Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-04-08

and has blooms that are three to four
inches across. They flower in the
early summer and more or less
throughout the season. Other vari-
cites of this poppy are the FL Monte
and Giant Tangerine. The yellow and
orange peoples combined with blue
flowers such as the lighter shades of
Delphinium and Larkspur are favor
ite cut-flOwer combinations.
An almost indispensable border
flower is the ever-popular Dolphin
ium, which has been perfected and
improved upon until it is better suited
to American conditions than the mas
sive-spiked English type. Just year
ago number of these new varieties
all of which were white-were intro
duced in the Flower Grower Maya
zine. The outstanding introduction
: for this year is Giant Pacific Coast
Hybrids; claimed to be tie finest
strain of Delphiniums in existence
They have been grown several seasons
in California, and succeed best in
deep, rich, well-drained soil There
are usually three crops to one season,
and if the spikes are cut close to the
ground after blooming, a new flow
ering growth will be produced. If you
have not had complete success with
the English Spiked type Dolphin
ium, you should try the improved
Belladonna varieties The Flower
Grower Magazine says that in 1898
we should watch for real pink Bella
donna Delphinium. TIE red Hybrid
Delphinium--sO long dreamed of-has
been seen i'm various shades of red
! and pink, including some very lovely
shades of apricot, and at the present
ltime they are ready for public intro
| ductiOn. If you are locking for other
blue flowers for your bouquet arrange
ment, the Veronica Blue Spires are
hardy, and grow well in this part
of the country
Getting away from the softer shades
of Delphinium blues and pinks we
find in sharp contrast the bid strik-
ing cOlOrs of the new Geum Princess
Juliana, which has yellow-Orange
/ flowers on extra long stems. 1t is
considerably harder than the older
varieties, and has been known to with
stand temperatures down to % de. rees
below zero. Produces blooms from
June to September if not allowed to
go to seed. This perennial has to be
covered in this section of the coun-
try during the winter, or treat them
as ANIMALS by starting the seed very
early indoors. They do best in rich.
welldrained soil and warm shell
tered location.
Striking color is again brought out
with new varieties of Gaillardias.
The Dazzler, maroon red and yellow;
the Sun God, a pure golden yellow:
Tangerine, orange yellow; and the
wine red Burgundy are some of the
new colors that these flowers may be
obtained in.
Mixed BOrder-Under the heading
of mixed borders, there are several
new and different varieties of Chry-
santhemums, but they will winter kill
in this section of the country. The
Shasta daisy has been previously men
toned as the most hardy. These are
easily grown and a popular class of
perennials. The dwarf types are es-
pecially valuable for rock gardens or
borders.
From Holland we have a new kind
of Columbine whose origin is some
thing of a mystery. According to re-
ports, it is the result of 10 years of
development. 1t is now growing in
the All-American tests plots. so there
will undoubtedly be more about this
COlumbine next season. However, the