Vines, Tender and Hardy
They shall sit every man under his vine and under his
figtree.
--_Micah_ iv, 4.
EVERYBODY likes a pretty vine, and there is sure to be some place where
you will want to plant at least one. Where? Why, at one corner of the
porch where you like to play; round the pillar at the front door, where
you read, or by the window where you sit to sew; in the backyard to
cover the clothespoles, hide the chicken fence, or screen some old, ugly
building.
The common annual vines you probably know pretty well,--the climbing
nasturtium, morning glory, moonflower, cypress vine, scarlet runner,
hyacinth bean, wild cucumber, gourds and hops. They are treated very
much alike, grow with little care if they only have something to climb
on, and spread rapidly.
The hardy vines are not so easily disposed of. For instance, the
clematis (with accent on the _clem_,) numbers throughout the world about
one hundred and fifty species,--generally climbers,--in white, blue,
purple, red and yellow, and ranges from the 2-ft. shrubby kind to the
25-ft. vine. While our common mountain clematis (Montana grandiflora)
flowers as early as April, the Jackmani in mid-summer, and the
Paniculata often as late as September, the Henryi is seen even in
November. And while some can be grown from seed, the rest have to be
propagated by cutting or grafting.
WARNING
Right here let me again urge you to make sure of the particular kind of
flower, plant or vine that you get, so that you will know how to treat
it, and not count on flowers in June from a variety that blossoms in
September, or expect purple posies from the white sort. The gentleman
printing this book will not let me take space enough to go into details
about every thing I mention (he says paper is too dear!) so the only
way out of the difficulty is for me to make the lists include all the
colors, all the heights, all the months of bloom, and then impress on
YOU the necessity of ascertaining the particular kind you want to grow.
BOOKS THAT WILL HELP
As the people you would ask might make a mistake about these things, get
in the habit of looking them up for yourself. Go to the Public Library
and just see the fascinating books that have been written about plants
and flowers,--many for children and in the form of stories. For real
facts, though, given in few words and easily found from a complete index
in the back, ask for "The American Flower Garden," by Neltje Blanchan,
or "The Garden Month by Month," by Mabel Cabot Sedgwick. This latter
gives a little description of all the _hardy_ plants and flowers, and is
filled with beautiful pictures. And some of the big seed dealers and
nurserymen get out fine catalogues that are really garden books in
themselves, chock full of information accompanied by colored
illustrations, which can be had for the asking!
VINES THAT MUST BE RENEWED EVERY YEAR
THE ANNUAL CLIMBERS
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NAME | COLOR |HEIGHT| SOW | SOW | GOOD FOR |PLACE|BLOOMING
| | |INDOORS|OUTDOORS| | | SEASON
-----------------+--------+------+-------+--------+-------------+-----+--------
Balloon Vine |White |10 to | |May 1st | Rapid | Sun |
(_Cardiospermum|Seeds in|15 ft.| |6 in. | growing | |
halicacabum_) |tiny | | |apart | | |
|balloons| | | | | |
| | | | | | |
Balsam Apple |Has |10 ft.| |May | Trellis or | Sun |
(_Momordica_) |curious | | |6 in. | rock-work | |
|fruit | | |apart | | |
| | | | | | |
Cardinal Climber |Cardinal|15 to | March |May | Rapid | Sun |June
(new) (_Ipomoea| |20 ft.| | | growing | |
quamoclit | | | | | | |
hybrid_) | | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
Cypress Vine | Red |10 to | March |May | Dense mass | Sun |June
(_Ipomoea | White |20 ft.| April | | | |
quamoclit_) | | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
Fire Bean, | | | | | | |
see Scarlet | | | | | | |
Runner | | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
Gourds, | Odd |15 to | |May |Over arbor or| Sun |
Ornamental | shapes |30 ft.| | |summer-house | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
Hop, Japanese | Green |20 to | |May |Rapid growing| Sun |
(annual) | |30 ft.| | | Arbors and | |
(_Humulus_) | | | | | screens | |
| | | | | | |
Hyacinth Bean | Purple |10 to | |May | Arbors and | Sun |July
(_Dolichos_) | White |20 ft.| | | trellises | |
| | | | | | |
Moon Flower | White |15 to |Feb. or|May | Rapid | Sun |July
(_Ipomoea | |30 ft.|March | | growing | |to frost
bona-nox_) | | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
Morning Glory | White |10 to | |May | Rapid | Sun |July,
(_Ipomoea | Pink |20 ft.| | | growing | |Aug.
purpurea_) | Purple | | | | | |
| Blue | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
Nasturtium, Tall | Yellows|6 to | |May | Screens and | Sun |July
(_Tropaeolum | to reds|12 ft.| | | trellises | |to Oct.
majus_) | | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
Scarlet Runner |Scarlet |10 to | |April | Screens | Sun |July
(_Phaseolus | |12 ft.| |May | | |to frost
multiflorus_) | | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
Sweet Pea |All |3 to | |March | Train on | Sun |July
(_Lathyrus | colors |6 ft. | | | brush o | |to Sept.
odoratus_) | | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
Wild Cucumber | White |12 to | |May 1st | Screens or | Sun |July,
(_Echinocystis_)| |15 ft.| | | coverings | |Aug.
-----------------+--------+------+-------+--------+-------------+-----+--------
VINES THAT LIVE ON FROM YEAR TO YEAR
THE HARDY CLIMBERS
NOTE.--Different varieties of same kind will bloom at different times.
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| | | START | | | BLOOMING
NAME | COLOR |HEIGHT |OUTDOORS|GOOD FOR| PLACE | SEASON
------------------+---------+-------+--------+--------+------------+----------
Akabia | Violet- | | |Light | | May, June
(_Akabia | brown | | | screen | |
quinata_) | | | | | |
| | | | | |
Bittersweet | Yellow |20 ft. |In the |Sun or | |Bright
(_Celastrus | | | fall |shade | |seeds
scandens_) | | | | | |for winter
| | | | | |
Cinnamon Vine | White |15 to |Plant |Rapid | Sun |July, Aug.
(_Dioscorea_) | |30 ft. |roots in|growth | |
| | |early | | |
| | |spring | | |
| | | | | |
Clematis | White |5 to |Start in|Rapid |Stands part |Different
(numerous | Red |25 ft. |early |growth | shade |kinds at
varieties) | Purple | |spring | | |different
| | | | | |times.
| | | | | |June
| | | | | |to frost
| | | | | |
Creeping Spindle |Evergreen|Varies |Procure |Wall | |
(_Euonymus | trailer |in |roots |covering| |
radicans_) | |height | |like Ivy| |
| | | | | |
Dutchman's Pipe |Brownish-|Grows | May |Dense | Anywhere |
(_Aristolochia_)| yellow |to 30 | |shade | |
| | ft. | | | |
| | | | | |
Honeysuckle, | Yellow- |15 ft. |Procure |Trellis | |June to
Japanese | white | | plants |Fence | |Aug.
(_Lonicera | | | |Walls | |
Halliana_) | | | | | |
| | | | | |
Hop, Perennial | Green |15 to |Procure |Trellis | Sun |
(_Humulus | |20 ft. | roots | | |
lupulus_) | | | | | |
| | | | | |
Ivy, Boston or | |Spreads|Procure |Covers | Sun or |
Japan | |rapidly|plants |walls | shade |
(_Ampelopsis or | | | |or trees| |
Veitchii_) | | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
Ivy, English |Evergreen| |Procure |Wall |Shade-loving|
(_Hedera | | |plants |covering| |
helix_) | | | | | |
| | | | | |
Kudzu Vine, |Rosy- |10 ft. |Early |Thick | Sun |August
Japanese |purple |First |spring |screen | |
(_Pueraria | |year | | | |
Thunbergiana_) | |from | | | |
| |seed | | | |
| | | | | |
Matrimony Vine |Purplish |Shrubby|Procure |Ornament| Sun |Late
(_Lycium | | | roots |and use | |summer
barbaum_) | | | | | |
| | | | | |
Pea, Everlasting | Red |6 to 8 |Plant |Trellis | Sun |August
(_Lathyrus | White | ft. |tuber or|or rough| |
latifolius_) | | |seed |places | |
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