DRY BANKS
WHAT TO GROW ON THEM. In many gardens there is a steep, sloping bank which becomes sun-baked in summer and is too dry even for a covering of grass. If a few boulders can be let into the bank masses of the sun roses (helianthemums) may be planed, and will be perfectly happy. So will almost all of the sedums, the sempervivums and that good natured plant, Hypericum olympicum. The latter, by the way, is also serviceable for planting round the outskirts of conifers or specimen trees.
Sometimes there are flights of steps leading from one level to another on I these steep slopes. On either side of these steps a bank of soil will give an opportunity of making 'a bright show. By facing these banks with rough boulders, masses of aubretia, dianthus, deltoides and other trailing alpines can be grown to good effect.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 28 May 1941, Page 8
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147DRY BANKS Wairarapa Times-Age, 28 May 1941, Page 8
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