. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. FLORIST. ,<•^'?^<•^?'<^.<^^<^^;^^^fe^^^»,^^^^^»,?^»,^^g;;g^ ^ i THE PERENNIAL GARDEN. Fentstemons or Beard-tongues. The pentstemons or beard-tongues are excellent, hardy perennials. The finest of all is P. gloxinioides, with flowers of almost every imaginable color, grand for bedding and massing and succeed- ing particularly well at seaside resorts, such as Bar Harbor, Me., Newport, B. I., and along the Massachusetts north shore. These, however, are not hardy and need propagating from cut- tings each fall, carrying the plants over in
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. FLORIST. ,<•^'?^<•^?'<^.<^^<^^;^^^fe^^^»,^^^^^»,?^»,^^g;;g^ ^ i THE PERENNIAL GARDEN. Fentstemons or Beard-tongues. The pentstemons or beard-tongues are excellent, hardy perennials. The finest of all is P. gloxinioides, with flowers of almost every imaginable color, grand for bedding and massing and succeed- ing particularly well at seaside resorts, such as Bar Harbor, Me., Newport, B. I., and along the Massachusetts north shore. These, however, are not hardy and need propagating from cut- tings each fall, carrying the plants over in a cool greenhouse or pit. P. barbatus Torreyi, four feet in height, is still open. Its bright scarlet flow- ers are showy. Caeruleus, with dark blue flowers; diflfusus, violet blue; heterophyllus, azure blue, and ovatus, blue shaded bronzy purple, are all true hardy perennials and worthy of cul- ture. Spiraeas or Astilbes. The spiraeas or astilbes are effective in July. They are specially fine v^en planted on rather low land which does not suffer from drought. S. Aruncus, commonly called Aaron's beard, makes a noble plant, five feet in height, and individual specimens in borders or lawns are splendid. This variety flfl»r- ers in late June. S. astilboides, S. Japonica, S. grandiflora compacta and the beautiful pink varieties, Queen Alexandra and Pink Pearl, with dense panicles of delicate pink flowers, were all at their best the first week in July. All these varieties succeed best on low ground and are benefited by some shade. S. venusta, four to five feet in height, with deep pink flowers, is a charming perennial, in fine flower early in July, as is the double meadow sweet, S. Ulmaria flore pleno, and the crimson meadow sweet, S. palmata, the deepest colored of the whole family. S. Chinensis, silvery pink, growing twenty-four to thirty inches high, should be included in all collections. Spiraea (Astilbe) Davidii will not be in flower till the end of the tnonth. It is a
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