Evening Star Newspaper, March 27, 1926, Page 20

REAL ESTATE. LANDSCAPE PLANNING | For the Home Owner BY ROSE GREELY. Landscape Architect. striking _foliage, large flowers and their butterfly Because of the individual beauty of flowers, it is almost impossible to| columbines, with make an ugly garden. But there are| flowers, may be scattered through degrees of beauty, and the gardener |the beds. More, perhaps, than any who wishes continuous bloom and|other flower, they should be planted harmonfous color must plan for it.|singly because of e individual First be must group his plants ac-|beauty of thelr flowers in form and cording to thelr blooming season, for|in color. in order to map out his color scheme Another flower which can be used he must know which plants will be with different effect is_the in flower at the same time. But he J Their magnificent June must remember that sudden warm 2 1d like clunp of foli- weather may bring out the Juuelage which il Summer allow flowers in May, and that the July|them to be placed as accents to mark bloom may linger on into August ng of paths or at each side Such vicissitudes of nature may play jen gate. Consider care- havoe with the garden color scheme |fully their locatien, for once they are if a eymphony in lilac and magenta | established they should not be moved. phlox is to follow the tiger lilles. For the first year or two in a new When the plants have been|place they are thin in follage and zrouped according to season the|scanty in bloom, but with the passing gardener must plan for one large | vears they increase in beauty until displa ed up by other|the old plants are covered with ooms in eac As he thinks | blossoms. he will see why| By the time that the peonies are favorites are the most | fading the glory of the garden will te will find that most of | be the 1 r. Plant them in large preme in their toward the back of the bor- iris, here a few of the light blue st a greater number of darker there & group of sky blue with anchusas behind them and yellow % xgloves In front, and beyond the oup that the big mass effects must| true Llue that only comes’in lark- e planned spur, combined with dazzling white Madonna lilies. During their flowers ing period they will take possession the border which must be care- | fu ned to cover their passing. ibove them s pS that | As the larkspur is usually cut back will count f E ance Plant | 1€ it is finished flowering to in- the bulbs front of { « second bloom it leaves a Eap of 20 or more thre be cavered by some heavy garden, using in Mage plant set in front of the lark- bers those of delicate or |spur. For this purpose, nothing g compares with phlox. Happlly, the vs as the high lights of the pic- |late phlox comies out, with foxgloves With Darw it is par-|and hollyhocks still blooming, when to get | the larkspur is on the wane, and by popular, them are g will find the garden 3 { low-growing d English | of but | fully at mu 1- | the time the larkspur is cut the phlox! v [is ready to take its pl shudes that| During the larkspur season blue is brillfant | the predominating color in the gar- Pride | den ngled though it is with pink > | vellow, white and red. But with the 1| coming of phlox the dominant color note is a warm one. With innumer- o bloom while Jate | able shades of pink. white, violet till in flower, the iris apd | and red, it is possible to work out the columbine soon take the garden |more interesting color schemes with into their Lands. Even more than|phlox than with any other single with tulips, iris, (o be effective; must | flower. But unless its colors uare be used in times | carefully handled they will clash difficult to sufficient dis- | rather than harmonize. piay without crow out some of| With the approach of Fall, hardy the later perennials. As the iris is|asters in the North or hardy ch particularly satisfying when it can|anthemums in the vicinity of Wash- he planted In long ribbons, the prob-|ington will provide the big effect. In lem can sometimes be solved by |spite of frost they will linger on with adding to the border, when all the|bloom vigorous and color 2o other flowers have been planned for, | glorious that the & . strip a foot wide to be planted in|in a To prevent too sharp a line of | the sword-like iris leaves, it imes possible to plant m.| London's here and there, groups of lemon lilies.| need no lon The early lemon Hly will bloom at| buttons on th the same time and the iris lilies | women having just together are a del | for the express pu: Inspection OPEN SUNDAY s Two Outstanding Home Values 3133 19th St. N.W. The owner of this attractive home, having broken up eeping, will sell at an unusval figure, and on very reasonable terms. Built by Breuninger. We consider this the best value we have had in this section. There are three unusually large, bright bedrooms: three wide porches: very attractive living room with fireplace. The entire house has just been put into the of condition. There is also a concrete garage for one car 2742 Woodley Place N.W. This beautiful semi-detached, 24-ft. home, near Wardman Park Hotel, is offered at a figure representing a loss of ap- proximately $2,000, as the owner has accepted a traveling po- ition and must dispose of the home at once. The house is exceptionally well planned and has eight spacious rooms and bath. No expense has been ipared by the owner in keeping the home on and modern in every respect There and - ¥ ke color t Harlem, have 1at makes them not a discord but cent the burst of glory of bachelors round without two London ned up a shop e of sewing on th For Your hou t-water heat, electricity, Il appeal to those looking b T 6101 4th St. NW (Corner of 4th and Quackenbos Sts.) S-rovfn detached home: Newly decorated and painted through- with shower ldeally located. modern corner centered on a iot 65x105. modern builtin fixtures, A most desirable suburban home in a out and containing all bath, large porches, etc distrfet of all detached high class residences, adjacent to street cars, achools, churches and stores. Price and Terms Reasonable WARDMAN 1430 K St. N.W. Main 3830 rden will go out} List of plants for a flower border. 1. Althaea rosea (single hollyhocks), salmon, lemon and maroon. 2. Anchusa italica (anchusa). 3. Anemone Jeponica (Japanese anemone). 4. Aquilegia caerulea (Rocky Moun- tai olumbine). 5. Aster novae angliae climax (New England aster), 6. Campanula limax. carpatica (blue Car- pathian harebell). STAR., WASHINGTON, P. —"——‘—“—_‘——_———‘ i PLANTING PLAN FOR PART OF A FLOWER BORDER 7. Delphinium hybridum (hybrid del- phinium). . Delphinfum belladonna (sky-blue delphinium). (garden 9. Dianthus plumarius 13. 14. Lilium regale (regal Hly). 15. 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Ave. to Military Road, Then Left on Military Road to 42nd St Hall-Johnson Construction Co. 226 Investment Building