Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-28


garden, sunny rock garden, shady
slope. sunny border and moist
areas.
Shady Rock Garden. The wood
anemone. bloodroot, columbine.
coralbells, Dutchmans-breeches.
wild ginger. harebell. hepatica.
iris cristata, yellow lady-slipper,
Oconee- bells, partridge berry.
penstemnon. blue phlox. pipsis-
sewa. Jacobs-ladder. rue-ane-
none, shinleaf, shooting star,
false Solomon's seal, great Solo
mons seal. spring beauty, squir-
rel-corn, violets. and spotted win
tergreen. To this list could be
added those which are more or
less MISUNDERSTANDING ar
butus, bunchberry. foam flower,
wintergreen and club moses, and
a number of ferns.
Sunny Rock Garden. Bear
berry, bluets. cinquefoil. column
bine. plumy Buckingham. iris
verna and versicolor, penstemon,
phlox, pinks, saxifrage, speed
well. sweetfern, sand verbena,
and violets.
Shady Slope: In addition to
those listed for shady rock
gardens the following might be
added: Wood aster. astilbe.
baneberry. cardinal-flower, false
dragonhead. forget-me-not. wild
geranium, jack in the pulpit,
American Turks-cap lily, fawn
lily (eyrthronium), meadow rue,
Virginia bluebells. wild bergamot,
white Snakeroot. futile head, and
st. Johnswort. To these peren-
mails add the following shrubs
Pinxter azalea, Leucothoe. blue
berry sweet pepperbush. flower
ing raspberry, Shad-bush, witch
hazel and the viburnums. A few
Of the hollies might be added de-
pending upon the moisture.
Sunny Border. The fall fiow-
ering asters. black-eyed susan.
butterfiyweed, cinquefoil, eve
ming primrose. goldenrod, false
indigo. meadow sweet. bergamot,
black Snakeroot, sunfower, and
the button bush.
Moist Situation. Arrowhead
arum, sweet flag. forget-me-not.
iris versicolor. iris fulva. marsh
marigold. grass pink orchid,
pickerel weed, water plantain,
cardinal flower, skunk cabbage,
maiden hair fern, royal fern
drumming water), and the water
lilies.
Supplemental Flowers. To
these lists of natives we might
we'll add few of the hardy bulbs
/ (daffodilS. species tulips, scilla
and other small spring Towering
bulbs) and primroses, and In the
background azaleas. rhododen-
OIOnS, ana nOllleS.
Mention was made of two
weekly wildflowers tEupatorium
and violets) and to these should
be added the cranesbill, black
eyed susan, lilies-of-the-valley
the fall Towering asters, May
apple, and bergamot. All are USE
full but must be kept under con-
troll and unless the gardner can
remove seed heads In time, and
curb invading underground root
stocks they are best omitted
from the garden.
LeofmoId and Peotmoss
Space does not permit of de-
tailed descriptions Of soil .prepa-
ration for the wildflower garden.
but the gardener knows that in
the woods the wild flowers flour
iSh in a rich layer of leafmold;
in the meadows and along
streams the soil is filled with
decaying vegetation. Thus guam
titles of leafmold and peatmoss
are needed in the preparation
of a suitable home for these
beauties Of forest and field.
Because these wildlings move
best in their dormant season and
1t is hard to locate them at that
season It would seem wise to
grow your own from seed or get
start from nurseries special
izing in wild flowers. There are
a considerable number Of such
firms now. thanks to the Wild
Flower Preservation Society.
However, this writer must con-
fesS after observing the results
Of the bull-dozer blight over a
period of years that the only
safe place for our wild flowers
seems to be in the gardens of
the real flower lovers. Perhaps,
collecting from the nearby woods
is not so bad as some would