Evening star., 1941-09-06

some combinations of plants which
order to rearrange plant material In
such a way as to bring out the
greatest beauty of individual varie-
ties it may be necessary to eliminate
certain ones entirely. Find q place
in the cutting bed for all the mari
colds and most OF the zinnias.
Gaillardias are lovely and coreopsis
is useful, but the former can seldom
be used satisfactorily in the border
and the latter must be used dis
creetly. So no matter how well you
like these brightly hued flowers do
not try to combine them with others
of more delicate hue and texture or
you may fail to achieve the thing
of beauty" you desire.
You may decide to have q blue
border or a pink one, or q combi-
nation of them and white, but for
the purposes of this article I am
considering a sunny border OF many
ecolors arranged 50 far as possible TO
enhance the beauty of each.
In the early spring nothing gives
more beauty than combination OF
tall bearded iris, larkspur and shirley
poppies. The late narcissus will be
in bloom at the same time. Use
them and the scilla campanula In
the foreground-with many clump
of white, pink, or clear blue phlox
subulata at the edge. To add still
more beauty to the whole, plant
early Towering daylilies to give
more yellow to the scheme. The
light pink of Oriental poppy, Mrs
Perry, fairly glows when planted in
front of the deep blue anchusa,
Italica dropmore.
After a time the narcissus, scilla
and larkspur will die down and dis
appear. Then we must be ready to
fill in the spaces with other f1ow-
ers. Annuals are especially good
for the purpose The iris and day.
lily foliage will provide a green
background. II you have planted
several varieties of daylilies you
will have almost continuous bloom
in varying shades of yellow and
soft orange. Fill in the foreground
with zinnias of many pastel shades
or choose only one color. The
Mexican zinflias In many soft hues
are a happy choice. Their dainty
foliage makes them especially de-
sirable.
In planning another sunny bor-
der, let us start with hardy asters
at the back. They may be all OF
one variety or of several in varying
shades pf pink and blue. The tail
spikes of liatris kansas Gay
feather and the delicate blue Of
SALIVA azurea may be added. All
three need to be carefully staked to
keep them in their places.
Lilies may be used here, but put
them well back. Madonna and DEL
phinium make a striking garden
picture and culturally they are 4
natural. Both require cool soil
and perfect drainage Regal lilies
look we'll when planted with day
lilies and pink canterbury bells.
The early Towering coral lily IL.
tenufolium) shows up well against
the white of martagon album. Use
blue fax Ginum perenne) as a
ground cover about them Combine
speciosum rubrum with the arte-
mesia, Silver King. Peonies, day
lilies and caryopteris Frequently
called blue spirea), give perma-
nence to the border. A group or two
of mallows (hibiscus) add much in
late summer bloom II there is suf-
ficient room.
In the middle foreground use an
abundance of phlox and snapdrag-
ons. Be careful to separate the
different colors Of phlox 80 that
each delightful color puts on . show
of It's own.
Painted daisies and columbine add
much to this border. Later In the
summer quantities of scabiosa carry
on.
Throughout the entire border add
clumps of gypsophila CBaby's
BREATH and of statice (Sea laven-
der). These add light. fairy-like
quality to the border and help to
tie it all together.
To further carry out a pink and
blue idea edge the whole with pc
tunias, dwarf ageratum and the
lovely new alyssum, Lavender
Queen.
The best results are obtained If
several plants OF one kind, unless
large plants like peonies or daylilies,
are used in q mass. This Is espe-
cially necessary when planting any
of the smaller flowers or flowers
on long stems from rather incon-
spicuous foliage. Color Is most ef-
fective in splotches.
For nearly every plant mentioned
there are others which may be
more to your liking. After follow
ing certain elementary rules each
garden should express the tastes
of the individual owner. A garden
is not complete for me without sew
eral clumps Of flax Ginum per-
enne). Even though it closes in
the early afternoon it is so lovely
in the morning that can forgive
that one bad habit. And Oriental
poppies are one of the ''must-haves.' u
And so it is for each of us. There
is room in even the smallest garden
for some of the things we love
most. With more space we add
more favorites, trying to plant each
one where 1T will not only do best,
but where it will gain greater love-
illness because of its neighbors.