Using Different Kinds Of Plant In The Garden

Summer blooming shrubs and trees should be planted at once. Plan the plantings carefully, for, while the usual emphasis is on the kind of plants to use, the design for the garden is more important and should be carefully thought out and more carefully executed. Southern gardeners, especially, need to realize the importance of the garden plan.

Crepemyrtles in white and in lavender are good when used with the broad-leaved evergreens and Altheas of orchid and white with the Golden Rain tree for yellow lights. Rose and flesh pink and watermelon red Crepemyrtles give strong accents of bright colors that bloom for a long season. Therefore carefully plan their planting.

The Chaste-tree (Vitex agnus-castus) in steel blue is a good contrast for the pink and red Crepemyrtles and also gives a pleasing picture when used with other shrubs. Try the Pineapple Guava (Feijoa sellowiana) for rich color of brilliant crimson and white flowers with yellow anthers that bloom throughout the summer and in fall produces fruit which makes delicious jelly. This shrub from Brazil is evergreen when planted in sheltered situations and is a fine addition to our gardens.

Camellias and Azaleas should be planted. Wait until the bloom is over and the plants are dormant before having them shipped. There are many complaints about no bloom on Azaleas the second year and this is probably due to the shock of transplanting when they are in bloom.

Tango trees (Sesbanias) are brilliant all summer with clusters of flame and orange flowers. They contrast well with the Chaste-trees but are exceptionally fine with the Heavenly Blue Morning Glories. Plant them where they will show up against the new Brazilian Morning Glory (Ipomoea leari). Planted in April this vine will make a growth of 25 or 30 feet during the season and be covered with hundreds of azure blue flowers from July until frost. The tops are then killed down but if the roots are covered with leaves they will send up shoots another spring. Since this Morning Glory does not set seeds it is free from the objections which make other Morning Glories a pest.

Coral Vines or the Mexican-rose (Antigonon leptotus) should also be planted now. Remove the winter mulch of leaves, fertilize and let them grow. By the fall they will cover many square feet of space with their lovely deep pink blossoms in graceful drooping racemes.

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