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Don't plant trash. There are too many really good plants available to make room in your garden for inferior varieties. It's true that choice kinds often cost more, but they are worth it. If you must economize buy smaller specimens than you otherwise would, but get good kinds. You may be able to save by setting out fewer plants than you think you need. Makers of new gardens are often so anxious for immediate effect that they over-plant, forgetting that plants grow and soon crowd each other if they are not adequately spaced. Yet another possibility is to propagate at least some of your own plants. This is not practicable with all kinds but it is easy to start with a few groundcover plants, for instance,and multiply them so that before long you have many times the original number.

HAVING SATISFIED the eye by planting subjects of good form and color, do not forget to include some scented plants. Aromatic plants add an extra dimension. Scented carpet plants like thyme and chamomile can be planted in the gaps between paving and will release their fragrance when brushed against. Lavender alongside paths will scent the air, as will perfumed roses and certain border plants.

The plants like full sun but will take partial shade. They can reach 6 feet in a good growing season. In our annual border I used the following cultivars with the darkest color to the rear: 'Violet Queen' is a vivid purple; it was followed by 'Cherry Queen', a bright carmine rose; next came 'Pink Queen'; and in the front went 'Helen Campbell', a glistening white. Germination takes 10 to 14 days, plants are half-hardy annuals, and should be spaced about a foot apart. They make good cut flowers.