1. Plan out the garden; that is, make a list of what you wish to plant.
2. Draw a picture map of your garden, marking the space where each different kind of flower or vegetable is to be planted.
3. Remember that low-growing plants should be placed in the foreground (front part) of the garden, and tall-growing plants in the background.
5. Get the ground ready. (See Chapter XIV.)
6. Now begin to plant, following instructions in Chapter XV.
If space for your garden is about 10 x 15 ft. it would be delightful to plant it as shown by the picture-map drawn here.
[Illustration: (.) Bulbs. 2. Iris (blue). 3. Bleeding Hearts. 4. Pyrethrums. 5. Sweet William. 6. Phlox. 7. Eupatorium. 8. Coreopsis. 9. Gaillardia. 10. Chrysanthemums. 11A, 11B, 11C. Roses. 12. Hardy Asters. 13. Iceland Poppies. 14. Cosmos (not to be given a permanent place in garden; it may be used, however, as a filler between Hardy Perennials). 15. Alyssum. 16. Nasturtiums.]
Plant Daffodils and Tulips between Hardy Perennials as indicated on plan with dots.
These bulbs should be planted in late October or early November. They bloom in the early Spring and then die down, to come up the next Spring.
-----+-------------------------+-----------+-----------+-------------- No. | | | | on | No. of Flowers | How Deep | | Average Map. | to Plant. | to Plant. | Color. | Price. -----+-------------------------+-----------+-----------+-------------- (.) | 6 Emperor Daffodils. | 4 inches. | Yellow. |25c for ½ doz. -----+-------------------------+-----------+-----------+-------------- (.) | 6 Cottage Garden | 4 inches. |All colors.|15c for ½ doz. | Tulips, called also | | | | May-flowering Tulips. | | | -----+-------------------------+-----------+-----------+-------------- (.) | 6 Darwin Tulips. | 4 inches. |All colors.|15c for ½ doz. | Bloom later than | | | | “Cottage Garden” | | | | Tulips; grow taller. | | | -----+-------------------------+-----------+-----------+-------------- (2) | 6 German Iris roots, | 4 inches. |Blue, |50c for ½ doz. | called also | |purple, | | “Blue Flags.” | |and yellow.| -----+-------------------------+-----------+-----------+--------------
The plants whose roots live on from season to season, or “winter over,” and come up every Spring, are called Hardy Perennials.