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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1968
Page
6
This garden note covers Pyracantha and Poinsettias with season color guidance. It urges pruning poinsettias after March or April, hints at a second light prune, and warns to check for spider mites. It also discusses hydrangea pruning after flowering, color-changing methods, and growing in partial shade with dwarf forms available.
Joe Littlefield suggests planting pyracantha for ground cover slopes and hedges with showy red berries in Christmas color. Prune poinsettias and hydrangeas after flowering, inspect for spider mites, and use aluminum sulfate to blue hydrangeas.
A gardener warns that espaliered berries need patience after transplant as root and branch growth surges once in the ground. The text notes poinsettias and hydrangeas are vulnerable to spider mites, which can strip foliage and kill leaves, with a gardener misidentifying a tan blossom as a sport.
Democratic Congressman Paul N. McCloskey of San Mateo introduces a bill to end voluntary assignment to Vietnam of family members of service members who are killed captured or permanently disabled. The Defense Department policy already grants an exemption for the sole surviving son from a family with one or more losses in combat.
A former golf pro describes treating adobe soil with mulch spread, a soil rinse containing sulfur and nitrogen, and watering to revive a hard 400 square foot bare patch. He notes magnolia roots impede results and suggests mondo grass or baby’s tears with a metal barrier. For blue hydrangeas use aluminum sulfate and an acid fertilizer to maintain blue color.
Southern California Dahlia Society meets tonight at 7 30 in the Glendale Federal S and L Community Room Los Altos Center. Long Beach Cactus Club gathers Sunday at 1 30 pm in the Glendale Federal S L Community Room Los Altos Center. South Coast Orchid Society convenes Monday at 8 pm at the Bixby Park Club house. Paramount Fuchsia Society meets Thursday at 7 30 pm in the Community Center 14410 Paramount Blvd.
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