Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-09-13 | Page 12 | In Your Own Graden

9 I I 4 I n Your Yo ur k w n u e V DO YOU KNOW INOV THESE BULBS UL S SEvery Every amateur gardener is familiar famil- famil lay ar with hyacinths tulips and daf- daf and most of them know the smaller mailer flowered sorts such as the grape hyacinth and scilla But there here are still many fine bulbs ready cady to be planted this fall falI which as s yet are aro little known by local gar gar- Do you know the U the e the the ortus the Hie alliums and so on These are re one and all grand subjects for forthe forthe the he rock garden or often for th the wild garden and they are easily cultivated inexpensive in m price and Will Vill give you you something differ different nt tram from rom what you usually see sec blooming in ill n the spring Tal Take e the tho for instance I have grown grown these f for r several years yet everyone who se sees s them in bloom doom in May in my garden asks what they are arc and exclaims about their heir loveliness grow row anywhere In sun or shade In moist or dry situation in any fairly good soil oil The bulbs are large bigger than tho those hose e of t tulips lips or daffodils and they hey require planting at a depth of five ive inches Best results art are ob- ob l tamed ed when the thc bulbs are arc planted in n colonies where they ma may be left alone alono indefinitely The flowers of the thc appear ap- ap pear ear on a tall stem two feet or so so in m height at the top of ot which are the many lovely blooms opening open open- i ing ng one after the other so that the I blooming period is a long one Col Colors 1 ors are white cream and several I shades of ot blue The five petals petals' of each cach floret Joret spread widely y open and display the golden stamens to excellent excellent ex ex- advantage There Thero ar are named varieties of or ca ca- massia perhaps the finest fin fin- est cst maybe mayb obtained in either white or or blue and will send up stems four i feet In height when well established with 70 or 80 florets to Jo a single stem tem For finest results the should be well watered while whilo they are flowering and nd immediately afterwards atI at- at I but when all signs of them are arc gone during the tho summer and fall tall they may be forgotten entirely and will not suffer in the least for lack of vat water t. t If It you want something something something some some- thing perfectly exquisite in your garden next year plant a few ca Ca- massia bulbs this month and Im I'm sure you'll bless me forever for telling tellIng telling tell tell- ing you about t them QUERIES Mrs E. E T T. Salt SnIt Lake writes Will you ou please tell me In your column when hen to plant delphinium seeds A friend gave ga me ome oine good ones Shall I walt wait until spring Ans ns Unless you ou have a cold frame framo you had better wait walt now until until un un- til next spring as you suggest They might have been planted a month ago when they would have made good strong plants by the time frost gets here If It you plant early next year you will get one ono or two spikes of bloom from ach plant in late summer ummer