Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-02-06 | Page 14 | Planting of Perennials in Spring is Hazardous

Planting of Perennials In Spring Is Hazardous By MAUD l CH CHEGWIDDEN Telegram Garden Editor It is always rather a risky thing to io buy perennials in spring which bloom in spring in my opinion and I have had plenty of experience which has led me to form the opinion Far better i is it in such a climate as this ar around und Salt Lake to plant the early flowering plants in fall Spring planting so often finds the newcomer having to struggle with hot lot weather almost before it has had time to get its r roots established at the same time that it is trying to bloom because spring is the natural natural natural nat nat- ural time of bloom for It If these perennials had been slanted planted tho the previous fall they would b be e well established by y spring and lowering flowering would occur naturally t with no great drain of ot energy However garden catalogs persist in tempting us with their Ii lists ts of delectable things ready t to make matte splashes of color In May and as rabid gardeners we wo simply cant can't wait walt until next fall Wo We must have them n now w. w Recognizing these facts some firms prepare these early blooming perennials especially for spring planting by propagating them In small pots usually in two-inch two ones Then when they have to fill an order they simply slip the plant with its lu ball of earth intact from the pot and send end you the whole thing Such a small ball Is In light In weight so that postage is not nota a burden burden bur bur- den but it is large enough to hold all the roots and when you put your specimens in the perennial border or the rock garden and water them the young plants absolutely absolutely absolutely dont don't know they have been moved Roots Immediately begin to take hold of soil in the new lo location the leaves never wilt and flowering follows follows follows fol fol- fol- fol lows at the tho normal time That is why I 1 can rec recommend to you the following all aU early spring flowers for ordering at once once because because no shock will be bo felt by them since they have been grown In pots First of nil all there i Is a a dainty dwarf aster especially lly fine tine for the tho rock garden a true alpine plant called aster alpina In May it will give lovely reddish you lavender lavender lav lay ender daisies with large Jarge yellow cen een- tern It grows grow no more than eight Inch Inches s in height and of course might very well be bo used at the front of th the perennial border But It Is la superb in the rock garden Asters Aster Popular Also ready to bloom In early spring Is nana a little known plant for the rock garden with rounded h heads ads of ot lavender blue flowers only half halt an inch In diameter diameter eter ter and good deep green foliage You will like this I know Another aster which you will love once you know w It It and which may be purchased in tiny pots is aster with cheerful bluish lavender lavender lav lay ender daisies having the usual large golden center an aster which grows about ten inches tall and which is noted for tor being a most moat prolific bloomer Now that February Is 18 here here- these things should bo be ordered without delay y if It if you Intend to have them for forit it will seem like no time at all before the snow melts the sun shines and the earth will b be ready to receive our plants