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The Annual Garden: Varieties

Varieties. Lemon King and Nankeen, light yellow, Orange King, deep orange.

The Candytuft. Candytuft is a hardy annual and is best sown where it is to bloom as it transplants poorly. It is useful for edging beds, and the taller growing Empress variety is pretty when grown in masses. seed may be sown in April in rows 6 inches apart; thin the seedlings so that they stand 4 inches apart in the Growth is quick and bloom may be expected in 6 or 8 weeks depending upon the season and the warmth of the soil. The flowering period only lasts for 3 or 4 weeks. row. [25] Varieties. Empress is the finest of all; varieties also come in shades of pink, lavender, purple and crimson.

Balsam, Lady Slipper. Balsams are tender annuals and should be started under glass or in a frame in February or March. Pot-grown plants succeed best, but this is not necessary. The seeds germinate easily and pinching back the shoots two or three times will tend to make a compact bushy growth. Seeds may be started out of doors in May, but in this case the plants will not bloom until late summer. Balsam likes a rich light soil and plenty of sunshine and the plants should never be allowed to dry out or to produce seed. Plant from one to one and a half feet apart depending upon the richness of the soil. Double or camellia flowered varieties are the prettiest. Salmon Prince, good pink. Light Yellow and White Perfection. Brachycome iberidifolia, Swan River Daisy.

Brachycome is a pretty, dainty, low-growing plant good for edging or planting in masses in front of taller growing kinds. Sow where it is to bloom in late April and thin so that the plants stand about six inches apart. Color, light blue.

Calliopsis. Calliopsis is easily grown and should be seeded where it is to bloom, in rows 8 inches apart, [26] the latter part of April or the first of May. Thin the plants in the row so that they will stand 8 or 10 inches apart. The flowers resemble yellow daisies.

Varieties. Crown of Gold and Drummondi.