Dreer's garden book seventy-third Dreer's garden book : seventy-third annual edition 1911 dreersgardenbook1911henr Year: 1911 226II11 i~ti!HRYADRKR -PHILADEIPHIA ^A Hf HARDY PEREHHIAL PLANTS LOBELIAS. Handsome border plants, thriving in any ordinary garden soil, but preferring a moist, deep loam, where they will not suffer from drought. Few plants are more effective at their season of bloom, which extends from early in August till late in September. Cardinalis {Cardinal Flower) Rich, fiery cardinal flowers; strong plants, often producing 10 to 18 spikes, 12 to 24 inches long. 15 cts. eac
Dreer's garden book seventy-third Dreer's garden book : seventy-third annual edition 1911 dreersgardenbook1911henr Year: 1911 226II11 i~ti!HRYADRKR -PHILADEIPHIA ^A Hf HARDY PEREHHIAL PLANTS LOBELIAS. Handsome border plants, thriving in any ordinary garden soil, but preferring a moist, deep loam, where they will not suffer from drought. Few plants are more effective at their season of bloom, which extends from early in August till late in September. Cardinalis {Cardinal Flower) Rich, fiery cardinal flowers; strong plants, often producing 10 to 18 spikes, 12 to 24 inches long. 15 cts. each; $ perdoz.; § per 100. Nanseniana. Rich, bronzy foliage and purplish-carmine flowers. 25 cts. each; $ per doz. Queen Victoria. Flowers deeper in color than above and with rich, bronzy foliage; requires protection in this latitude. 2'> cts. each; $ per doz. Syphilitica hybrida ( Great Lobelia). A choice selection of our native Lobelia, producing large spikes of flowers varying from blue to pure white; July to September; 2 to 3 feet, 15 cts. each; $ per doz.; $ per 100. LYSIMACHIA. Ciliata (Fringed Loose Strife). Grows 2 feet high; yellow flowers in July. Clethroides (Loose-strife). A fine hardy variety, about 2 feet high, with long, dense, recurved spikes of pure white flowers from July to September. (See cut.) Nummularia (Creeping Jenny, or Money-wort). Valuable for planting under trees or shrubs where grass will not grow, where it quickly forms a dense carpet, 10 cts. each; $ per doz.; $ per 100. Punctata. Plants 2 to 3 feet high, with yellow flowers during July and August, 15 cts. each; $ per doz.; $ per 100, except where noted.
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