Colour in the flower garden . o a,. CANTERBURY BELLS. THE FLOWER BORDER IN JULY 63 Delphinium Belladonna, with flowers of a blue purerthan that of any others of its beautiful kind. It nevergrows tall, nor has it the strong, robust aspect ofthe larger ones, but what it lacks in vigour is morethan made up for by the charming refinement of thewhole plant. In the same bed are the other pure bluesof the rare double Siberian Larkspur, and the singleallied kind Delphinium grandiflorum, of Salvia patensand of the Cape Daisy Agathea coelestis. Between theclumps of Belladonna are bushes of white Lavende
Colour in the flower garden . o a,. CANTERBURY BELLS. THE FLOWER BORDER IN JULY 63 Delphinium Belladonna, with flowers of a blue purerthan that of any others of its beautiful kind. It nevergrows tall, nor has it the strong, robust aspect ofthe larger ones, but what it lacks in vigour is morethan made up for by the charming refinement of thewhole plant. In the same bed are the other pure bluesof the rare double Siberian Larkspur, and the singleallied kind Delphinium grandiflorum, of Salvia patensand of the Cape Daisy Agathea coelestis. Between theclumps of Belladonna are bushes of white Lavender,and the whole is carpeted and edged with the whitefoliage of Artemisia stelleriana, the quite hardy plantthat is such a good substitute for the tendererCineraria maritima. Among the best flowers of July that have a placein this garden are the Pentstemons planted last grow them afresh from cuttings every autumn,planting them out in April. They are not quite hardy,and a bad winter may destroy all the last years i
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