Dreer's garden book seventy-third Dreer's garden book : seventy-third annual edition 1911 dreersgardenbook1911henr Year: 1911 218 HWADIBI •PIHIADftPrllA-rW HARDY PERENNIALPbANTS- GEUM (Avens). Pretty border plants, growing about 18 inches high, and producing showy, bright-colored flowers the greater part of the summer and fall. Coccineum. Brilliant scarlet flowers. Heldreichi. Beautiful orange-colored flowers; very free. niniatum. Orange-scarlet; very free. 15 cts. each; per doz. Set of 3 sorts, 40 cts. GLECHOMA, OR NEPETA. Variegata (Vttriegated Groundsel, or Ground Ivy). A most usef
Dreer's garden book seventy-third Dreer's garden book : seventy-third annual edition 1911 dreersgardenbook1911henr Year: 1911 218 HWADIBI •PIHIADftPrllA-rW HARDY PERENNIALPbANTS- GEUM (Avens). Pretty border plants, growing about 18 inches high, and producing showy, bright-colored flowers the greater part of the summer and fall. Coccineum. Brilliant scarlet flowers. Heldreichi. Beautiful orange-colored flowers; very free. niniatum. Orange-scarlet; very free. 15 cts. each; per doz. Set of 3 sorts, 40 cts. GLECHOMA, OR NEPETA. Variegata (Vttriegated Groundsel, or Ground Ivy). A most useful varie- gated creeper for growing over banks and stones in the rockery. 10 cts. each; $ per doz.; $ per 100. GUNNER A (Chilian Rhubarb). Scabra. Probably the noblest of all hardy perennial decorative foliage plants, with leaves which, under favorable conditions, frequently measure 5 to 10 feet across; a well-grown plant attaining a height of 5 feet by 15 to 20 feet in diam- eter; but to produce a satisfactory growth it must receive liberal treatment. Very rich, deep, mellow soil is indispensable. Full exposure to the sun is advisable, but they should be sheltered from severe winds, and must never suffer for the want of water. Ample protection should be provided. 50 cts. each. GYPSOPHILA (Baby's Breath) The Gypsophilas will thrive in any soil in a sunny position, and on account of their gracefully arranged large panicles of minute flowers should be in every gar- den; the new variety Paniculata Fl. PI., if cut and dried, will retain its beauty fof many months, furnishing most attractive decorative material in this shape. Acutifolia. A strong-growing kind, attaining a height of 2 feet, with large panicles of small white flowers in July. Cerastioides. A most useful variety for the rockery, growing but 3 inches high, and producing from June to August small white flowers marked with pink. Paniculata. A beautiful old-fashioned plant, possessing a grace not found in any oth
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