FLORIDA NURSERY GARDEN NEWS 
Plant your home to make Florida more beautiful 
VOL. II AUGUST-SEPTEMBER, 1955 NO. 10 
GIVE YOUR GARDEN A “NEW LOOK” EACH SEASON! 
You don’t wear the same hat all 
year—so why have your garden look 
the same? A bit of color here and 
there makes a lot of difference, so 
plan your garden with beds or borders 
where you can use different plants 
each season to add color, accent and 
interest. 
For example, here’s a spot in one of 
our gardens where Caladiums make 
an attractive show all thru the sum- 
mer and into the early fall. When the 
Caladiums die back, then Petunias, 
Geraniums or dwarf Azaleas add 
much color. In the spring, there’s 
flaming red salvia, or delicate Cuphea, 
or Zinnias to bloom all summer! 
With all the shrubs, bulbs, annuals 
and perennials that are available, such 
a bed can give you an ever-changing 
and beautiful picture all year long! 
IF YOU WANT TO LANDSCAPE YOUR HOME, REMEMBER: 
Expensive plantings don’t always make a beautiful garden. In landscaping, it’s not always what you use, but how you use it! Just because 
you like a plant you can’t always use it, for it may not give the effect you want. Landscaping is like painting a picture, and you must re- 
member that you will want not only trees for shade, but trees for color also; that you will need low growing shrubs for foundation plantings 
and borders, and taller, more dense shrubs for backgrounds and screening. In all your selection you must remember that color is important, 
and you want color all year, not just for a few months per year! 
Your Landscape Nurseryman can give you the professional help you need. He will inspect your property, confer with you on your interests 
and tastes and develop a plan which will show you exactly where every tree, shrub or vine is to go. Whether you do the planting a little each 
month as your pocketbook dictates, or the whole planting at one time, you will be assured of a planting that is attractive, colorful, and easy 
to maintain. 
Before recommending a plant, the designer takes these questions into consideration: 
What color and texture will this plant have at each season of the year? 
What shape and size will it have when mature? 
What type of soil does it require? Acid or alkaline? Moist or dry? 
What light does it need? Full sun, partial shade, deep shade? 
Will it be hardy in your climate, surviving winter cold and summer heat? 
What pests and diseases afflict it? 
How much care will it demand? 
SS bye al Geen etal Sane 
FLORIDA NURSERY HAS A STAFF OF GRADUATE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS WHO KNOW FLORIDA PLANTS, CLIMATIC 
CONDITIONS AND SOILS. IF YOU HAVE PROBLEMS OR NEED ADVICE ON ANY HORTICULTURAL SUBJECT, JUST TELE- 
PHONE OUR OFFICE OR STOP BY TO SEE US. 
