Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-05-02 | Page 16 | Paradise of Plants Prevails in Garden

I Paradise of Plants PI ants Prevails i Garden in G I T 7 i l py t y 1 I 4 4 i P 5 S 4 4 S S I c st e et i t SS i S c 5 S 'S S a S S 4 s S S. A S v t Mrs M M. Wallace Woolley Rock By MAUD CHEGWIDDEN Telegram Garden Editor Visitors woh are to the garden of Mrs M. M Wallace Vallace Woolley in n Cottonwood think that they have been transported to paradise when they hey find themselves surrounded by literally millions of creeping and carpeting plants in every hue of the spectrum The near-by near mountains snowcapped ad finishing touch to o this garden which is one of ot the he finest of alpine gardens in this area Six years ago the Woolley garden was vas an alfalfa attala patch Mrs Woolley set et herself to make a garden and since she w was especially enamored of alpine plants she had seen thrivIng thriving ing ng in m a friends friend's near-by near garden she he sent far farand and near for seeds determined determined de dc- to learn all there was to know now about the worlds world's choice aline alpine al- al pine ine flowers As a result she grows hundreds of species in thousands of varieties giving each one its special preference regarding sun or or shade moisture or dryness stony soil or rich loam At present among the rocks which furnish the cool moist root run that such plants demand there are arc In every known shade of lavender and purple creeping and dwarf phloxes in pinks and blues the bright gold of alyssum the heavenly blue of ot gentian while the ground between the stones of the path is starred dainty white flowers of looking like snowflakes Further back in the garden where trees make a a. natural woodland woodland woodland wood wood- land Mrs Woolley grows her especial especial espe espe- cial favorites rites primroses She has almost every species known to the genus primula but at present present- it is the mUe English primrose which holds the tho stage Thousands and tens of thousands of them are in full bloom from the palest yellow through all shades of gold and brown pink magenta and maroon lavender and purple and a pure deep blue Other primroses have preceded these and still later primroses which are natives of Japan will raise their inch 18 stems to carry the flowering season on into July and August No words can aptly describe the sight of this primrose carpet beside the n noisy isy Cottonwood creek