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by Bob Fleming
Horticultural
Research Institute
Annual plants can provider
iunstant, bursts of color in.
home gardens, but peren-
nials can act as the backbone
of the garden'fro•m year to
�y perennials
year.
Perennial plants can be
used, to create changing
patterns throughout the
*growing season. You can.
present many striking
seasonal displays with the
many perennial flowering
First •time try
Re earth by the National
Garden Bureau indicates
that many beginning gar-
deners have only a hazy idea
(iif the mature size of
*' getable plants. Also,
'sinners often fail to leave
sufficient space between
rows.
All it takes is one suc-
cessful garden to make each
'succeedingvegetable garden
-----•-�•a-br-t �z�e:-lxe"t; first gardens---- o•l an,-har e:st-$1.50-or more-_---perenma-tsin this group.
garage. It is designed to
accommodate' 13 kinds of
vegetables and will supply
most of the fresh vegetables
needed by a family of three.
It can be weeded, watered
and harvested within an
average of two hours time
each weep.
Seeds. for this'�garden will
cost about. $6.50 yet from it,
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plants available from nur-
series, garden shops, or
friendly neighbors.
Some perennials, such as
peonies, iris and phlox, need
little introduction. However,
there are less common
varieties of these traditional
garden favorites. Single and
Japanese -type , peonies,
featuring large, showy
flowers, can add a .new
dimension to; the well-knownn
double -flowered peonies. Not
all iris are tall bearded irist.
The 1Ja jianese and Siberian
iris are equally'• attractive
and easy to grow.
There are numerous easy-
to-gr
asy.-
to -grow perenlnials that
flower in spring and early
summer. Golden Alyssum,
Aquilegia (columbine),
Shasta Daisy, Oriental
Poppy and `Delphinium are
g just a few of the, many
are, more often than not, of delicious vegetables, Midsummer and early fall
overly -large, crowded and
poorly arranged with tall
plants in the front and
frequently harvested
vegetables--stuek way in the
back.
Your next vegetable
garden can be as pretty as a
picture, sensibly arranged
and of a practical size. Use
this National Garden Bureau
plan as a model and be sure
to:
+Plant no more than you
can care forwith ease in four
Jo six hours each week.
Select varieties that are
apted to your area.
+Plant at the season
recommended on 'seed'
packets. ,
+Allow plenty of space for
plants to grow: thin
ruthlessly.
The 300 sq. ft. National
Garden Bureau is 20 x 15 ft.,
about the size of a one -car
depending on the length of
your gardening season.
You might not care for
some of the vegetables
shown in the plan. Substitute
others of comparable plant
size. Seed packets and
gardening books can advise
you. Your County Co-
operative Extension Service
•offers free bulletins on
vegetable gardening and
lists of locally recommended
varieties.
Depending on the length of
the gardening season in your
area you can plant "suc-
cession crops" as soon as
you have harvested the
vegetables shown in this
plan. Over most of the
country, leafy salad
vegetables, cabbage family
members and root crops can
be planted as succession
crops as late as August for
,fall harvest.
flowering' perennials are
more difficult to find, but
Just .las easy to grow.
Hollyhock, and ?;several
forms of the campanula,
flower in early July.
Coreopsis, Gaillardia,
Summer Ph'lox;'Day Lilies,
Monarda and Lythrum
(loosestrife) can add in-
teresting splashes of color to
any summer garden. For fall
color,, try Michaelmas- Daisy
(fall aster), Helenium,
Hibiscus and Helianthus
(sunflower).
Most perennials grow
reasonably well in average
garden soil. Good soil
preparation, before planting,
ensures the best results.
Good drainage is also im-
portant. Some plants can
adapt to moist conditions,
but the majority of perennial
plants prefer adequately
drained soils. You, may want
to improve the,
(workability" of the soil by
adding organic matter,. such
as compost -or manure.
Commercial fertilizers, high
in phosphorus and potash (6-
24-24 or 5-2020), eneot rage
Strong roots and vigorous
growth.
Few of uscan expect to
create a true perennial
garden. However, we can
Six plants Swiss chard
With onion, seta alongside,'
plant early, c
Two 12ft. rows
bush beans
NOTE: plant two rows
8 Inches apart
down the center
of the bed.,
Two rows lettuce
Interplanted with
'.-. parsley
and
-TWOlows-b'ee
plant early
National Gardin Burow Plsn
for aaf*.X18ff.
design an• interesting,
colorful, low -maintenance
garden by using some
perennial plants and adding
some well -selected annual
plants for fill-in color next
spring,
PIVID,E GARDEN INTO. FIVE BEGS, EACH 2ft. WIPE.
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Two rows sweet corn
space plants 9 1012 Inches apart
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Three plants
summer squash
(or bush type
winter squash or
151E bush cucumbers)
Six plants cabbage
or broccoli
plant early
Four plants peppers
(or TWo eggplant bushes) ,
Ne Two rows carrots
mixed with radishes
plant early
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