+--------------------------------+---------------------+-----------------+ | =Common and Botanical | =Color, Height and |=Kind of Soil and| | Name; Hints on | Time in Bloom= | Light Required= | | Cultivation= | | | +--------------------------------+---------------------+-----------------+ | | | | | BLOOMING IN MARCH | | | | | | | |=Anemone or Hepatica= (_Hepatica|Blue, lilac, pink, |Rich, drained | |triloba_).--For wild garden or |white; 5 inches; 3 |loam; shade. | |rock garden. Evergreen. |weeks. | | | | | | | BLOOMING IN APRIL | | | | | | | |=Bluebell= (_Mertensia |Blue; 16 inches; 3 |Rich loam; sun. | |Virginica_).--Leave undisturbed |weeks. | | |for years. Foliage dies in | | | |summer. | | | | | | | |=Shooting Star= (_Dodecatheon |Pink; 8 inches; 3 |Good; partial | |Meadia_).--Its English name is |weeks. |shade. | |very descriptive. | | | | | | | |=Wild Sweet William= (_Phlox |Blue; 16 inches; 4 |Rich; sun or | |divaricata_).--The tallest of |weeks. |shade. | |the early phloxes. | | | | | | | |=Sweet Violet= (_Viola |Blue; 8 inches; 6 |Heavy rich; sun | |adorata_).--Blooms again in |weeks. |or shade. | |autumn. | | | | | | | |=Rock Cress= (_Arabis albida_). |White; 4 inches; 3 |Any; sun. | |--For edgings, carpeting bare |weeks. | | |spots, covering banks, etc. | | | | | | | |=Large-Leaved Saxifrage= |White, blue, pink; 12|Any; partial | |(_Saxifraga sp._).--The |inches; 2 weeks. |shade. | |different species known to the | | | |trade as _Saxifraga Megasea_ | | | |generally appear in early April.| | | | | | | |=Moss Pink= (_Phlox subulata_). |Pink; 6 inches; 4 |Good; full sun. | |--Spreads rapidly. Moss-like |weeks. | | |foliage. Carpets ground. | | | | | | | |=English Primrose= (_Primula |Yellow; 9 inches; 3 |Light rich; full | |vulgaris_).--Some moisture is |weeks. |sun. | |necessary to produce fine | | | |blossoms. | | | | | | | |=Leopard’s Bane= (_Doronicum |Yellow; 10 inches; 4 |Any; sun or semi-| |plantagineum_, var. _excelsum_).|weeks. |shade. | |--Showiest early flower of the | | | |daisy family. Flowers sometimes | | | |four inches across. Give | | | |scattering bloom all season. | | | | | | | |=Poppy Mallow= (_Callirhoe |Red, purple; 9 |Good sun. | |involucrata_).--Hardy. May bloom|inches; 8 weeks. | | |again in late summer. | | | | | | | | BLOOMING IN MAY | | | | | | | |=Spiderwort= (_Tradescantia |Violet, blue; 24 |Good; sun or half| |Virginiana_).--For mixed |inches; 12 weeks. |shade. | |borders, wild garden or front of| | | |shrubbery. | | | | | | | |=Many-Leaved Lupine= (_Lupinus |Blue, white; 36 |Rich, heavy; sun | |polyphyllus_).--Easily raised |inches; 4 weeks. |or shade. | |from seed. Soil must not dry | | | |quickly. | | | | | | | |=Common Columbine= (_Aquilegia |Violet, white; 36 |Rich; sun or | |vulgaris_).--Also grow _A. |inches; 5 weeks. |shade. | |chrysantha_ (yellow), and _A. | | | |Canadensis_ (red). | | | | | | | |=German Iris= (_Iris |Various; 24 inches; 3|Good; sun. | |Germanica_).--Plant rhizomes |weeks. | | |flat, cover half their depth. | | | |Best transplanted after bloom. | | | |Keep from contact with manure. | | | | | | | |=Scotch Pink= (_Dianthus |White, pink; 10 |Good; sun. | |plumarius_).--Evergreen. Don’t |inches; 2 weeks. | | |cover with litter in winter. | | | | | | | |=Garden Heliotrope= (_Valeriana |White; 36 inches; 3 |Good; sun or half| |officinalis_).--Sweet spicy |weeks. |shade. | |fragrance; rapid spreader; an | | | |old favorite. | | | | | | | |=Yellow Larkspur= (_Delphinium |Yellow; 12 inches; 10|Deep, rich, | |nudicaule_).--Grows wild near |weeks. |sandy loam; sun. | |streams in northern California, | | | |a pretty, early variety for the | | | |garden. | | | | | | | |=Brown and Yellow Corn Flower= |Brown and yellow; 24 |Any good; sun. | |(_Lepachys columnaris_, var. |inches; 12 weeks. | | |_pulcherrima_).--Grown as an | | | |annual for bedding. Start | | | |indoors in March; it will bloom | | | |June to September. | | | | | | | |=Lily-of-the-Valley= |White; 8 inches; 3 |Good, heavy; | |(_Convallaria majalis_).--Divide|weeks. |partial shade. | |every four or five years if | | | |crowded. Plant six or seven pips| | | |in a bunch. | | | | | | | |=Bachelor’s Button= (_Ranunculus|Yellow; 18 inches; 5 |Good, moist; | |acris_, var. _flore pleno_).-- |weeks. |partial shade. | |Easiest to raise of the yellow | | | |buttons. | | | | | | | |=Cowslip= (_Primula |Yellow; 8 inches; 3 |Moist, deep, | |officinalis_).--Small flowers |weeks. |light; part | |well above leaves. Water during | |shade. | |drought. | | | | | | | |=Lemon Lily= (_Hemerocallis |Yellow; 18 inches; 4 |Good; sun or | |flava_).--This sweet scented |weeks. |partial shade.