22 - Friday, May 13, 1983 - North Shore News

“Thinking i
Pagodas, Japanese Lantems

Think :. cL andscape
‘Peegsiore) e

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LIFESTYLES

Learning some or necessary
for correctly identifying plants

YOU’VE PROBABLY

1389 Main St.

'‘Peach-leaved Bellflower’ or  portenschlagiana (spelling counts): North Vancouver .

heard’ me mention the dif-
ficulties | have with Latin.

Even when I have become famil-
iar with the handles of a few. of my
favorites, I hesitate in using: iiem:

“*. um. or ‘Canterbury: Bells’

for. fear of: ‘appearing pompoiis
Then’ someone asks me where they ©
tulip: tree:or- Star of

I understand” the .

ii
na: or. Liriodenron tulipifera . they.
‘are looking for as a tulip tree? And. -

f Bethlehem * “could”

Campanula‘ itophyila?. As:you ‘can
too. many ™ lants have. too

‘Danish Blood. BeliMower’ would
not help you find them in the
garden centre. So, unfortunately,
you too will need to become con-.

“;versant in enough Latin to acquire
. some of these special plants.

You .will encounter the usual
diversity of characteristics found in
any large family. There are peren-
nial, biennial, and annual forms of
campanula. Some will barely reach
two inches in height, while others
can attain a majestic six feet.

Other variances include - color,
, habit, and site requirements. I will
try to narrow the discussion down
by referring to a few of my
. favorites, which. have performed -
‘well in a variety of North Shore
‘locations.

‘The common biennial c. medi-
is a
‘robust plant ‘achieving heights of
two to three feet.. They make ex- .
“cellent cut flowers and are easy to

= start from seed."

The popular ‘Cup and Saucer’

“: form or C. im. ‘Calycanthema' has

an“ ‘attractive  hose-in-hose ; ap-
pearance. Colors .come ‘in| white, .:'

Hac blve, | lavender-blue; and pink.

C. perscifolia’ is ancther. reliable:
: standard as-a cut flower. It has.the:
: added. benefit “of being ‘perennial .
and: can therefore be. etijoyed. for
many years in the’ garden. It will

“seach: heights of ‘one to three feet
. and. comes’ in white and the. usual -

: Other good varieties that are e not
as. easy,to come by but are worth -
the: hunt -are C.. lactifolis
stifolia. ef

Me a

‘My enthusiasm for. this group. pot.

iy ney

lants ‘reall heats op shen they”.

It is an excellent. groundcover in
See Baliflowers

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