BULBOUS PLANTS
The bulbous types of miniature or dwarf plants produce some
really beautiful flowers, but they need careful placing in the
minigarden design on account of their proportions. Most of them
grow to about 3 inches in height, a few to 4 inches, and would
obviously look out of place in company with dwarf trees about
the same height.
They are perhaps most suitable for novelty minigardens and
those made in window-boxes or larger troughs. Among the best
are:
(An * Asterisk indicates a scented variety.)
dwarf daffodils and nargissi. Narcissus minimus; N. bulbocodium, the Hoop Petticoat Daffodil; N. cyclamineus; N.
juncifolius* ; N. rupicola; N triandus.
crocuses. Crocus biflorus (L); C. byzantinus (L), autumn
flowering; C. chrysanthus (Y); C. Fleischeri (W); C. Imperati (L or W); C. speciosus, autumn flowering.
cyclamen. Cyclamen coum (PR or W); G. europaeum (P)*;
C. hiemale (P).
various. Iris reticulata (LO)*; Muscari azureum (B), Grape
Hyacinth; Rhodohypoxis platypela (W or P); Anomatheca
cruenta (PR). Chionodoxa sardensis (B), "Glory of the
Snow".
DWARF ROSES
Finally to the queens of the fairy Flowerland, the dwarf Roses,
sweet, dainty, delicate and exquisitely lovely. Not true miniatures
but superbly perfect small rose trees; the smallest only 2 to 3
inches high and the others all controllable to 6 to 7 inches, and
the lovely blooms between a half and one inch across.
All these dwarf roses are quite hardy and will keep blooming
through the summer with a generosity of time that shames their
larger sisters. Single specimens will fit in with almost any type
of garden or plant. A miniature rose garden arranged either
flat or in terraces can make a superb display. They cost from
three shillings upwards each.
Rosa Bo Peep (P); R. Elf (R); R. Laurenci Oakington Ruby
(R); R. Maid Marion (R); R. Midget (R); R. Pam (P);
R. Peon (RW); R. Pixie (W); R. pumila (P); R. Rouletti (P):
R. Sweet Fairy (P)*, the only scented dwarf rose.
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