Victorian Pattern Bed
From America’s Expert Source for Heirloom Flower Bulbs
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Victorian Pattern Bed
From America’s Expert Source for Heirloom Flower Bulbs | My Basket |
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Vick’s Monthly Illustrated Magazine, 1878
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ORIGINAL PLANTS: castor bean (Ricinus — beware, it’s poisonous!) cannas (Maybe a bronze-leaved one?) elephant ears red coleus dusty miller (Senecio cineraria) OTHER POSSIBILITIES: Tallest: banana canna Robert Kemp dahlia Jersey’s Beauty Mexican sunflower (Tithonia) ornamental grasses potted palm Medium-Tall: canna Roi Humbert dahlia Bishop of Llandaff hibiscus kiss-me-over-the-garden-gate violet-stem taro Send us your own suggestions — or photos of your results — to charlie@oldhousegardens.com! |
Medium-Short: canna Bangkok canna Firebird elephant ear Illustris four o’clocks gladiolus Nicotiana langsdorffii salvia Short: caladium celosia coleus dahlia Bonne Esperance dahlia G.F. Hemerick geraniums salvia verbena Edging: ageratum alyssum alternanthera golden feverfew lobelia petunias verbena |
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