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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1964
Page
6
Berkshire Gardener shares a period voice Easter gardening tips. It covers choosing flowering plants, preserving blooms, and keeping lilies, tulips, and azaleas healthy with sun, cool temps, moisture, and proper pruning. It cautions against overcare and notes houseplant challenges with gardenias and hydrangeas.
Terrariums host plants as miniature greenhouses flourishing in bright windows. Too much moisture rot stems. a few drops every ten days suffices. If the terrarium becomes cloudy, lift the top to evaporate excess moisture. With minimal care, a terrarium stays attractive for about a year before starting anew.
Horticulturist C Roy Boutard and Dick L Boyce begin their sixteenth consecutive years as The Eagles garden page columnists. Boutard directs Berkshire Garden Center since 1954 and studied at the Royal Horticultural Society in England earning the Wisley diploma. Boyce, Richmond resident and Berkshire County Extension Service staff member, hails from Binghamton NY and is Cornell trained. Both host weekly gardening programs on Pittsfield radio stations.
Do not rush to spread lime this spring. A soil test should come first because some plants especially ornamentals prefer sour or neutral soil. The ground may already be sweet enough for your lawn and liming could waste time and money.
Blue Erigeron is an old favorite that grows in average soil with sun. It forms lavender blue flowers with dense yellow centers on long stems from spring crowns. Divide clumps every third year and enrich soil when resetting divisions. Planting in spring yields blooms by the second year.
A spring column describes children discovering signs of spring in Stockbridge gardens and the Garden Center. It highlights budding branches, robin sightings, skunk cabbage sprouts, and Johnny Jump-Ups amid a muddy season, with tips on lawn care, moles, and chlordane. The piece notes crocuses, tulips, and new bulb mixes like Fairy Tale, urging readers to exchange ideas on plants such as winter aconites and to enjoy the season’s awakening.
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