The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-01-21
Old-FashiOned Garden Planting
Continued from last week.

perennials, or If planted in a mass
they can be followed by Dahlias.
Heuchera s%anguineo, the Coral
plant" is another favorite, very
decorative and goes well with yellow
Aquilegia or Spirea for a table dec
GRAFTON. If bulbs of Monbretia are
planted among the Heuchera you car
have a fine display in September.
The Peony is the aristocrat of the
garden and the glory of the border
in June. Who is bold enough to
attempt to choose the best selection?
There are SO many In the catalogues
that It is be~wildering to attempt even
to try. will risk my favorite dozen:
Festive maxima, M. McDucel, Louis
Van Houtte, Felix Grouse, Baroness
Schroeder, Alsace Lorraine, Venus,
%Sulphurea, Avalanche, Couronne
Dor, Dorchester, Rubra Superba.
Gorgeous Colors.
Among the singles are some gor-
geous colors effective as cut flowers
and brilliant in landscape work. Try
at least some of these the next year.
You will want more when you know
them better. The German Iris are
shown for June. The varieties Maori
King. Alder Victor, Silver King,
Madam Chereau and Agnes giving a
wide range Of color. The variety
Pallida Dalmatica flowers latest of
all this class. Its tall lavender spikes
last for two weeks. The japanese
Iris winds up the season with their
glorious shades, ranging from white
to all shades of blue, rivals of the
Orchid in their beauty Of form and
coloring.
Give them an under-cover of
Myosotis palustris "Forget-me-nots"
and you will have one of the most de-
lightful combinations imaginable.
Pentstemon Barbatus Torreyi lends
color to the border in late June. 1t
associates well with yellow Fox
3 gloves. Given a setting Of Japanese
blood leaf maple, or a plant Of the
Golden Elder you have it at its best.
Snowy Plants.
Lychnis C~halcedonica is another
snowy plant, the brightest of all the
Lychnis. Both Pentstemons and
Lychnis are better separated from
the rest of the planting by a few
shrubs or evergreens, as they are apt
to clash with the softer ashades.
Papaver Nudicaule, iceland Poppy"
in yellow, orange and white, are very
attractive in the foreground. Try
some of these with blue Cornflowers
or Aquilegia Cerulea, Rocky Noun
tain Columbine."
The Lupins are well worth planting
and useful for cutting. Perennis and
Polyphyllus Albus are two Of the
best. Lychnis Haageana and Flos
cuculi make a change in variety and
color.
The Oenotheras, Evening Prim-
rose" should be more generally
grown. They are splendid border
plants. Fruiticosa Major is very
free-blooming of a lovely golden
shade. Massachusetts, is of trailing
habit and fine for rock work. Youngi
is bright yellow and one of the best.
The Platycodons, Chinese Bell
Flower" are interesting and flower
from Jul 10 oepteMuer'
Delphiniums,
Delphiniums. - You can hardly
imagine the garden complete with
out them. Their tall bold spikes Of
pale blue, dark blue and lavender at
tract the attention and hold 1t. II
they are not allowed to go to seed and
given a mulch in July you will be re-
warded with a second display in Sep
TENDER.
Keep the seed pods picked off youl
perennials and many of them viii
flower again in the Fall. forgot t.
mention among the Campanulas thu
lovely form Persicifola, blue ant
white and the dwarf variety Car
patica, charming in the foreground
blending beautifully with Phlox "L'
Cynge" or Mont Blanc.
The Oriental Poppy, the mos
snowy of the species, should b.
planted by itself; try it against ever
greens or with a background 0
shrubs. Tritoma, "Red-hot Poker,
needs the same treatment to be eff
fective, and If the California Popp,
or the African Daisy Is sown as al
under-cover you have a much softe
effect.
Next comes the Phlox, favorite
with all. Miss Lingard is about tn
first to open. 1t requires plenty o
room as 1t roots near the surface an
soon smothers anything else near II