Watauga Democrat

YOUR FLOWER GARDEN

If your gardening time is limited you will have to plan to get the most out of it. The success of your garden is measured by the amount of bloom you get for the time you spend upon it. And the size of the garden is also controlled by the time you can give it. It would be foolish for you to have too large a garden.

To get the greatest amount of bloom with the least time and effort takes careful planning and the selection of the right flowers. I am today suggesting a group of annuals that will give you the maximum bloom at the least outlay in both cash and care. These ten annuals are of the easiest culture, and every one of them may be depended upon to give you their full quota of bloom.

They may all be started from seed and will require the minimum of care. There are many more that might be added, but these will give you a good selection for both garden and display and cutting.

Here are the ten: Cosmos, Bachelor Buttons, Zinnias, Gypsophila (annual), Larkspur, Gaillardia, Nasturtiums, Poppies, Stocks and Petunias. In this list you have flowers of all heights and can arrange your borders to look well with the taller ones in the rear and the shorter in the front.

In a border that is open upon both sides, plant the taller things in the center and the shorter toward the edges. Do not follow this rule too closely, as your borders do not want to have a set appearance.

If you will study the effects of flowers as grown in their wild state, you will learn a great deal that will help you to make your garden a thing of beauty. The wild things have a way of their own in growing, and you can get many ideas from them that will be well worth while. Mother Nature is a wonderful teacher if you will only listen to her.