How to 
Garden with 
You will enjoy developing the beauty of your garden. Indi- 
vidual taste, of course, will be your guide in developing the 
garden of your choice. Here are two particular motifs one can 
develop. Plant with an eye to groups with radiant highlights, 
gem-like colors so timelessly beautiful. Or you might prefer 
planting subtle color harmonies blending kinds from one color 
nuance to another attaining groups of prismatic beauty. Either 
way, it will add new vibrancy, new sparkle to your garden. In 
leafing through the pages of this catalog you will note the season 
of pivon and height of each variety is indicated by a symbol (see 
Key page 12). In dev eloping your garden do not attempt strict 
regularity in heights of stem. A much more interesting garden 
silhouette is attained by using varying heights. Group together, 
into one color scheme, varieties that bloom at the same time and 
plan groups in varied parts of your garden allowing the earlier 
blooming and the later blooming kinds to shed their glory at 
different periods of the Iris blooming season. So do spend a 
bit of time and plan to group your Iris by height and season 
for most pleasing effect. 
Harmonious color groupings offer you a kaleidoscope of color 
with your own imagination and ingenuity your only limitation. 
One of the great secrets of a beautiful garden is color used in 
a wise and purposeful way. Lighter colors, as pastels, generally 
should predominate. This is particularly true of more distant 
points in the garden as their carrying value is greater. Here are 
a few rules of thumb suggestions for color combinations. White 
Iris may be used effectively with practically all colors except 
bronze and browns. Creams, likewise, are garden indispensables. 
The combination of white with pink and light blue is most 
pleasant. The plicata family can easily be combined with the 
use of whites, blues, violets and in the case of brown and red 
marked types the use of yellows is very effective. Light blues, 
the sky color, can be combined with practically every color; 
medium blues with richer shades—gold and rose tones. Flamingo 
pinks with blues of the lightest register give a picture to behold. 
Dark blues and violets are spices to light colors. Be sure that 
light colors predominate at least 3 to 1 numerically. 
