The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-04-13
I'm Wornen's Realm


blooming the geraniums fill the
space just a little lower and the alys-
sum, with it's delicate little sprays. fills
all the space left everywhere from the
ground upward for two feet, so l have
mass of color here, red and white,
from June until frost, for the gcnari-
ums will bloom during the extreme
heat of August and the cold of Oc-
tober better than any flower of which
I know. 1t can also stand lots Of
drouth, which counts for much, as
flowers often have to be neglected dur
ing the heat of summer, but your
geraniums won't object seriously.
A Honeysucl<Ic Background
AS a background and climbing the
pillars of the porch l have red ami
white honeysuckle vines and red and
white clematis. The scheme is a sue
cess, l think. for here / want a sue
cession of bloom as long as possible
and as SNOWY as possible, and at the
same time flowers that are hardy and
sure to bloom. / had tried many
other kinds Of red and white flowers
before / decided upon this combina-
ton. 1t proved the surest and most
satisfactory. | have found that with
many others their seasons of bloom
would not combine. The border would
get ragged looking too soon, or they
wouldn't mass effectively; something
would be wrong. A plant or flower
that can keep up its general appear
ance as long as you want it to do duty
has great advantage over others.
think ! won't change this color scheme
unless / crowd a few red and white
dahlias in next the vines to keep w
the color effect in the summer when
the hydrangeas have loss their beauty.
Likes Pctunias.
In front OF this circular bed, and on
either side of the front walk are two
small triangular shaped beds. These
after many experiments, l fill each
year with red and white petuniae
Now, once upon a time, l despised pc
unias, but then | was young and cared
only for flowers that [ could put in my
hair or ones that would make u nice
bouquet. But constancyeven in flowers
will win your heart sooner or later as
did these poor, despised pctunias. For
although they ahd been suggested ~
me many times, [ planted them Nith
great reluctance and with the same
DID aversion at heart. But even preiu-
dice and malice didn't daunt them
They have doomed constantly and
profusely since June, and one NOM
ing, November 5, after quite a heavy
frost, I looked out of the window and
there they We're, still holding up their
saucy little heads. And [ said: "You
indomitable little rebels, you have Won
my heart at last" For they can out
bloom even my ambitious geranium' :.
In fact each seems to vie with the
other in defyirg the frosts of winter,
so 1 must praise them equally.
Wanted a Yellow Eject.
We have a cross fence at the end
Of long sweep of lawn that separa 5e3
the front from the back yard. It. is
here that l planned to have my glow-
Gus yellow effect I wanted it to he a
succession of golden beauties from
May until frost, and how diligently
studied my catalogues, noting care
fully the description, the height, he
season of bloom and all the require
ments of the different yellow flowers
in the way of soil location, habits.
etc. from sunflowers to yellow violets.
But, alas! My dream has not mater-
y
and I'm afraid it will be some time
until it does, although ! am not dis
couraged, for it was a very pretty Bed
part of the summer as it was, with
golden glow next the fence then core
opsis and lastly California peoples. 1t
was beautiful for six weeks, perhaps
as long as the golden glow was in
bloom, but when it stopped blooming
1,,r Ito \
for the coreopsis and peoples spoiled
the whole effect. Then by September
the peoples stopped blooming ana tho
poor coreopsis was like the last rose
of summer left blooming alone, bur
by so doing it has heightened my toll
GRAFTON to admiration, for | must adj
nit l hadn't much respect for The
lovely flower until its pluck and per-
sistency won my everlasting favor and
hereafter it shall always occuat an
exalted place in my flower garden.
think next year I'll plant yellow Gah-
las next to the golden glow, so when
it quits blooming there will still be
background enough left for che cCre.
opsis and poppies; or I may plant
yellow nasturtiums instead OF the
peoples, as their season of bloom IS
lucIl ibHStl, lllOISH ilOL 81 S'1' ~,
and their foliage is stronger and IN )re
erect. 1t is often hard to choose, es-
pecially when one doesn't know all
about the different flowers. There are
so many pretty yellow flowers or
flowers that have a yellow variety
Besides the ones mentioned there are
sunfiowers, portulaca, scabiosa, zn-
Mas, yellow stocks, lupine and sweet
teacher. and the only safe way is TO
experiment from year to year and
change about and replace until the ef-
feet is right and the varieties suit all
the requirements. The yellow flowers
surpass all others in producing glori-
Gus and dazzling effects. but they
want to be massed by themselves to be
at their best. / think they show off
better, too, if they have the advantage
of little distance at the end of a long
sweep of lawn. perhaps. or where
trees or shrubbery show in the i'm
mediate background. If you have
never done so, just try a bed of yell
low flowers sometime and you will
think it is like trying to control the
glores of the sunshine.
In the next article Mrs. Williams
will tell you what she did in the back
yard.