The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1921-11-16
START YOUR HARDY GARDEN
NOW AND GAIN A year

mlre Che nome made beautiful and at
tractlve by a wellzchosen planting of
hardy flowers?
i And how often have you promised
4 yourself that you would not let an
other season go by without having
4 just such an attractive planting
around your. own home?
But when spring came, with the
II rush Of work of al kinds to do: and
y the vegetable garden to plant; and
cleaning up and painting demanding
every spare moment you had-then
you simply could not get around to
setting out your hardy flowers. And
once more you would have to ''let it
Have Hardy Garden of Your Own
Next Spring
But you can have" a hardy garden of
your own. And you can have flowers
blooming in it next spring. All YOU
have to do is to start it now. Most
Of the hardy perennials (that is, the
plants that live out over winter, and
bioom year after year, can be planted
IN the fall just as wei las in spring.
IN fact, many expert gardeners prefer
TO plant them in the fall. They can
pc set out any time up to hard freez-
ing weather. -,
r, ANY fairly good soil, such as YOU
nave been using for ANNALS or green
lums, will do fop your hardy flowers.
Or you can make the bed or "border"
for your hardy flowers where there
Is, good sod. "A narrow bed, along
either side of the walk or drive Lead
lng to the house, is almost always
efectlve and pretty. A couple of
houfs work Will prepare a good sized
Don't Wait Until You Can Get n
Whole Collection to Start With
One reason why some folks never
get hardy garden started is because
thcy keep putting off making a start
untll they can get complete collec-
The easiest way, and really the best
way, is to start with few things and
Keep adding to the list as opportunity
offers. Almost anybody can get a
doZen or two different things to make
negmnnng that vii lgive very
credltable show Of flowers during tho
first season. Some of these thinrs
you can secure from your neighbors,
any or them you can get at very
small cost from some nearby nursery.
Most perennals, after fhey have
been growing in one place for a few
years, will continue to give more and
bigger flowers if they are taken up
and the "clumps" Of roots separated
INTO number. of pieces, and replant
ca. These pieces or "divisions," as
they are called, therefore, are usally
easy to obtain from your flower grow.
ing friends.
IN getting plants in this way, the
rootS should be kept out of the ground
as short time as possible, and pro-
tected from sun and wind by pieces
OF wet bagging while being handled
The divisions for replantng should
not be left too large-a clump or a
section OF plant with q few strong
Duds Will give much better results
man large clump containing several
old roots.
The plants which you get from a
nursery, of course, are husky. voun%
individual plants which have been
grown as individuals for at least a
season, and these naturally can be
more depended upon to give satisfac-
factory results than "divisions" made
from old plants. The latter, however,
make a very satisfactory way of get,
! tng an economical start with your
hardy garden. If they are supple
mented by some of the newer varic-
M tles from the nursery, a very fine
showing can be had, even the first
dollars.
Something's You Can Plant Now
While the list of good dependable
hardy plants is very long it is well
TO start your garden with the old re-
liable standbys such as phlox, peonies
and iris. In selecting these, obtain,
II possible, two or three different
| types OF each, so that the season of
bioom viii be made as long as posi-
BILE. You will find the different tvpes
described in any Of the fall nursery
catalogues or in the lists carried bv
agents. 1t is by no means ncccssarv
to get one of the newer varieties as
many of the older ones are inst as
beautiful, and are less expensive to
make start with Of course. aftor
your collection gets bigger, you will
naturally want some of the new thinrs
III or order to nave greater variety.
me most important of all our Amer
lcan hardy perennials and, in the
OPINION or many, the most indispcn-
sable of all pcrennials for the hardy
Dolder, are the members Of the phlox
family. BY careful selection of the
varieties from the different species.
they may be had in bloom continually
from quite early in the season until
1rost There is a wide range of colors
practical freedom from diseases or
insect enemies, and the flowers Of
many varieties are fragrant
In addition to the phlox, peonies
ana IRIS, you wal want some of the
following. all of which are absolutely
hardy and dependable; Astcrs, HARDY
alyssum,, a Aquilegia (Columbne):
| Campanula (Cantcrburg Bells) Dicen-
IRA (Blcedlng Hearth Convalaria Ma