Bleeding Heart Plant The Laciest Of Valentines
Many of us remember huge clumps of Bleeding-heart growing against the foundations of old country houses or snuggled up by front and back steps. But until the 1940s, there was
Flowering
For A Bright Dash Of Color Grow Amaranthus
So wonderfully colored is the foliage of Amaranthus tricolor splendens (Amaranthus melancholicus) that it is called Joseph’s Coat, and rightly so, for it is as elaborate, brilliant, and arresting as
Spring Color Harmonies
Yellow is the key color of spring in our gardens, with lavender running a close second. And what lovely effects can be achieved by combining them to bring out, by
Growing The Yellow Pot Ginger: Kaempferia Decora
One of the most attractive and promising flowering pot plants to come to America in many years is the yellow-flowered Kaempferia decora, a plant known to botany for less than
Primrose Jasmine Decorative Subject WIth Large Flowers
Jasmines have much in common with their sturdy and robust relatives, the forsythias, and it is a loss for northern gardens that most of them are not reliably hardy. Winter
How To Treat Your Seeds For Improved Growth
As a rule, the principal reasons for treating seeds with chemicals before sowing them are to prevent seed decay and damping-off of seedlings. During the past year, however, I have
Hepaticas Wonderful Spring Wild Flowers In My Garden
Among time most delightful of our spring wildflowers, hepaticas are, perhaps, the easiest to make happy in our gardens, in shady nooks and corners where soil holds dampness and the
What Is The History Of Fragrant Gladiolus
For many years, fragrance in garden gladiolus eluded hybridizers. After various growers had spent 125 years obtaining fragrant garden gladiolus. Dean William Ilerbert of England produced his hybrid, GLADIOLUS FRAGRANS—a
Try Growing Hybrid Chrysanthemums From Seeds
If you want an interesting and exciting experience in seed sowing, try hybrid chrysanthemum seeds. While looking through a chrysanthemum catalog in February 1958, I found mum seeds from Japan.
The New Crop Of Annuals Or Rediscovered?
The challenge of the new and the untried makes the annual influx of seed catalogs a continual source of fascination. Some of the so-called “new plants” are actually the result