Volume 4 Article 7 Number 12 The Iowa Homemaker vol.4, no.12 1924 Perennials for Perpetual Bloom Juanita Beard Iowa State College Follow this and additional works at: http://lib.dr.iastate.edu/homemaker Part of the Home Economics Commons Recommended Citation Beard, Juanita (1924) "Perennials for Perpetual Bloom," The Iowa Homemaker: Vol. 4 : No. 12 , Article 7. Available at: http://lib.dr.iastate.edu/homemaker/vol4/iss12/7 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Publications at Iowa State University Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in The oI wa Homemaker by an authorized editor of Iowa State University Digital Repository. For more information, please contact [email protected]. 6 THE IOWA HOMEMAKER Perennials for Perpetual Bloom By JUANITA .BEARD "Here in this sequested close Perhaps you are not fully acquainted Any good loose garden soil will grow Bloom the hyacinth and rose with the layout of a perennial garden. perennials successfully. It is well to Ht":·e beside tbe modc•>;t stock F l aunts the flaring hollyho ~k. The most effective groupings are in spade and reset all the perennials every A ll the seasons run their race borders facing down a shrubbery plant­ three years. Some of the plantP. how­ In this quiet resting pla•:n. ing or in a formal bed arrangement. If ever, such as peonies and bleeding heart, A ll is quiet el se-afar Sounds of toil and tumult are." the formal garden path is developed re­ are benefited by being allowed to. stay in member to have the flower beds acces­ one place permanently, but the others HAT a joy to own such a garden sible by little paths-the beds being from are greatly improved by taking up, divid­ W where one may watch nature's three to five feet wide and the ):laths not ing and resetting in the falL The dead pageant of color moving on and less than two feet wide. - tops and stalks should remain on the on-the first little Iris pumila bearing plants until spring. Cultivation should their flags of royal purple; the Oriental cease in the fall after danger from weed poppies, with their flaming torches, seeds maturing is past. It is safest 1.o marching over the crest of the hill ; the cover plants after the first heavy frosts, larkspur with steel-blue spears gleaming as mulches applied too early are very in­ beneath the noon-day sun and canterbury­ jur:ous to the plants, encotiraging top bells with tinkling chimes. "Ten thous­ growth which decays during the winter. and saw I at a glance"-the wondrous The time for removal of the mulch de­ array of the flower kingdom. pends on local conditions, but one should The mind of the gardener is much like be sure that ali danger from extreme that of the chess player. Each move is weather is past, and then the mulch can carefully considered before any move is be r emoved gradually. made. To help you in this game of per­ In the group of plants which should be ennial gardening, the object of which i'l divided at least every two years are the success:on of bloom and color combina­ vigorous types of the garden phlox and t'ons, the ·following chart has been com­ boltonia. Those to be divided every piled. three years are common garden phlox, painted daisy, larkspur, lily-of-the-valley, and some of the asters. Summer care of the perennial garden COLOR SPRI!~G SUMMER AUTUMN consists of watering well at least once -- --- a week, and of removing all dead flow­ Monkshood ers in late September. lt is a common Anchusa A ster Novae Ang·!iae Blue Delphinium belladonna Campanula carpatica Aster Novae Belgii back to a height of four to six inches im­ Laven dar Aquilegia coerul ea Campanula pyramidalis Boltonia latisquama mediately after blooming so that new Purpl e Iris in variety Delphinium chinese Cl emantis davidiana shoots will form, bearing excellent flow­ F unkia coerulea Statice It Platycodon grandiflorum ers in last September. is a common Scabiosa caucasica mistake to treat campanulas in the same -- manner-they should have each withered flower removed, one stem often bearing Aquil egia canadensis Yellow Acquil egia chrysantha Coreopsi s flowers for several weeks under this Orange H emerocallis florham Belamcanda chinesis Gaillardia treatment. · Red I Iris Cor eopsi s Helenium Gaillar·di a G i ant Daisy It is a fascinating study to observe col­ Shasta Daisy or combinations, and a source of endless I -- -- pleasure to strive to mix these pigments --- from nature's paint box in a manner un­ Dianthus olumal"ius Cor·a l Bells excelled by nature's most "gardenesque" Rose Coral Bells Lychnis c h a lcedonia Phlox neighbors. The following list will give Pink Oriental Poppy Penstemon b arbatus some suggestions of effective combina­ Persian D a i sy torreyi Persian Daisy tions,- (Continued on page 18) The Homemaker's Bookshelf By GERTRUDE McARTHUR Shall the home library include only 2. Successful Family Life, by Mary means of spending the family income books of fiction, biographies and history? Hinman AbeL J . B. Lippincott Company, wisely. The up-to-the-minute homemaker today is 1921. $2.25. Time Engineering doing her work more efficiently by con­ Mrs. Abel considers the financial prob­ 1. Scientific Management in the Home, sulting authorities in her profession and lems, individual responsibilities and the by Christine Frederick. American School in the home library we find the Home­ of Home Economics, Chicago, 1921. $1.90. maker's Bookshelf. obligations of the family to the commun­ ity. A study of time saving methods in ma:l­ The books suggested below are r ecom­ aging the home. mended by members of the Home Eco­ Family F inancing nomics faculty as being ones which Health should be helpful to the woman in her 1. Spending the Family Income, by S. 1. Personal Hygiene Applied, by J esse home. Agnes Donham. Little Brown and Com­ Williams. W. B. Saunders Co., 1924. pany, Boston, 1923. $1.32. $2.50. Family Relationships A very helpful book written for those A book on the general hygiene of the 1. The Family and Its Members, by who have questions on the family or in­ dividua l budget. body and prevention of diseases. Anna Garlin Spencer. J. B. Lippincott 2. A Manual of First Aid in Accident Company, Philadelphia, 1923. $1.50. 2. Getting Your Money's Worth, by and Disease, by Edward L. Gainsburgh, The author discusses the responsibil­ Isabel Ely Lord. Harcourt, Brace Co. , M. D. Stearns and Beale, New York, ities of each member of the family and New York, 1922. $1.50. 1919. $1.35. their relationships to one another. Another valuable book on ways anti (Continued on page 20) 18 THE I OWA HOMEMAKER ces there would seem to be but one pret it. It is obvious that this experien­ THE JOYS OF EXTENSION course open to the investor. That is, to ced advisor would rarely be a neighbor, obtain. this information from some one a relative, or a friend. Even the most WORK who is in a position to secure and inter- well meaning and highly respected indi­ vidual. in the community might not be in By Bertha Wellington a position to pass judgment in this spe­ •>~~~o-o-.a-~o-o-a--o-.o-a-.:. cialized matter. We come then to what is Extension work is so fascinating. Of probably the best advice that one can course you are out in all kinds of weather, give the would-be investor in corporate but with a closed car that makes no dif­ sec'urities. Seek the services of the firm ference. There are such big advantages St"''"''' H;gh in do;ng public work, teaching people Gradeq~ P~hotogra.~phy '" with an established reputation for con­ I eager to learn. You have such a variety servative dealing in these commodities­ I 417 Main St. Phone 2~ a bond house or the bond department of of people, meeting different groups of a reliable bank, and follow their advice. women every day and each group has dif­ ~-a.-.o-o~-o~-o~~-.o~(• ferent problems. I think more girls would enjoy extens:on work if they knew PERENNIALS FOR PER­ more about it. As you may know, it was not until the PETUAL BLOOM passage of the Smith-Lever Act in 1914 that public funds were available for home (Continued from page 6) demonstration work. There were agents 1. Heuchera sanguinea, coral; Aquil­ before that time supported chiefly by lo­ egia coerulea, blue; Iris germanica Khar­ cal organizations. The extension agent iH put, purple. accountable to the State Agricultural Col­ 2. Phlox Miss Lingard, white; all(! lege by monthly reports (these are not Campanula persicifolia caerulea, blue. as bad as 50-60 individual reports at 3. Phlox Miss Lingard, white; Aquil­ school). At the end of a year comes the egia chrysantha, yellow; and Heuchera annual report, a copy going to Washing­ sanguinea, coral. ton, which reminded me of some of the yean 4. Shasta Daisy, white; Anthemis term reports I wrote at I. S. C. tinctoria kelwayi, yellow; and Delphini­ At present my work in Ottawa county a favorite um belladonna, blue. is mainly nutrition classes. Occasionally 5. Scarlet-orange Oriental poppies, there is a talk to be given to a Grange lemon lilies. meeting, Farmers' Club, etc. The nutri­ 6. Peonies, early double soft pink tion work is divided into projects of four with lavendar Iris pallida dalmatica and lessons each.