CHAPTER VIII
Early Summer Garden

LIST No. 2
Eleven Hardy Perennial Plants which Bloom in the Early Summer

As pictured in the Mary Frances Garden Cut-Out No. 2.
Common Name.      Botanical Name.      Remarks.      Height.     
Yellow Alyssum.* A-lys-sum Sax-a-tile.
See List No. 1 for description.
12 inches.
Columbine. A-qui-le-gi-a.
Airy, graceful plants, with spurred flowers, in red, blue, violet, white, yellow. Buy the seed of “Long Spurred Hybrids.”
18-24 inches.
German Iris (“Blue Flags”).
I-ris Ger-man-i-ca.
Lavender, purple, yellow, white.
“Corm” roots which “winter over” and take care of themselves, “coming” up every Spring in increased numbers.
24-30 inches.
Lily of the Valley. Con-val-la-ria.
Sweet-scented tiny white bells.
Buy clumps and roots in Spring or Fall.
6 inches.
Alkanet or Bugloss. An-chu-sa I-tal-i-ca.
Buy “Dropmore” variety.
Blue flowers.
Buy the plants.
36 inches.
Lupines. Lu-pi-nus.
Varieties in blue, white, pink.
24-28 inches.
Tufted Pansies.* Vi-o-la Cor-nu-ti.
Sow seed early.
Resemble pansies, not so large; but bloom all Summer.
5-8 inches.
Bleeding Hearts. Di-el-y-tra.
See List No. 1 for description.
 
Hardy Candytuft.* I-be-ris.
Buy “Iberis Sempervirens”: white.
Pretty for edging.
8-10 inches.
Forget-me-Not. My-o-so-tis.
Buy “Myosotis Palustris Semperflorens.” Sky-blue little flower.
8-10 inches.
Hardheads or Knap Weeds.
Perennial Cornflower.
Cen-tau-re-a.
“Centaurea Montana” is known as the Perennial Bears large violet-blue flowers from July to September.
2 feet.
Rambler roses also bloom in early Summer.
* If garden space is small, select only the names marked with a star.