Wednesday, April 29, 1981

By HELEN LANG

Although we are about to begin the season
for bedding out plants such as petunias,
marigolds,.nemesia, etc., there are bound to .
be some of you who are getting tired of
putting in plants in the spring that have to be
taken out, dead, in the fall, and added to the:
compost pile.

Today, just for those folk who have
almost given up gardening because there
seems no end to the work, let’s plan a
perennial garden. Perennials are those

‘obliging plants that go on year after year,

coming up every spring, making babies all
summer, blooming as well, and dying down
in the fall for a well earned rest.

1 have an English sister-in-law that is
something of an expert on the art of making
a ‘‘perennial bordah’’ (plain ‘‘border’’ to
us), She suggests.that you start out with
several tall things in the back of the bed,
things that don’t all flower at the same time,
reducing. the height of the plants in front,
until you have small plants in the

foreground. Again you should plan so that -

everything doesn’t flower at once.

The trouble with perennials is that far too
many of them have terrible long names,
difficult to spell, and almost impossible to
pronounce. Perhaps, if you are interested,
you might write some. of them down, and
add a few every year to your garden, until
the time comes when you won’t have room
to put any petunias, marigolds, etc.

Starting with the tallest plants, ones that

‘will give you continuing bloom, you might
put in anchusa, (which has large blue flowers _

that look rather like giant. forget-me-nots),
helianthus, (they’re yellow and look a bit like

sunflowers), delphiniums, which come in

shades ‘of blue, white, and pink. (and look
like delphiniums), hollyhocks, which get

“enormously tall, foxgloves (which come in

shades of pink to mauve), Canterbury bells

~ (a lovely old-fashioned flower - coming. in

shades of blue, white or pink)’ and shasta

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daisies, (which are giant white daisies, with
_ golden hearts).

Coming down the scale in height, there
seem to be a thousand plants. In early spring
you could enjoy columbine, iris, Oriental

poppies; wallflowers . . . a little later comes
geums and coral bells (both of these have
leaves almost on the ground, with delightful
delicate flowers standing about two feet
above). Day lilies, and lupins come in an

assortment of glorious colours and are very

showy. Peonies are big and beautiful. Then

~ you have members of the perennial phlox

family, lovely. things called pyrethrum

(‘‘painted daisies’’), red hot pokers, baby’s -

breath, gaillardia and rudbeckia (like huge
fiery daisies) all much the same height, but
flowering at different times.

At the edge of the bed you might plant

Iberis (also called candytuft), or violas, or:
pansies, dear, old fashioned pulmonaria, |.
primroses, some tiny dianthus (pinks), some
foreget-me-nots, a few dwarf phlox. Maybe.

in'a shady area you could plant a few violets,

some aubretia for early spring bloom, _and a
few sedums..

_ they are so hardy.

THE REVIEW

Just behind your border planting? How
about some Sweet William, carnations, a few
bleeding hearts, a Christmas. rose, and
maybe a lenten rose? You could also have a
hosta, or two (for accent), a bit of St. John’s
Wort (warning-it. does spread), some
perennial red lobelia which grows to three
feet, and some platycoden (balloon flower)
which is.a glorious shade of blue.

Butchart Gardens, please take fair war-
ning!

My head is full of a riot of colours, and
my poor brain is overheating with the blend

‘of fragrances as | imagine this fairyland

garden! In England | gather people don’t put
things like rhododendrons, azaleas or
camellias in a ‘‘proper’’ perennial border,
but this being Canada, if you want to put in
a few, why not? Personally, | think it would
add something distinctive.

School District No. 63 (Saanich)

Kindergarten Registration
for :
September Classes, 1981 _

Lake School,

Elk Lake School and
School):

‘McTavish

‘DATE: May 6, 1981, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

ELIGIBILITY: All children: born in. 1976. (BRING
PROOF OF AGE - BIRTH CERTIFICATE PREFERRED) |

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4 _ Register at your Closest Elementary School, but'be &
advised that your child could be required to attend

any other local Kindergarien..

Registration for Kindergarten will take place at most :
District Elementary Schools (exceptions are Beaver

COMMUNITY COUNSELLING CENTRE

_ (formerly S.P.G.A.)

Presents the fifth in a series of spring seminars dealing with rela-
tionship issues within the community.

RELATIONSHIPS | |
Thursday, May 7, 1981, 7:30 p.m. at the Centre, 9813-5th St.

This series is phase one of a three part program designed to ac-
quaint community people with the work of C..C.C. Gloria Deming,
Centre Co-ordinator, will lead this seminar. The fee is $5.00 per

session. Enrollment is limited to 14. Contact Linda Brewin at the
Centre, 656- 1247.

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