LOBELIAS
Lobelias are so well known and so popular _f or edgings that they need no description.! Provision should now be made for providing' a plentiful supply of these plants for early planting. They may be raised either by sow.ing seeds under glass and pricking of? the seedlings into'boxes when ready or by .division., The/; dwarf; double-flower-] [ing .lobelias are propagatediby. cuttings
or divisions from stock plants that have been-retained for the purpose. These are particularly usefuLfor edgings and borders being dwarf,, compact..plants which produce a dense ball of flowers. Although chiefly used for edgings the blue and white varieties are effective in small beds, while a few of the tall growers are excellent as pot-plants. The spreading varieties are of freeflowering branching habit, being specially adapted for hanging baskets and window boxes. Lobelias .arc. extremely hardy plants and of tho^ easiest cultivation.
The perennial varieties "Pardinalis" and "Queen Victoria" have vivid scarlet flowers on tall upright stems which attain a height of about 2 or 3 feet, and metallic crimson foliage. These varieties are not suitable for edgings but are effective When planted in mixed borders.
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Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 69, 23 March 1933, Page 17
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187LOBELIAS Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 69, 23 March 1933, Page 17
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