GARDEN GUIDE

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 124, 11 June 1937, Page 11

GARDEN GUIDE

THE FL0WER GARDEN Gardening is a great force. It is the open sesame to many a conversation that has led to a lifelong friendship. Indeed, there is scarcely a flower which at one time or another lias not drawn gardeners together in the common bond of friendship. Boses, the queen of flowers, fill our minds. Plant at once strong varieties that are likely to succeed. Six worthwhile sorts are George Dickson, Edel, Mrs. W. H. Rowe, Sunburst, C. E. Shea, Golden Ophelia. Do not crush the roots when planting. Creepers are always an asset to any garden home, and many choice varieties may now be set. Ficus, the creeper for stone posts and walls, is always attractive. Eor flowering on pergolas, tacsonia, solanum, kennedya and bouganvillea are splendid. Plant now hedge trees, shrubs and ornamental plants of all descriptions. Dig the soil deeply, loosening the subsoil before setling. Manure the ground with blood and bone and lime where necessary. Many attractive perennials may be planted now, such as cannas, golden glow, helenium, carnations, marguerite daisy, and dozens of other plants that may oceupy a .permanent place in the borders. Lime the ground well before planting. Cyclamen plants should be bedded out iu a sunny spot for quick flowers. Plant nine inches apart. An attractive border round this bed would be primula malacoides, a dainty mauve-coloured flower blooming for • weelcs. Yiolas, yellow and blue, are also worthy of consideration. Sow seeds of tho following varieties: — Stocks, cinerarias, sweet peas, yerbena,. pansy, nemesia, and delphinium. In sheltered spots the following early plants may be set: — Pansy, antirrhinum, larkspur, yerbena, poppy iceland, statice, ■ ornflower, ' lobelia, viola and cyclamen.