Dreer's garden book 1929 (1929) Dreer's garden book 1929 dreersgardenbook1929henr Year: 1929 •^ RELIABLE FLOWER SEEDS, >HIHBEIiPHRl^ 103 Physalis Francheti (Chinese Lantern Plant Physalis (Chinese Lantern Plant) 3646 Francheti. An ornamental plant forming dense bushes about 2 feet high producing freely its bright orange-sea lantern-like fruits, which can be cut and dried for winter bouquets; highly interesting, per pkt $0 10 Polemoniuni (Jacob's Ladder) PER PKT. 3671 Coeruleum. Popular hardy per- ennial border plant, with bell- shaped bluish-purple flowers nearly 1 inch across; 2 feet.
Dreer's garden book 1929 (1929) Dreer's garden book 1929 dreersgardenbook1929henr Year: 1929 •^ RELIABLE FLOWER SEEDS, >HIHBEIiPHRl^ 103 Physalis Francheti (Chinese Lantern Plant Physalis (Chinese Lantern Plant) 3646 Francheti. An ornamental plant forming dense bushes about 2 feet high producing freely its bright orange-sea lantern-like fruits, which can be cut and dried for winter bouquets; highly interesting, per pkt $0 10 Polemoniuni (Jacob's Ladder) PER PKT. 3671 Coeruleum. Popular hardy per- ennial border plant, with bell- shaped bluish-purple flowers nearly 1 inch across; 2 feet. May to July $0 10 Platycodon (Balloon Flower, or Japanese Bellflower) One of the best hardy perennials, producing very showy flowers during the whole season. They form large clumps and are excellent for planting in permanent borders or among shrubbery; easily raised from seed, which begins blooming in August if sown outdoors in April. (See cut.) per pkt. 3663 Grandiflorum. Large steel blue flowers. I oz., 40 cts $0 10 3664 — Album. Pure white variety. J oz., 40 cts 10 3662 Mariesi. Large, open, bell-shaped flowers of a rich violet-blue; plant dwarf and compact, i oz., 60 cts 10 Potentilla (Cinquifoii) Charming hardy perennial plants for the border, with brilliant single or double flowers, mostly in orange, red and crimson tones, that are pro- duced in profusion from June to August; succeeds in any soil; 18 inches. 3775 Double Hybrids. All colors 25 3776 Single Hybrids. Many colors. , 15 Pueraria (Japanese Kudzu Vine) ^ 3835 Thunbergiana. To this must be awarded first place as the fastest growing hardy climbing plant. It will grow 8 to 10 feet the first year from seed, and after it has become established there seems to be no limit to its growth, 50 feet in a single season being not unusual. Its foliage is large, and covers well; it bears small racemes of rosy-purple, pea-shaped blos- soms towards the close of August. A splendid subject for covering per- manently verandas, de
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