THERE ARE | ae few plants which; “although 1 not, t entirely
hardy for’ this area, are worth the risks.” ; :

include -Bucalypius
ashingtonia ‘robusta and °
the other hardier palms,

and the Helianthemums.” :
The last’ of these‘ are ‘commonly
‘called rock’ roses and are th sub-

ty of colors: white, yellow; orange,
red, pink,: carmine, fangerine,. etc,

This display: will continuc:from
as carly as May to the end of: July.*
 }f you cut the plant back by 30 per
tay Ee Be “cent before it is' finished its bloom-
There are.over:100 species of the
genera’: Helianthemum, ..but. the
hybrids‘ of. H. nummularium are’
‘the: most commonty. available.
They come to us in a wide varic- ~~

ing cycle it wil! ‘come . into. bloom:
again well into falle..
As with other borderline: hardy

plant. materials, rock: roses could ;

be, killed. off: by the worst of our °

~ winter . weather. They: should’ sur-
“vive onine Sout ;of 10 years, but
“sooner: or “later we. will have’ a

winter that: will test, them: to the
limits. Ba 8

inexpensive and ‘grow very: y quickly;:

unlike the expensive, slow-growing.

inter winds’as well, -you;

May never peed to- replace theni

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Unlike other paving. methods: or Deconstiees i flex-'
ible.-It' moves: with: the: ground Decorstone’ is.not