seedlings 
may be started late, too. 
Most Dependable 
Annuals 
As every experienced gardener 
knows, some annual flowers suc- 
ceed under exactly the same grow- 
ing conditions which let other 
flowers fail. There is quite a list 
of annuals which are highly de- 
pendable. Given proper soil and 
care, these ‘old reliables’’ are prac- 
tically sure to produce good re- 
sulis: 
Bacheler Button Petunia 
Calendula Phlox 
California Poppy Pinks 
Cosmos Portulaca 
Four O'Clock Salvia 
Gaillardia Scabicsa 
Globe amaranth Shirley Poppy 
Hollyhock Snow-on- 
Larkspur the-mountain 
Marigold Sweet Alyssum 
Nasturtium Zinnia 
Annuals for Fragrance 
We are often asked, ‘’What annuals 
are really fragrant?’’ We recom- 
mend Aiyssum, Candytuft, Carna- 
tion, Mignonette, Gleam Nastur- 
tiums, Petunia, Scabiosa, Stocks, 
Sweet Peas and Wallflower. 
For Winter Bouquets 
Several flowers can be dried and 
used for winter decorations. The 
evertlastings are best known but 
Baby’s Breath is also fine. 
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 sug- 
gest Gaillardias, Marigold, Petunia, 
annual Phlox, Scabiosa, Verbena 
and Zinnia. These usually bloom 
profusely without care of extra 
watering, though some water ap- 
plied when the seed is sown will 
often insure germination, 
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 Alyssum, 
Ageratum, dwarf Marigold, dwarf 
Petunias, and Zinnia linearis, or 
Mexicana, Edging annuals should 
be pinched back once to keep them 
especially low. 
Removing Flowers 
The gardener can lengthen the 
blooming season of all annuals 
and some perennials by removing 
old flowers as soon as they fade, 
and preventing the plant from 
going to seed. Delphiniums and 
Canterbury Bells will usually re- 
spond to this treatment by produc- 
ing a second crop of flowers in 
the fall. a 
