| Show and Your Garden Artillery Plant Needs Good light 1 Genevieve Gene II IL Folsom Garden Editor are are happy to assist you with and will endeavor gardening the best possible n for this area Mail your yours ions ons s to Genevieve H H. Fol- Fol Telegram Garden Editor So Main Salt Lake City It I Itt t S M. M L L. R Salt Lake City 5 5 s. s I have a small plant I 4 Ithe the department stores store's a- a department r c said was an plant plant- I am anxious to tor toJ erg cry ry r J F whether it needs sun or orind J ind nd nobody nabad Y seems to know t t r it Cant Can't find it in flower of Closed is a rough drawing of shape shap and present size ching from one stalk it takes form arm of one fernl like fern ke leaf leaf leaf- with with masses of tiniest green greens s 5 or leaves I would like to tor r whether to treat like a fern berwise also how to water I 1 er The artillery plant is I I the common name for a low grow ing herb called Pilca 1 The best soil soil mixture for this I plant is a mixture of loam leaf- leaf I mold and a sand Keep well j watered as it likes plenty of mois mois- mois ture Give good light but not direct direct di di- I sunlight You might be interested interested in interested in- in in knowing it is called the Artillery plant because of I its habit of shooting out pollen from the staminate flowers Q Would you please inform I me as to when I should remove the fruit jars from my rose slips I They have been under the jars since last year I would also like a list of perennials for my bor bor- der Mrs 1 L L. S S. S Salt Lake City Answer Low growing plants suitable for the front of your perennial perennial pe pe- border include the viola violet primrose valley the cushion mums Medium i plants for center planting planting planting plant plant- ing are arc iris peony Shasta daisy sweet William Villiam columbine daylily daylily daylily day- day lily iceland poppy bleeding heart phlox chrysanthemum Tall i I plants fo for foi- background purpose purpose- I holl hollyhock hock delphinium golden golden II i glow tall goldenrod yucca the I taller phlox chrysanthemum I I Wait ait until all danger of frost his is is over before removing remO your fruit jars from the rose slips You could take the jars off on warm da days s 's but replace them at night Q Please give me the names of j some ome plants not too common I would like something a little unusual for my garden and something something something some some- thing which can be grown from seed if possible Thank you ou Mrs i C C. H H. Salt Lake City I IAnswer Answer The beautiful cleome or spider flower is not grown in our local gardens as much as it should be and it can be raised from seed Plant the seeds of the cleome outdoors during this month When the seedlings are about three inches high the plants should be thinned so they are about 24 inches apart This plant prefers a rather sandy soil and will grow about four feet in I height A lovely perennial which does docs I well in our area is the 1 It likes a well-drained well location but wants lots of water I have I planted one one near my pool and it itis itis itis is beautiful It reaches a n height I I of a 4 or 5 feet and has great quantities of pink blooms However However however How How- ever I would purchase this one in plant form from your nursery |
