Perennialsa fora Colorful, Fragrant Garden 
Available as container grown, some from flats, all priced at the nursery 
ASTER FRIKARTI 
Agapanthus umbellatus. Blue Lily of the 
Nile. Sturdy, dependable perennial with 
long green Amaryllis-like leaves and clus- 
ters of blue flowers atop 2-foot stems. 
Attractive when used among shubs. 
Aster frikarti. Well branched rounded 
plants bearing large 2-inch blue daisies 
from June to December. Give full sun 
and good garden soil. 
Campanula. Many varieties. A lovely 
creeping bell-flower for use as a ground 
cover or in rockeries. Needs some shade. 
When the plant blooms the flower stems 
spread out from the tuft of foliage and 
produce a dense cover of light blue star- 
shaped flowers. 
Carnations. Few flowers surpass the car- 
nations in beauty and fragrance. Easy 
to grow if started early. Usually you 
have an abundance of blooms five to six 
months from planting. 
GEUM, MRS. BRADSHAW and 
LADY STRATHEDEN 
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Ceratostigma plumaginoides. Bright blue 
star-shaped flowers in fall. The oval 
green leaves take on rich red tones at 
tlowering time. 6 to 12 inches. 
Chrysanthemums. Chrysanthemums ex- 
tend the flowering season well into the 
last days of fall. There are earliest to 
latest flowering types and varieties of 
form and color impossible to describe 
in so brief a space. From the charming- 
est to the stateliest—the mums give you 
everything. 
Columbine. Hardy old-time flowers that 
are never outmoded. They are now avail- 
able in more delightful color combina- 
tions and in larger flowers and spurs. 
§, They thrive in humus soil and light 
shade. 
Convolvulus mauritanicus. A dainty 
creeping plant suitable for use in plant- 
ing boxes, pots or as a garden border. 
Velvety grey green leaves support 1-inch 
blue morning glories. 
Delphiniums. You have often admired 
the tall, spire-like, blue-hued flowers that 
so gracefully dominate the summer gar- 
den. Here is an excellent mixture of 
strong-stalked double-flowered varieties 
in a delightful color range. 
CARNATION 
Gerbera Jamesoni. The popular Trans- 
vaal Daisy. One of the most dependable 
perennials for bedding and cutting. Sin- 
gle or double. They like full sun and 
good drainage. Colors are both pastel 
and rich, mostly yellows and reds, with 
good orange and pink. 
Geum. Double flowered Geums like Mrs. 
Bradshaw, red, and Lady Stratheden, 
yellow, are delightful both cut and in the 
garden. Foliage is low and the flowers 
borne on stems that reach 114 feet make 
them nice for front of the border. Sun 
or light shade. 
Heliotrope. For fragrance this old-fash- 
ioned flower really pours it out. The 
new deep purple kinds are popular and 
show rich coloring in the foliage. Give 
light shade or some sun. 
Hemerocallis... Day Lily. Plants form 
clumps of long narrow green foliage and 
tall flower spikes bearing lily-like flow- 
ers. Newer varieties include reds and 
browns but many choice yellow and or- 
ange types are popular. Summer flower- 
ing. Sun or light shade. 
Heuchera. Cora! Bells. One of our most 
dependable bedding plants. Foliage is 
close to the ground, neat and tidy at all 
times and above rise 14% foot stems with 
countless tiny red bells. Blooms for a 
long time. Sun. 
Lavandula vera. Lavender. A delightful 
greyish green shrubby plant with fra- 
grant purplish flowers. Easy to grow in 
sun. 
Marguerites. Both white and yellow 
make spreading plants covered with 
2-inch daisies. Best in full sun. 
Nierembergia Purple Robe. Low, com- 
pact plant for edging or ground cover. 
Grows about 6 inches and does best in 
full sun. Covered with rich purple cups 
with contrasting yellow center. 
Penstemon Sensation. Medium height 
plants with large showy trumpet-shaped 
flowers in combinations of pink, white 
and red. Fine for cutting. 
Phlox paniculata. Showy summer flow- 
ering perennial available in several col- 
ors. Use soil sulphur in areas serviced 
with Colorado River water. 2 to 3 feet. 
Sun. 
Primula polyantha. English Primrose. 
Flowers yellow, orange, bronze to red 
and sometimes blue. Easy to grow in 
lightly shaded places. 
Saxifraga cordifolia. Large, round leath- 
ery leaves close to the ground make a 
year-around cover. In spring and some- 
times during the summer the flower 
spikes appear bearing their waxy pink 
flowers. Shade or sun. 
Shasta Daisy. Fine for cut flowers most 
of the summer. Plants of easiest culture 
and need sun to produce their blooms. 
Of the newer types available we suggest: 
Chiffon. With smaller habit of growth 
and 3-inch fluffy flowers with rich yel- 
low centers. Esther Reed. Pure white 
with crested center. Very popular and 
beautiful. Marconi. A very large double 
form with long twisted petals. 
Statice perezi. A dependable perennial 
for sunny borders or where little water is 
available. Tufted leathery leaves are 
greyish green and from them arise 2-foot 
stems bearing clouds of purplish flowers. 
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