Its rosy cushions are as neat and as lasting as Blue Lobelia.

It is a hardy annual, but the plants should be autumn sown of the year before.
It flowers early and long, and its place might be taken for the autumn by scarlet dwarf nasturtiums, or clumps of geranium.

Pink Catchfly, Blue Forget-me-not, White Arabis, and Yellow Viola would make gay any Spring border.

Then to show, to last, and to cut from, few flowers rival the self-coloured pansies (Viola class).

Blue, white, purple, and yellow alternately, they are charming, and if in good soil, well watered in drought, and constantly cut from, they bloom the whole summer long.