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Ferns and other growing plants encourage the development of aesthetic appreciation. One teacher kept her two window sills banked with potted plants which blossomed in their season. In the fall chrysanthemums held sway. In the early spring, tulip buds opened and bloomed until Easter vacation.

Such a border can be planted anywhere, even in open lawn, although where it can be viewed from each side there will be more restrictions on the types of plants you can use. Most usually a background wall, Fence or hedge will provide the necessary frame, and will also provide a windbreak, which is important when taller plants are being grown. The dedicated planner can devise a highly scented border devoted to one type of plant (such as the rose), or a theme— delphiniums, dahlias, chrysanthemums and roses, among those that immediately come to mind, but there are so many others that the gardener can be spoilt for choice.

The large-flowered clematis are divided into several groups according to their parentage. These groups are Florida, flowering mainly in early and mid-summer; Jackmanii, flowering mainly in late summer and early fall; Lanuginosa, flowering at different times between mid-summer and the early fall; Patens, flowering mainly in early to mid-summer; Texensis, flowering mainly from late summer to mid-fall and Viticella, also flowering mainly from late summer to mid-fall.