Evening star., 1940-06-08
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Allow for Growth
When Setting Out
Plants in Beds

Set the plants of ANIMALS among
the daffodils whose foliage is rapidly
approaching the time of maturity.
The ANIMALS will not only produce
useful flowers during the summer
and fall, but will also effectively
hide the dying foliage.
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Many gardeners seem to forget
when setting out new plants how.
much growth they will make. Later
on they find the plants so crowded
that they have difficulty in cultivat-
ing, cutting flowers, and also that
the plants have grown too "leggy."
Allow at least II inches for dwarf
plants such as annual phlox, dwarf
zinnias and marigolds. Fifteen to 10
inches for plants Of intermediate
growth and 18 to % inches for the
taller kinds is recommended.
In resetting iris it Is we'll to re-
member that the smallest divisions
will grow and bloom, but not until
| the second year. 1t takes a large
rhizome to produce bloom the fol-
lowing spring, and then only with.
. good soil preparation Buy and plant
new rhizomes as early in the season
as possible.
The tall bearded iris should be
planted on a ridge to insure healthy
rhlzomes. If your soil is at all wet
or shaded it is better to use the
Japanese iris, which will thrive in
such situations.
Tall-groWing ANIMALS such as the
African marigolds and cosmos need
stalking. One way TO take care of
this job is to plant them in rows
with stout stakes at either end. As
they grow strings can be stretched
between the stakes on both sides
OF the plants to provide the neces-
sary support. The advantage of this
method is that only a few stakes are
needed and that the foliage hides
the strings. =.
Most Of us dislike to disturb WELL
established clumps OF perennials.
However. the more vigorous growers
soon deplete the plant food in the
soil, become too crowded. and the
size and number of flowers dimin-
lshes. Shasta daisies in particular
suffer from this neglect. They should
be lifted and divided at least every
two years for good growth and large
flowers. If planted in well-enriched
soil the results are astonishing.
! The new dwarf form of gaillardia
is welcome improvement over the
old type, which sprawled all over
the surrounding plants While the
stems are not so long and the range
OF colors available is rather limited,
1t is a pleasure to have them stay
put.
The Oriental poppies have given
an unusually goo6 display of color
this spring. We should use more of
these hardy and relatively trouble
free plants in our perennial borders.
They require well-drained soil.
While thriving in full sun, they will
do in partial shade Plan to buy a
few next August or September. In
addition to this rather hard-to-use
orange shade, they are available In
lovely shades Of pink and red.
The Anchusa, Italica Dropmore, Is
one Of the most snowy of early flow
erlng blue perennials. In favorab bile
situation, however, it seeds so freely
as to become almost a weed. The
3 to 4 foot stalks covered with deep
blue flowers make a most colorfM
showing, and if sheared back will
provide scattered bloom throughout
the summer They like a we'll.
drained soil in full sun. but need a
generous supply of moisture for good
growth.
The cool weather and frequent
showers, which kept the furnaces
going, has been very beneficial to
our roses. They have made unusually
fine growth. The climbing roses are
really putting on spectacular dis.
play, while the hybrid teas are pro-
duclng large blooms on stems that
compare favorably with hothouse
roses.
Are you following out that care
fully planned spray program? The
lush growth is quite susceptible to
disease injury and If We are to enjoy
this fine growth throughout the
summer it must be protected against
disease and insect injury. ~