YEAR-ROUND GARDEN 
like a day. The pictures shown are of only three of our 
projects. . . building the lake... landscaping it 
naturalistically... and marketing fireplace wood 
selectively cut from our forest. 
JULY 
Make the last planting of gladiolus. 
Soak the garden in long dry spells. 
Cut off all flowers as they fade. 
Apply Perkie Peat mulches to save labor. 
Pinch chrysanthemums and disbud dahlias. 
Prune climbing roses after they bloom. 
Order spring bulbs and lilies. 
Order Perkie Plants so they will be well estab- 
lished before winter. 
AUGUST 
Seed new lawns at the end of this month. 
Plant Madonna lilies and peonies. 
Divide and reset poppies and iris. 
Plant pansy seed. 
Cut everlastings for winter bouquets; hang up 
to dry. 
Stake chrysanthemums and give them liquid 
manure. 
Disbud chrysanthemums and dahlias for the 
last time. 
SEPTEMBER 
Divide and reset such perennials as bleeding- 
heart, shasta daisies, phlox and delphinium. 
Plant shrubs, evergreens, fruit trees. 
Reseed old lawns. 
Plant narcissus, crocus and hyacinth bulbs. 
Prepare new beds for next spring. 
Dig and store dahlia, canna and other tender 
bulbs. 
Order roses to be planted this fall. 
OCTOBER 
Plant deciduous trees when the leaves drop, 
except thin-barked ones. 
Transplant lilacs. 
Plant tulip tulbs, bulbous iris and lilies. 
Bring tuberous begonitas indoors before hard 
frost. 
Cut and burn tops of gladiolus; treat corms for 
thrips before storing. 
Start bulbs for later bloom indoors. 
NOVEMBER 
Plant and hill up rose bushes. 
Remake lily-of-the-valley beds. 
Put on winter mulches after ground ts frozen. 
Drain or protect concrete pools for winter. 
Cut off tops of peonies and phlox close to the 
ground. 
Cut down annuals and perennials as they are 
killed by frost. 
DECEMBER 
In the far north cover rose bushes after the 
ground freezes. 
Clean and put away garden tools; grease and oil 
the motor parts. 
Feed the birds through the winter. 
Plan any changes needed in your garden. 
Repair and paint garden furniture. 
Make Christmas decorations from clippings 
from evergreens and shrubs. 
Enjoy Perkie garden literature at your leisure. 
TOP: Perkie hybrid rhododendrons, after four years in our 
nursery, being planted beside hand-bewn locust log steps. 
MIDDLE: Completed waterfalls and cascade. All bare concrete 
completely concealed with huge boulders. 
LOWER: Where ever the woodland was thinned by cutting fire- 
place wood, two-year-old Perkie Plants have been set out, 
