CHAPTER IX
Mid-Summer Garden

LIST No. 3

Twenty-four Hardy Perennial Plants which Bloom in Mid-Summer
As pictured in the Mary Frances Garden Cut-Out No. 3.
Common Name.      Botanical Name.      Remarks.      Height.     
Hardy Lark-spur.*
Del-phin-i-um.
Order plants of varieties named, “Belladonna” and “Formosum,” which are turquoise blue and dark blue.
Buy the plants, or seeds.
24 inches.
Pæony.
  
Bloom but once in the season.
Beautiful showy large rose-like flowers.
Foliage of plant dies down in Winter, coming up in young new “shoots” in the Spring.
Colors: red, pink and white.
There is also a “tree” variety.
Most pæonies bloom in early Summer.
 3 feet.
Alkanet or Bugloss.
An-chu-sa.
See List No. 2 for description.
  
Bellflower.*
Cam-pa-nu-la.
Perennial Varieties:
(a) Campanula Carpatica (Carpathian Hare-Bell). Bloom from June to October. Blue.
8 inches.
(b) Campanula Persicafolia (Peach Bells). One of the best. Large blue, and white varieties.
 2-3 feet.
(c) Campanula Pyramidalis (The Chimney Bellflower). Stately pyramid form plant, with many blue flowers. There is also a white variety.
It is best to buy plants of the above.
Note.—There are also biennial varieties of Campanula; namely, Campanula Medium or Canterbury Bells, and Campanula Calycanthema (Cup and Saucer). Biennial means of two season’s duration.
 4-5 feet.
Madonna Lily.*
Li-li-um Can-di-dum.
Pure white lilies, resembling Easter Lilies, growing on strong stems. Plant in the Fall (or possibly in the early Spring), 6 inches deep, preferably in the shade of some other perennial. Lay bulbs on the side when planting.
 2-3 feet.
Oriental Poppy.
Pa-pa-ver O-ri-en-tal-is.
Very large showy poppies in various colors.
Buy plants in clumps in August.
36 inches.
Foxglove.
Dig-i-tal-is.
See tall flowers pictured on cover of this book.
Various colors.
36 inches.
Sweet William.*
Di-an-thus Bar-ba-tus.
Red, white and various colors.
See Garden for Little Folks.
 18 inches.
Hardy Garden Pinks.*
Di-an-thus Sem-per-flo-rens.
Buy plants.
Various colors. Old-fashioned favorites, with spicy odor.
Excellent for cutting.
Also: “Dianthus Latifolius Atcroccineus.” Hybrid Sweet-William, with brilliant crimson double flowers, blooming all Summer.
 6-12 inches.
Iceland Poppy.*
Pa-pa-ver.
Buy “Papaver Nudicaule” mixed seed.
See description in Garden for Little Folks.
 9-15 inches.
Marguerite.*
An-the-mis Tinc-to-ri-a.
Buy “Anthemis Tinctoria.”
Color: yellow.
Buy plant.
15 inches.
Coreopsis.*
Co-re-op-sis Lan-ce-o-la-ta.
See Garden for Little Folks for description.
Buy plant.
 24 inches.
Blanket Flower.
Gail-lard-i-a.
Buy Gaillardia Grandiflora. Crimson and yellow.
See Garden for Little Folks.
Sow seed early.
24 inches.
Hardy Phlox.*
  
Phlox Suffruticosa are the Early-flowering Hardy Phlox.
Phlox Decussata are the later Hardy Phlox, and are the variety most used.
All colors: Crimson, white, salmon pink, etc.
See List of Hardy Perennials for Little Folks Garden.
  
Hardy Pyrethrums.*
Py-re-thrum Hy-brid-um.
Red, rose, white flowers.
See Garden for Little Folks.
18-24 inches.
Tufted Pansies.*
Vi-o-la Cor-nu-ti.
See List No. 2 for description.
 3-6 inches.
Baby’s Breath.
Gyp-so-phi-la Pa-nic-u-la-ta.
Tiny white misty flowers, beautiful to use in bouquets, making a “cobwebby” filmy spray over the flowers.
20-30 inches.
Hardy Candytuft.
I-be-ris Sem-per-vi-rens.
White low-growing flowers.
 8-10 inches.
Hollyhocks.*
  
A grandmother’s favorite—picturesque in a garden background. Red, white, yellow, rose, pink.
Cut down the stalks when the seeds are dry.
Plant seeds; they will bloom the next season.
 5-8 feet.
Speedwell.
Ve-ron-i-ca.
Blue, rose, white.
Plant seeds in August.
12-24 inches.
Hybrid Tea Roses.
  
See Chapter XXXV on Roses.
  
Japanese Bellflower.
Balloon Flower.
Plat-y-co-don.
Blue, and white flowers; deep-cupped and star shaped. Buds resemble tiny balloons. Easily grown. Buy plants.
  
Yellow Day Lily.
Hem-e-ro-cal-lis.
Yellow and orange tall lilies.
These are not pictured in the Cut-outs, but are very similar to the madonna lily in form. They will grow in the shade.
18-36 inches.
Summer Violet.
Vi-o-la Cor-nu-ti Pur-pu-re-a.
Resembles single violets, and very desirable, for flowers appear when blooming season of violets is passed.
 4 inches.
* If garden space is small, select only the names marked with a star.

Turn to Chapter LX on “Garden Color-Pictures,” to read about combinations of color for the garden.