Henderson's picturesque gardens and ornamental gardening illustrated (1908)
Henderson, Charles · New York: Henderson · leaf 101
anting hardy borders, promiscuous kinds and colors of flowers are intermingled,resulting in a confused and inharmonious mass, one color and kind killing the effect of another,etc. Below we illustrate a well-planted border. Note the large isolated clumps of Iris and otherhardy flowering plants,… … Only a MulleinIs shown on the right (page 97), but it isa very handsome variety, over 7 feet high,from the Levant, and .is known as Ver-bascum Olympicum. When grown in acommanding situation and when in flower,its stately form is strikingly effective. Theplant is perfectly hardy, and the…
Gardens · Landscape gardening
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