BOG GARDEN
If there is a very damp position in the garden it may be used as the site of a bog garden for the culture of those plant which grow in moist or swampy basis in their native home ground . If no such web site is present , construct for drain away the H2O to prevent its becoming moribund . The site should be forked over , all weeds eradicate and liberal quantities of leaf mold or compost dug in the land . If thebog gardenis of considerable extent , stepping stones are required to give commodious access to the plants and to ease their direction and inspection .
How to Make a Bog Garden . In garden where swampy spots suitable for the cultivation of bog plants do not exist , it may be suitable to construct an stilted bog garden . The area is marked and the territory dug out to a profoundness of about 30 in . The basin so formed is then puddled with a thick level of clay or is lined with concrete . When teetotal , it is filled with garden dirt to which leafage stamp or peat moss has been added freely .
The Water Supply . An runoff pipe is fixed level with the surface on one side to persuade away supernumerary water . The entrance to this must be covered with a patch of punch zinc , to keep its becoming block by debris . body of water is supplied to the garden by a small-scale pipe from the main or from a expectant storage tank , or a hose pipe may be used in dry weather .
The plant should be put in irregular groups , the low - growing kinds in group of at least half a 12 , and the larger variety in twos or trinity .
The Most Suitable Plants . A slap-up variety of attractive plants are available for furnish the bog garden . Among the dwarfer kinds are the Bog Pimpernel , Anagallis tenella , 3 in . ; Astilbe simplicifolia and its varieties , and A. chinensis pumila , 1 ft . ; double Marsh Marigold , Caltha palustris monstrosa - plena , 10 in . ; Cuckooflower , Cardamine pratensis flore pleno , 9 in . ; the Clintonias , 1 ft . ; Trilliums , 9 in . ; the Lesser Celan - dine , Ranunculus Ficaria , 4 in . ; the Swamp Pink , Helonias bullata , 18 in . ; Pitcher Plants , Sarracenia , 1 - 2 foot . ; Forget - me - nots , Myosotis , 6 in . ; Bog Bean , Menyanthes , 9 in . ; Rhexia virginica , 9 - 12 in . ; Dodecatheon , 12 - 18 in . ; Hosta or Funkia , 2 ft . ; graceful Willow Gentian(Gentiana ascelpiadea ) ; the pygmy Gunnera chilensis ( scabra ) minor , 14 in . ; hardy Lady ’s Slipper Orchid , Cypripedium Reginae ( spectabile ) ; C. Calceolus pubescens and some other stiff stain orchids , include specie of Habenaria and Orchdis ; jaundiced Skunk Cabbage , Lysichitum americanum , with its tremendous leave ; various Musks , Mimulus ; Grass of Parnassus , Parnassia palustris , 6 in . ; the handsome May Apple , Podophyllum , 18 in . ; pinkish Saxifraga peltata ; and the legion moisture - loving Primulas such as P. Beesiana , P. Bulleyana , P. denticulata , P.Florindae , P. helodoxa , P. japonica , P. pulverulenta and its hybrid strain , and P. sikkimensis .
Of taller - growing wet - loving plants worthy for the bog garden if space permits , special mention may be made of the Japanese Irises ( Iris Kaempferi ) in many varieties , and the Yellow Flag , Iris Pseudacorus ; Astilbes , Aruncus , and herbaceous Spiraeas ; the Giant Reed , Arundo Donax ; the giant - leave Gunnera manicata ; ruddy Lobelia cardinalis , and light-colored - blueing L. siphilitica ; graceful white Lysimachia clethroides ; Loosestrife or Lythrum ; the Zebra Grass , Miscanthus ( Eulalia ) sinensis zebrinus ; the Ostrich Fern , Pteretis nodulosa ; and the beautiful Royal Fern , Osmunda regalis .
