The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-01-20
THE BOX GARDEN.
What to Select For the Window
and Porch.
DON'T LET c0L0Rs "sWEAR."
Plants May Be Combined So That Har.
mony May Prevail Instead of tho Dis.
cord Which Now Outlines Obtains In
Their Arrangement.

mony May Prevail Instead Of tho Dis
cord Which Now Outlines Obtains In
Their Arrangement.
Would it not be fine II all the porch
and window boxes In the world could
be reformed? Most Of them are hide
GUS; the colors Of the flowers fairly
scream at each other and put the OBJ
servers teeth on edge to behold them.
Nine out of ten boxes everywhere are
filled with red geraniums and purple
petunias. Why, oh, why? How did 1t
ever commence. and why does 1t keep
up?
Brick red geraniums are always hot
looking and ugly, even when alone
Purple petunias. that magenta purple
that Is SO common, are also always
ugly. Together they are unspeakable.
sometimes there is even blue lobelia,
yellow black eyed Susan, or several
shades Of petunias In these same boxes,
There is red geranium that is a
good color. darker and richer. 1t could
be combined attractively with white
petunias. white alyssum, white candy
tuft. the lovely green and white of
feverfew or simply with hanging vines
Or row Of red geraniums, then
row Of pure white ones. then the hang.
ing vines.
Scarlet sage makes pretty box II 1t
is kept short and thick by pinching out
the tops frequently. This. too. should
be combined only with green or white
There are various little creeping edges
that are perennial and can be brought
into the house in winter or put out in
the garden-such things as southern
wood, old man, old woman, snow In
summer, sedum. phlox subulata or
moss pink, alpinus or rock cress. All
these are hardy and increase rapidly,
making pretty ground covering all
over the soil Of the box. These do not
hang. 1t is economy to use perennials
and take care Of them during the win
ter.
The most popular hanging vine IL
vinca minor. and there are two sorts,
one silver edged-vinca argentia-and
the other gold edged-vinca aurea.
Then there is the quick growing lin.
aria. variously known as kenilworth,
parlor or German Ivy, which Is very
pretty. There is hanging lobelia,
teo, but as 1t is usually blue lowered 1t
must only be used where the dark
blue will harmonic A white one may
be had. but 1t is rather uncommon.
Trailing asparagus vine is beautiful.
Get either plumosa or sprengeri.
There Is also a trailing geranium
with an ivy shaped leaf and blossoms
of either rose. lilac-white. crimson or
scarlet. This Is known as the Ivy
leafed geranium and bears from six to
ten trusses of flowers at time on well
established plants.
Most boxes are too thinly supplied
with hanging vines. They should form
a falling sheet Of green, and since
these vines may be raised from seed.
why not have enough?
And why not have something differ
ent from your neighbor and something
different each year? Plan cooler look
ing boxes, using pink. yellow. white
and more green.
There Is a beautiful shrimp pink
geranium: there are pink and yellow
snapdrag0ns, pink petunias. fuchsias.
yellow calendulas, pink and white YER
benas, marguerites, all sorts Of pretty
things in many pleasing colors and
shades.
You must consider your exposure.
The hot western sun would kill some
things, while others would not thrive
on cool, shady northern porch. A
few do well In either place.