Tag Archives: sandy soil
Saxifrage
These beautiful Alpine perennials delight in a light, sandy soil, and are easily propagated by seed or division. It is most convenient to grow the rare and tender kinds in … Read more
Crocus
Crocus is a perennial growing from corms. Among the first flowers to bloom in spring, crocuses are popular with gardeners. Crocus flowers and leaves are protected from frost by … Read more
Witch Hazel
Witch Hazel, Hamamelis mollis, is an ornamental shrub which will grow in ordinary soil, but thrives best in a sandy one. It is increased by layers. May is its season … Read more
Thymus.
Effective little perennials for rock-work, growing best in a light, dry, sandy soil. The hardy kinds like an exposed position; rarer kinds should be grown in pots, as they need … Read more
Leucophyton Browni.
A popular white-foliaged bedding plant, which may be increased by dibbling cuttings in sandy soil and placing them in a cool frame. … Read more
Anthericum Liliago (St. Bernard’s Lily).
One of the finest of hardy plants, and easy to grow. Planted in deep, free, sandy soil, it will grow vigorously, and in early summer throw up spikes of snowy-white, … Read more
Aspidistra.
This greenhouse herbaceous perennial is a drawing-room palm, and is interesting from the fact that it produces its flowers beneath the surface of the soil. It thrives in any fairly … Read more
Arenaria Balearica (Sand Wort).
A hardy evergreen trailing plant of easy culture, provided it is favoured with a sandy soil. Its cushions of white flowers are produced in July, and it may be increased … Read more
Stokesia Cyanea.
A handsome herbaceous perennial which is quite hardy, but owing to the late period at which it flowers its blooms are liable to be cut off by frosts. It is … Read more
Myrtle (Myrtus).
Will strike readily if the cuttings be placed in a bottle of water till roots grow, and then planted; or young cuttings will strike in sandy soil under a hand-glass. … Read more