PERENNIALS 20. Seasonal Touches of Color in Your Garden 
Agapanthus umbellatus, Blue Lily of the Nile. 
On stout yet graceful stalks this plant bears 
large umbels of lovely blue lily-like flowers 
in great profusion in summer. 3 feet. Leaves 
long and narrow, in nice clumps. Also white 
flowered form. 
Aster frikarti, Wonder of Stafa. Bushy plants, 
alive with 2-inch lavender-blue asters from 
June to December. Rich green foliage. 2 
feet. Full sun. 
Campanula isophylla. Trailing perennial for 
hanging baskets or rock gardens. Small grey 
green leaves and trailing stems of saucer 
shaped white or blue flowers. Free flowering. 
Campanula poscharskyana, Serbian Bluebell. 
A most charming low growing perennial, sel- 
dom over 6 inches in height, making a dense 
carpet of blue saucer-shaped flowers in early 
summer. Use it as a ground cover in lightly 
shaded places or as a border plant in the 
flower garden. 
Ceratostigma plumbaginoides (Plumabo lar- 
pentae). Dwarf spreading plant with nice 
green foliage and bright blue flowers with 
red bracts in late fall. 1 foot, sun. 
Convulvulus cneorum. Dense, small-leaved 
plant growing erect to 4 feet with white or 
pink single flowers. Persistent. 
Priced at Nursery 
Convolvulus mauritanicus, Blue Morocco 
Creeper. Light grey-green creeper with quan- 
tities of pale lavender cups all summer. Ex- 
cellent ground cover for sun. 6 inches. Not 
weedy. 
Delphinium, Pacific Hybrids. Graceful spikes 
of large, well proportioned flowers in an ex- 
cellent color range. 
Fuchsias. These most useful plants offer an 
almost infinite variety of forms and colors, 
upright, hanging or trailing. 
Geraniums. Never out of bloom. Ideal for 
patio, window box, balcony, garden. Available 
upright or trailing in colors from the most 
delicate to the most vivid. 
Gerbera jamesoni hybrids, Transvaal Daisies. 
One of the finest garden and cutting flowers 
for California. Low tufts of leaves and long 
stemmed crisp, long-lasting daisies in a bril- 
liant array of colors, pastel and bright. Sun. 
Hemerocallis, Day Lilies. Handsome clumps 
of foliage graced with brilliant lilies in yel- 
low and orange shades. Essential to the bor- 
der as are delphiniums and phlox. Easy, sun 
or shade. 
Lavandula officinalis, English Lavender. 
Shrubby plant with greyish aromatic foliage 
and tall slender spikes of bluish-violet flow- 
ers. Very hardy. Sun. 
Marguerite. We offer this popular bushy 
perennial in both white and yellow flowered 
types. Flowers, 2-inch daisies, are freely pro- 
duced and long lasting. Indispensable. 
Pelargoniums. Long valued for their wealth of 
bloom and glorious colors, the modern va- 
rieties surprise with ever greater variations 
of contrasting color combinations. 
Penstemon Sensation. 2 to 3 foot with large 
showy trumpet-shaped flowers in pink, red, 
white or combinations. Free blooming and 
good for cutting. Full sun. 
Phlox paniculata, Garden Phlox. Perhaps the 
showiest summer perennial for the border or 
against the shrubbery. Masses of glorious 
color throughout the summer and fall. 2 to 
3 feet; sun. Red, pink, lavender, and white. 
Hybrid Primrose, Pacific Giant. A Polyanthus 
strain with taller stems, larger flowers and a 
wider and clearer color range than heretofore. 
Saxifraga crassifolia. Large round leathery 
leaves making an excellent show all year in 
shaded places. Spikes of pink flowers in fall 
or winter, in broad rounded clusters. 
Shasta Daisy Esther Reed. Flowers peony- 
flowered with pompon center surrounded by 
longer ray flowers. Very lovely for cutting. 
Shasta Daisy Marconi. Fully double flowers 
of immense size. 
GROUND COVER PLANTS 
Much publicity has been given this group of plants of late. Some 
make lawn substitutes of variable quality depending on the method 
by which they are set out. In general better results are to be had 
by carefully grading and preparing the ground as you would for a 
lawn. Then set small divisions closer than generally recommended 
to cover the soil as quickly as possible before the soil between has 
a chance to wash away. This prevents the mounding effect so often 
seen in these lawns. 
AJUGA, Carpet Bugle. One of the finest covers for shady places 
where a good water supply can be assured. Leaves make a close 
turf not over 2 inches high. Blue flowers in spring. 
ARCTOSTAPHYLOS UVA-URSI (Manzanita, Bearberry). Prostrate 
trailing variety, excellent for a ground cover. The leaves are a rich 
green. The flowers are white with a pink tint, followed by red berries. 
CEANOTHUS GLORIOSUS. Described on page 6. 
DICHONDRA REPENS. Makes a very close lawn surface of tiny 
round green leaves. Best in suny places where it can be given mod- 
erate watering. Becomes loose and large in shade. Needs mowing 
once in a while only. Easy to manage. 
ENGLISH IVY. Dark green glossy leaves, makes a cover about one 
foot deep. Needs no mowing. Excellent on banks or level areas. 
Mat is too deep to walk over comfortably. Also in variegated form. 
Makes an unusual color contrast. 
GAZANIA. Greyish tufts of foliage covered by quantities of golden 
Or orange and reddish daisies on six-inch stems. Best in hot sun. 
Set plants 6 to 8 inches apart. 
HEDERA CANARIENSIS VARIEGATED (Variegated Algerian Ivy). 
Like the Hedera canariensis, but its leaves are a creamy-white and 
green, beautifully variegated. An evergreen vine that is especially 
vigorous. 
HEDERA HAHN’S. This compact growing small leaf ivy finds much 
use in planter boxes because of its somewhat restricted growth 
habit. It may be used as a bed edging or ground cover in patio 
work where its dark green foliage creates a restful effect. 
IVY GERANIUM. For partially shaded or sunny places. Shiny neatly 
shaped leaves and showy flowers in pink, red, white, lavender or 
purple. Makes a nice cover for banks. Trailing. Subject to frost. 
HYPERICUM CALYCINUM. A low growing, bushy plant, bearing 
large, yellow flowers from May through October. Valuable as a 
ground cover. 
HELXINE (Baby’s Tears). Hardy, close creeper, making an excel- 
lent quick cover in deep shade with plenty of moisture. Tiny round 
St. Patrick’s Day green leaves. Subject to frost. 
MESEMBRYANTHEMUM (Ice Plant). Rapid growing waxy suc- 
culent plants making excellent covers in dry sunny places. Color- 
ful flowers in abundance, often cover the plants and make showy 
effects. Available in different colors, rose-pink, red, orange and 
yellow. 
STAR JASMINE. Ground cover, also planting boxes. Not for dry 
banks. 
ORNAMENTAL STRAWBERRY, FRAGARIA CHILOENSIS. Hand- 
some glossy foliage, covered in spring with countless white flowers. 
Hardy and attractive, sun or partial shade. 
TRAILING LANTANA. Creeping plant making a mat about one 
foot deep with showy lavender-purple flowers over a long season. 
Very tough and hardy. Should it freeze back it quickly recovers. 
VINCA MINOR (Periwinkle, Myrtle). Excellent evergreen ground 
cover, particularly for shady spots. Deep blue flowers. Very suitable 
for rock gardens. 
OTHER GROUND COVERS 
are the prostrate types of shrubs described in other parts of this 
catalog such as: 
COTONEASTERS. All white or pinkish flowered with red berries in 
fall and winter. See full description on page 16. 
C. conspicua decora. Necklace Cotoneaster, with tiny deep green 
foliage. 
C. horizontalis. Small-leaved creeper with fanning branches. 
C. microphylla. Low, densely covered with tiny foliage. 
HYPERICUM. Arching, low growing shrub with densely carried 
foliage and showy, jewel-like yellow flowers. (See page 18). For 
instance: 
H. calycinum. Especially low-growing with large flowers. 
H. moserianum. Very dense and dark-leaved. 
JUNIPERS. All Junipers can be restricted in growth by pruning. 
But here are some of the better known spreading types (see also 
page 27): 
J. pfitzeriana. Bushy, wide spreading, horizontal. 
J. armstrongi. Bluer and softer foliage. 
J. procumbens. Bluish, sharply pointed leaves. 
J. tamariscifolia. Blue green, closest to the ground. 
PYRACANTHAS (Firethorn). If not trained upright all tend to 
spread. (See page 15 for varieties.) 
P. Santa Cruz. Spreading 12 feet, this variety is the most often used 
ground cover Firethorn. 
Other excellent ground cover subjects are the various CREEPING 
VINES (pages 32-33) such as Ampelopsis, the Ivies and Honey- 
suckle. 
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