PLANTING OUT PERENNIALS

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 76, 16 April 1937, Page 12

PLANTING OUT PERENNIALS

The time has now arrived when tlie moving o fbiennial and perennial seedlings cannot be longer delayed, unless it is to be put off until th© spring, wbich often means that the plants will suft'er badly and probably fail to bloora freely ffiat year. Walflowers, Canterbury Bejls, gweet Williams, Coreppsis, grandiflora, Indian Pinks, and Foxgloves should, wherever ppssible, be at one© pnt into the beds where they will flower, sufficient space being given them for their perfect development. All the things mentioned proyide a wealth pf cut flowers; conse^ qnently it is a good thjng to get a

number of them out in rows on the cutilower border, the Canterbury bells then being puf 15 inches apart, the Foxgloves 18 inpb.es and the other 3.2 inches apart. Those plants needed for the herbacpous border, to save it from duiiness in tlie early days of summer, should be put iu in groups of hall' u dozen or more, each grpup eonsisting of oue coloui . The same distances apart should be observed in this ease as when the plants are grown in rows. If tlie borders are not ready for them now, having first to be renovated or dug over, then it will be necessary to make Suro that the reserved plants have sufficient room to curry them through the winter. If they look erowded in their present qiuirters, they should be trauspianted to six or eighb inches apar.f. Of the perennjals, while some will probably be ht i'or planting out — and these will produce good flowers the fqllowing year — others will he so suiaii as still to ueed a place in a nur&ery bed. If they look as if it will be necessary for them tp remain in the uursery befl. until auother autumn, a- liberal amoynt of space must be given them; but if they are likely to have made suL ficient progress to be njoved into permanent yuorfers during the autumn or spring, they can be pianted somewhat closer together. However, if, is always good polioy to leave one foot of space between the rows, for then the hoe can be used frequently, which will speed up the growth of the plants.