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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1963
Page
20
The chrysanthemum or mum is one of the easiest fall bloomers for beauty in the garden. Many varieties exist with new names listed yearly. Old favorites like Allegro Apricot Glow Alumni Lights Avalanche Canary Lavender Lady and Sea Gull endure well and winter hardiness varies by area.
Garden news outlines methods for growing chrysanthemums from stock plants and cuttings, including cold-frame hardening, soil prep, and tip pinching to encourage branching. It advises staking, occasional transplanting, and interplanting with Painted Daisy and Shasta Daisy for continuous bloom. It recommends sunny, well drained soil, fall soil prep with manure, spring fertilizer, and winter protection with waterproof paper.
Gardening clubs welcome amateurs with serious horticulture goals and diverse members. Clubs offer expert guest speakers and Q A discussions, benefiting retirees and those seeking nature engagement. Community beautification projects rely on active members.
Gardeners seek partial shade blooms and gain bright foliage with coleus. It thrives outdoors in garden summers when placed in dappled shade from trees, not dense building shade. Coleus can be started from house plant cuttings or from seed for varied leaf colors.
A short advice item notes children favor rapid results when given a small plot for a flower garden. It lists quick growing varieties such as zinnias marigolds alyssum asters cornflowers cosmos and sunflowers and emphasizes no delay in visible growth.
Scientists from various fields work year round to develop lawn and garden products that control pests fertilize and manage crab grass. Entomologists plant cultivate and test chemicals while plant pathologists and physiologists grow diseases and seeds to find better controls. The result is convenient products that combine fertilizers insecticides and weed killers for homeowners.
If you have Thumbelina zinnia seeds, wait for warm soil and weather before planting. Germination improves and plants recover better from chill, with first blossoms shown in 30 to 45 days. Dandelion and bacon salad is noted as a Champage dish.
This guide explains growing water cress requires a brook or pond with cold clear water and is not widely available. It suggests upland cress as an alternative, with two leaf varieties and usable in salads. Plant in early spring with six seeds per inch and a quarter inch soil cover, in sunny, fairly good soil for harvest in about 50 days.
Union Fork and Hoe Co of Columbus offers lightweight scaled down garden tools designed for women and children. The set includes a floral rake a hoe or a shovel with smaller handles and heads than full size tools.
The passage notes that yews of the Taxus genus are dioecious, with male and female plants required for berry production. Red berries appear only on female plants in the presence of male pollen.
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