. The Book of gardening; a handbook of horticulture. Gardening; Horticulture. ON ROCK PLANTS 293 Edelweiss.—See Leontopodium alpinum Epilobium obcordatum is an alpine species suitable for a moist position in the rockery;' it grows about 4in. high, and from May to July produces an abundance of bright rose-coloured flowers upwards of iin. in diameter. Epimediums are "useful plants for shady positions, and they thrive best in a light peat soil. E. alpinum grows upwards of ift. high, and flowers in May and June. The outer sepals are greyish, the inner ones crimson, whilst the petals are of a
. The Book of gardening; a handbook of horticulture. Gardening; Horticulture. ON ROCK PLANTS 293 Edelweiss.—See Leontopodium alpinum Epilobium obcordatum is an alpine species suitable for a moist position in the rockery;' it grows about 4in. high, and from May to July produces an abundance of bright rose-coloured flowers upwards of iin. in diameter. Epimediums are "useful plants for shady positions, and they thrive best in a light peat soil. E. alpinum grows upwards of ift. high, and flowers in May and June. The outer sepals are greyish, the inner ones crimson, whilst the petals are of a yellow colour; several flowers are borne on the same stem in a loose panicle. Erinus alpinus is a charming little alpine, suitable for dry places in the rockery, whilst it also grows well on old walls. It forms compact cushions 3m. high, covered during May and June with rose or purple flowers. Erysimum pulchellum is a fine plant for a sunny position. It grows from 6in. to i2in. high, and blossoms during May and June. The flowers are of a lemon-yellow colour, and produced in great Erythr^ea diffusa grows 3in. high, and bears bright rose-coloured flowers during June and July. Galax aphylla {Blandfordia cordata) is a neat little plant (Fig. 172), delighting in a moist, sandy, peat soil. It is an evergreen, with round, notched leaves, which in the autumn assume a reddish hue. The flower-stems rise to a height of 9m., and bear numerous small white flowers in July. It is propagated by division. Gentianas are lovely plants for the rockery; the dwarf kinds are sometimes used as edging plants, but, unfortunately, in many localities they are very shy at flowering. Propagation is effected by carefully-made divisions; plants may also be raised from seed, but it is a very slow process, especially if the seed is old. acaulis, the Gentianella, forms cushions of glossy-green Fig. 172.—Galax aphylla. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that m
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