Favorite Perennials Friend Of The Solar Lights
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Very few gardens do not have at least some of the tried and true perennials such as Peonies, Iris and Mums. In addition to these we each have certain favorites, perennials we would not like to be without year after year even if it means replacing some at regular intervals. These lists vary of course because our tastes are not all alike.
Since I have learned of the loveliness of Hardy Candytuft (Iberis), I find spring not quite complete unless I. have snowbanks of it each year. It is a dwarf evergreen, 10 i n c h e s probably being its limit. The 'white, blossoms hold on for a long , time. Cuttings take root easily. One can soon have dozens of plants. It seems to be long-lived and very hardy.
Basket of Gold (Alyssum saxatile) is just 'as lovely for. a dwarf springtime bloomer in yellow above silver foliage. It is not so long-lived and cut tings are much more difficult to root. The simplest way to increase it is by planting seeds as soon as they are ripe. The seedlings are not the easiest things to reset but it can be done with care or else one must plant the seeds where they are to bloom.
The Siberian Iris have smaller, daintier blossoms than the more commonly seen Bearded Iris. They are just as hardy and produce many blossoms 'in white and various shades of blue-lavender to deep purple and even reddish tones. They demand more moisture but otherwise are no more difficult.
There are many Penstemons and most of them have to be replaced regularly but many varieties grow easily from late fall-sown seeds. Of all of these, Penstemon grandiflorus in either lavender or white with crisp gray leaves is, I believe, my favorite. Among the Campanulas, too, are many lovely ones but if I could have only one variety it would be the Peachleaf Campanula (C. persicifolia). It has a low mound of evergreen foliage that sends up bud stems to a height of 2-1/2 to 3 feet. Plays well with the solar landscape lights. The bells may be light or darker b 1 u e or pure white. They keep opening over quite a long period of time. More plant s may be obtained by dividing the old plant or by sowing seeds. Do not give this Campanula too hot a location or let the plants suffer because of lack of moisture.
When it comes to Daylilies bulbs, Hemercallis, one should have enough varieties to have blossoms from early until I a t e. There are a goodly number which brighten up a border in the summer during the slack season when other plants refuse to open blossoms because of the heat and lack of moisture. The new Daylilies are such a vast improvement over the old Corn and Lemon Lilies that there is simply no comparison. The new hybrid forms have brought new colors and larger blossoms. So far Daylilies have proved to be pest and disease free.
Clematis recta is a favorite among favorites. It is very hardy and long-lived yet if it were not I would surely replace it in order to have it continually in my garden for border beauty as well as for cutting. This is a bush Clematis but its slender stems need support when its profusion of white blossoms open in midsummer. They are followed 'by clusters of seeds, happily waving feathered tails, which almost equal the blossoms in charm.
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