. Dreer's garden book 1932. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. i HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS / /PHMELPHUI 169. AnemOIie JapOnica (Japanese Windflower) These beautiful Windflowers are among the most important hardy plants. While they begin blooming in August they are more espe- cially valuable on account of their continuing in full beauty till cut down by hard frost. All are excellent for cutting, lasting in good condition for many days. The plants grow 2 to 3 feet high are per- f
. Dreer's garden book 1932. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. i HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS / /PHMELPHUI 169. AnemOIie JapOnica (Japanese Windflower) These beautiful Windflowers are among the most important hardy plants. While they begin blooming in August they are more espe- cially valuable on account of their continuing in full beauty till cut down by hard frost. All are excellent for cutting, lasting in good condition for many days. The plants grow 2 to 3 feet high are per- fectly hardy if given the protection of 2 or 3 inches of leaves or litter during the winter. Alba. Large snowy white. Queen Charlotte. Very large semi-double flowers of a delicate La France pink. Rubra. Grows only 15 to 18 inches high, semi-double rosy red flowers. Whirlwind. Large semi-double white. Price. 25 cts. each; $ per dozen; $ per 100. The set of four varieties for 90 cts. Anemones (Windflowers) Hupehensis. A perfect little gem closely allied to Anemone Japonica which in a miniature form it resembles. The plant grows from 18 to 24 inches high and from early in August until late in autumn, produces an abundance of flowers about lj inches in diameter, of a pleasing mauve rose. Pulsatilla (Pasque Flower). Grows from 9 to 12 inches high and produces violet or purple flowers during April or May. An inter- esting plant for the rockery or well-drained border. — Rubra. A dark red form of above. Sylvestris (Snowdrop Windflower). Large nodding sweet scented flowers, lavender-tinted white, solitary or two together, on stems 6 to 8 inches, pretty drooping buds and finely cut foliage; prefers a semi-shaded position. April to May. Price. 30 cts. each; $ per doz.; $ per 100. Japanese Anemone Amsonia Salicifolius. A stout, shrub-like plant, growing about 2 feet high, with terminal of light steel-blue flowers in July, desirable to intersperse in clumps in the front t
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