CHAPTER VIII
PERENNIALS
Some of the perennials to be sown yearly in the seed-bed from about April first to tenth, are the following:
Columbines of all varieties, yellow, white, shading from pink to red and from pale blue to darkest purple.
Of Columbines every garden should have plenty. Blooming about May twentieth for three weeks, they are a perfect delight. They are very hardy, germinate readily in the seed-bed, are easy to transplant and need but little care. I have never been able to get them much over three feet in height, but then I have often a dozen stalks of bloom on a single plant, which is very satisfactory. The first dozen plants were sent to me by a friend from his garden on Long Island; now I have hundreds of them,—single and double, white, yellow, all shades of red and pink, pale blue, and a blue one with a white center almost like an Orchid; many shades of purple, also purple and white.
Hollyhocks, single and double, of all colours. In order to get the desired colour effect with these, keep each variety separate.
Hollyhocks in blossom
July twelfth