Dreer's autumn catalogue (1933) Dreer's autumn catalogue dreersautumncata1933henr Year: 1933 44 SELECT HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS Helenium (Helen's Flower) All of these are desirable border plants, succeeding in any soil in a sunny location, with broad-spreading heads of flowers, useful for cutting, each species covering a long-blooming season. Autumnale Rubrum. Robust growing; 3 to 4 feet high, with bright terra-cotta red flowers in August and September. — Superbum. Golden-yeUow flowers during the late summer and fall months; S to 6 feet. Riverton Beauty. Rich lemon-yellow, with large purplish
Dreer's autumn catalogue (1933) Dreer's autumn catalogue dreersautumncata1933henr Year: 1933 44 SELECT HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS Helenium (Helen's Flower) All of these are desirable border plants, succeeding in any soil in a sunny location, with broad-spreading heads of flowers, useful for cutting, each species covering a long-blooming season. Autumnale Rubrum. Robust growing; 3 to 4 feet high, with bright terra-cotta red flowers in August and September. — Superbum. Golden-yeUow flowers during the late summer and fall months; S to 6 feet. Riverton Beauty. Rich lemon-yellow, with large purplish black cone; August and September; 4 feet. Riverton Gem. Old gold, changing to waU-flower red; August and September; 3J feet. 30 cts. each; $ per doz.; § per 100. HelianthuS (Hardy Sunflower) Maximiliana. The latest of all, perfecting its fine golden-yellow flowers in long, graceful sprays during October, when all others have finished flowering; invaluable for cutting; 5 to 7 feet. Mollis. Large, single lemon-yellow flowers with downy white foliage; blooms in August and September; 4 feet. WoUey Dod. The best of the September flowering varieties with deep yellow flowers; entirely distinct; 6 feet. 25 cts. each; per doz.; $ per 100. HemerOCalliS (Vellow Day LUy) Flava {Yellow Day Lily). The best known variety; very fragrant deep lemon-yellow flowers in Jvme and July; height, 2j to 3 feet. Florham {Golden Day Lily). Bright golden-yeUow with Indian- yellow shadings; June and July; 3 to 3J feet. Middendorfi. The earliest to bloom. May flowers bell-shaped, rich chrome yellow; 2 feet. Thunbergi. The latest to flower; rich buttercup-yellow, funnel- shaped flowers throughout July; 4 feet. 25 cts. each; $ per doz.; per 100. tleUChera (Alum Root, or Coral Bells) Most desirable dwarf, compact bushy plants of easy culture, growing 1} to 2 feet high, and bearing during July and August loose, graceful spikes of flowers in the greatest profusion; excellent subj
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