Colour in the flower garden . r-o CO <o. hi Qhi >H as hihi hi-1O WOOD AND SHRUBBERY EDGES 85 Rhododendrons. For my own liking the best of theseare hardy Ferns—Male Fern, Lady Fern and DilatedShield Fern, with groups of Lilies : L. longiflorum andthe lovely rosy L. rubellum towards the front, andL. auratum further back. Some of the Andromedas,especially Catesbcei and axillaris of the Leucothoesection are capital plants for this use. Besides Lilies,a few other flowering plants suitable for the Rhodo-dendron walk are : white Foxgloves, white Columbine,white Epilobium angustifolium, Trillium
Colour in the flower garden . r-o CO <o. hi Qhi >H as hihi hi-1O WOOD AND SHRUBBERY EDGES 85 Rhododendrons. For my own liking the best of theseare hardy Ferns—Male Fern, Lady Fern and DilatedShield Fern, with groups of Lilies : L. longiflorum andthe lovely rosy L. rubellum towards the front, andL. auratum further back. Some of the Andromedas,especially Catesbcei and axillaris of the Leucothoesection are capital plants for this use. Besides Lilies,a few other flowering plants suitable for the Rhodo-dendron walk are : white Foxgloves, white Columbine,white Epilobium angustifolium, Trillium, Epimediumpinnatum, Uvular ia gr audi flora, Dentaria diphylla andGentiana asclepiadea. In the same region, and alsopartly as edgings to the Rhododendron clumps, suitablesmall bushes are Rhododendron myrtifolium, the Alpen-rose (R. ferruginium) and the sweet-leaved Ledumpalustre. When the garden comes on the sunny side of thewood the planting would be quite different. Here isthe place for Cistuses ; for the bolder groups the bestare C.
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