The New Dwarf Oregon-Pacific 
RENNI STERS 
(Michaelmas Daisies) 
For a feast of autumnal beauty plant some of these sturdy, low growing perennial hardy asters. Few flowers are so easy to 
grow; and these varieties are lovely, especially for border edges and foreground planting. 
The new Oregon-Pacific varieties were developed by Professor LeRoy Breithaupt of Corvallis, Oregon, who selected them 
from thousands of new plants resulting from crossing various of the taller kinds with an early-flowering, long-blooming, 
dwarf aster plant which he discovered in 1938 growing wild on Oregon’s Pacific shoreline. We have tested them in our 
nursery and find them vastly improved over other varieties. Their long season of bloom make them invaluable for masses 
of color in the late summer and fall garden. 
CULTURE: Perennial hardy asters require only moderately fertile soil. They are exceedingly hardy and few pests bother 
them. They may be planted about 18 to 24 inches apart and do best in the full sun with plenty of moisture. The clumps 
should not be allowed to become too large. When they become too large or appear crowded divide them down to teacup- 
size or smaller, taking the new plants from the outside and discarding the old centers. Even a single new shoot will make a 
fine flowering plant by autumntime. 
TIME OF SHIPMENT: Spring or Fall. 
CANTERBURY CARPET (foreground), and PERSIAN ROSE 
PERSIAN ROSE Each 1.00; 3 for 2.75; 12 for 10.00 from mid-summer into early autumn. Divisions for new plants 
The color of the flowers is a bright shade of persian rose—rare should be taken each year. 
among flowers and very attractive as well. The plants grow 
spouts inches high ane are sturdy, shapely Fil ase, florif CANTERBURY CARPET Each 1.00; 3 for 2.75; 12 for 10.00 
erous. The first blooms appear around mid-August and con- Pretty little canterbury-blue flowers and finely-cut blue-green 
| tinue until around mid-October, with the peak at the end of foliage make this variety unique. Flower growers who prize 
September. Persian Rose is excellent for foreground planting unusual things in the garden will love Canterbury Carpet as a 
in the border and may also be used as an edging or in the rock 
der specimen plant and for border edges. The plants row in a 
garden. Divisions should be taken for new plants each year. P 8 Pp 8 
semi-procumbent manner, about 8-12 inches high and nearly 
CAMEO Each 1.00; 3 for 2.75; 12 for 10.00 twice as wide. They are vigorous and very floriferous, the 
A profusion of medium-sized opalescent-pink flowers on excep- first blooms coming around mid-August and continue into 
tionally sturdy, shapely plants make this variety very attractive. October, with the peak late in September. The plants remain 
Cameo grows 15-18 inches high and nearly as wide, making an ornamental for weeks after the bloom is past. Divisions should 
excellent ornamental for the border foreground. It blooms be taken for new plants at least every two years. 
42 WALTER MARX GARDENS @ BORING, OREGON 
