Dreer's garden book 1925 (1925) Dreer's garden book 1925 dreersgardenbook1925henr Year: 1925 190 /flMAima!aPiJa|.)&«.Jfe1Jiikiai^^ PlIYSOSTEGl \ PentStemOn (Beard Tongue) Most useful showy perennials, either for the border or rockery. With the exception of 'Sensation,' which requires protection, they are perfectly hardy. Gloxinioides 'Sensation.' A beautiful strain, bearing spikes of large (Jloxinia-like llowers in a great variety of bright colors, including rose, cherry, crimson, purple, lilac, etc. The plants grow 2 feet high, and bloom from early summer till frost. Barbatus Torreyi. Spi
Dreer's garden book 1925 (1925) Dreer's garden book 1925 dreersgardenbook1925henr Year: 1925 190 /flMAima!aPiJa|.)&«.Jfe1Jiikiai^^ PlIYSOSTEGl \ PentStemOn (Beard Tongue) Most useful showy perennials, either for the border or rockery. With the exception of 'Sensation,' which requires protection, they are perfectly hardy. Gloxinioides 'Sensation.' A beautiful strain, bearing spikes of large (Jloxinia-like llowers in a great variety of bright colors, including rose, cherry, crimson, purple, lilac, etc. The plants grow 2 feet high, and bloom from early summer till frost. Barbatus Torreyi. Spikes of brilliant scarlet flowers; height, 3 to 4 feet; Juno to August. — — Coral Gem. Dense showy spikes of brilliant coral-red flowers, June and July; 2] feet. Digitalis. Large spikes of long, purple-white flowers with puri^lc throats during June and Julj'; 2 to 3 feet. Heterophyllus. Large azure blue flowers in July and August, 2 feet. Pubescens. Bright rosy-purple; July and August; 1J feet. Smalli. Rosy-carmine flowers in early summer; 1 foot. Price. 30 cts. each; $ per doz.; $ per 100. One each of the 7 sorts for PhySOStegia False Dragon-Head) One of the most beautiful of our midsummer flowering perennials, forming dense bushes 4 to 6 feet high, bearing spikes of delicate tubular flowers not unlike a gigantic heather. (See cut.) Virginica. Bright but soft pink. — alba. Pure white; very fine. — Grandiflora Vivid. A new variety growing from 18 to 24 inches high witli llowers much larger than the type and of a bright violet mauve. 35 cts. each; per doz. Price. Except where noted 25 cts. each; per doz.; per 100. Various Phloxes Amoena. A useful variety for carpeting the ground, the rockery, or the border; it grows but 4 inches high, and in spring is a sheet of rich bright pink flowers. 25 cts. each; per doz.; $ per 100. Arendsi Louise. A cross between Divaricata Canadensis and one of the Decussata varieties, of vigorous bra
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