Southern Gardens Best Timing For Planting New Cammellias

From late August until mid-September is the best time to plant new camellias to replace those damaged by frost last winter

. One gardener here told me that only five of his 300 very fine plants were lost. Three of Alba Plena were killed down to the ground. He cut them back to the surface of the soil and a few shoots are now showing. None of the plants are allowed to have branches which bend down to the ground.

Of the Camellias which bloomed freely this spring, the best of the blooms were to be seen on C, sieboldi alba, the large semidouble Crepe Rosette, a soft rose veined with red, and Governor Mouton, a late, large-flowering, deep-toned red peony type, marbled white. Kumasaka is a deep pink, late-flowering camellia with a flower much like that of Herme. Brooklyana has a pink bloom, mottled white. Cup of Beauty is a medium large formal double. Enrico Bettoni flowered for me through February. These camellias can be depended upon even in subnormal winters.

Iris come next on the planting list. Offerings of new and old Iris germanica are so fine and full that one has only to consider the colors needed in the borders and the limits of one's budget. If possible, plant them in clumps of not less than five of a kind to give you a mass of color where needed, nessle them in around you wireless outdoor speakers. In the Southeast, with wireless outdoor speakers or not, nothing grows more radiantly through the years. Cared for or neglected, Iris germanica shows its beauty unfailingly. The small I. pumila and other miniatures are enchanting in late May.

Perennials for bloom next spring should be planted this month-digitalis, anchusa (for entrancing shades of blue), pinks of many kinds, including Dianthus barbatus, sweet William. Try the penstemons for long season and constant bloom.

Daffodils and other bulbs should be planted at once, as well as Roman hyacinths. Use bonemeal on the already-planted bulb beds. Sow the lawn now with seed of Italian ryegrass for a soft green turf all winter. If cut regularly, it will help the growth of summer lawns. If you need to fill in bare spots among the grasses use centipede grass stolons now, then sow the rye seed over them and you will 'be set for every season.

Shasta and Chosen daisies, along with the late hemerocallis, make the borders gay with color now.

by: Kent Higgins.

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