. The Aiken Nurseries catalogue for 1948. Plants Vermont Catalogs; Trees Vermont Catalogs; Flowers Vermont Catalogs; Nursery stock Vermont Catalogs; Vegetables Vermont Catalogs; Horticulture Vermont Catalogs. Page 10 THE AIKEN NURSERIES, PUTNEY, VERMONT SEMPERVIVUM—HOUSELEEK Hens and Chickens GLOBE HOUSELEEK, 5. globiferum. Pale green, round shaped Sempervivum of easiest cul- ture. HENS AND CHICKENS. A quaint old-fash- ioned plant sometimes used for bordering walks or growing in tubs. The leaves form denie rosettes and underneath these smaller rosettes appear like mother hens with their broods
. The Aiken Nurseries catalogue for 1948. Plants Vermont Catalogs; Trees Vermont Catalogs; Flowers Vermont Catalogs; Nursery stock Vermont Catalogs; Vegetables Vermont Catalogs; Horticulture Vermont Catalogs. Page 10 THE AIKEN NURSERIES, PUTNEY, VERMONT SEMPERVIVUM—HOUSELEEK Hens and Chickens GLOBE HOUSELEEK, 5. globiferum. Pale green, round shaped Sempervivum of easiest cul- ture. HENS AND CHICKENS. A quaint old-fash- ioned plant sometimes used for bordering walks or growing in tubs. The leaves form denie rosettes and underneath these smaller rosettes appear like mother hens with their broods of chickens. Always pleases children. SPIDER HOUSELEEK, i". arachnoideum. A tiny green form of the Hen and Chickens. Excel- lent for edging paths or flower borders or for the rock garden. Has a webby substance on the leaves giving it its name. S. TRISTE. Brightest of the red varieties. S. RUBICUNDUM. Fuzzy, bluish rosettes about 2 inches across. THERMOPSIS T. CAROLINIAN A. A tall growing flower with clover-like leaves, and golden yellow, pea-shaped flowers. Greatly resemble Lupine. TROLLIUS—GLOBEFLOWER GLOBEFLOWER, T. europeus. Large lemon flowers 1 to 1JA inches across on tall stems. Fine for cutting. TROLLIUS. Orange hybrids. Huge flowers of bright orange. TRADESCANTIA—SPIDERWORT T. VIRGINIANA. Old-fashioned not very showy, but blooming all Summer in shady places or full sun in poor soil. Long, reed-like leaves and violet-purple flowers 1 to 2 inches across. Useful for filling "empty spaces" where nothing else does well. 2 ft. T. VIRGINIANA ROSEA. Lighter green leaves and bright pink flowers. T. VIRGINIANA ALBA. Milk white flowers with light blue filaments. Lovely. TUNICA—TUNIC FLOWER T. SAXIFRAGA. Pale pink or white flowers on wiry stems above basal tufts of foliage. Useful for edgings and in the rockery. Does especially well in wall gardens. VERB ASCUM—MULLEIN PURPLE MULLEIN, V. phoeniceum. A bien- nial which reseeds itself. Slender spikes of rose
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