HALF-HARDY FLOWERS

Evening Post, Volume CXIV, Issue 26, 30 July 1932, Page 10

HALF-HARDY FLOWERS

,SOME GOOD VARIETIES

I , - '. - I - - fe>lf'li4r*<iy\ plants ate those which need' piotettion, cither under glass or in*soihe/©ther form, during severO cold, lairi^or fiOst; and must "not be planted in .tha open air until all danger of frost has passed. Among this class of plants th«J following may be sown now wh.cre accommodation can be found for the'seed-boxes under cover:— i Xochi* (known as the burning; bush, or summer cypress), grows to a height of 2 ieet, the soft green summer foliage turning a beautiful bronao Jn. the autumn. This is purely a fohago plant. Schiwnthus. —These veiy beautiful floweis aie usually grown as pot plants, but in,vaun. sheltered localities will thrive in the open. SftlptgloeMß.—The vich «olounng-and veming of these floweis are very beautiful/and when grown in rich, weH'drained soil in fiilUsun tj»« plants make a beautifttl ?now.'. Tlitfjgluita Should be spaded'at'leist-i-fobt'apart. v '-■>■■ Pftwifitt are essentially liot weather plants', and prefcr'a rather'diy position. When the plants commence gro\\ ing and tho branches attain a fair length, these should be pegged down to the ground where they will root and the bed be completely covered. ' Verbena. —This is one of tlie most beautiful of summer flowers. The plants should be treated in the samo way .as petunias, that is, pegged down as the growths get long enough, until the (Whole-bed jis covered. Verbenas are iliable to attacks ty red spider, andnt •tho first-sign'of: the pest, which will be noticed by the foliage turning yellow 'or riisty \c,ol6ured) spray the plants with lime sulphur. \ Any- of tho above, plants will be procurable from the various seedsman in due scftgon, ready for planting out,1 and for people with small plots it is generally more satisfactory to purchase the I few plants required rather than be worried with raising them from seed.