Pompons

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Pompons - Anastasia, light purple; Blushing Bride, rose-lilac; Flora, Golden; Golden Fleece, golden; L'Ami Conderchet, primrose; Little Bob, crimson; Mignon, Mr Selby, Mrs E. Stacey, yellow; Orange Pet.

C. Latifolium is the largest of the Ox-eye Daisies, with fleshy, coarsely serrated, broad leaves. The seeds have large flower-heads, 3 to 4 inches across; a strong growing species requiring plenty of room. Division and seeds. A number of varieties of this and the following species have been raised, which have value as border plants and for cutting.

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Pompons Maximum

Pompons Maximum - The leaves of C. maximum are bluntly serrated, stems more or less branched, each carrying a single white flower-head. This vigorous plant has broken into a number of varieties of recent years, some with thread-like petals, others with larger and strap-shaped petals. Most of them are worth growing, but being very vigorous should not be planted near to delicate or fragile plants. Daviesii, King Edward Vii., and Mrs C. Lothian Bell are some of the finest sorts. Maritime Alps.

Corn Marigold

Corn Marigold (Pompons Segetum) - A showy yellow native plant, as worthy of cultivation as many an exotic, and in certain cases worth growing for cutting. Treat as a hardy annual, preferring autumn sowing, though it may be sown in spring also.