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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1959
Page
13
Practical advice on lawn upkeep from fertilization to weed control. Explains complete fertilizers with nitrogen, phosphorus, and potash, optimal timing, and advantages of dustless, odorless formulas. Describes crabgrass life cycle, mower seed-head removal, and use of 2 4D weed killers for common weeds.
The article highlights how evergreen shrubs and trees provide a year round backdrop for gardens and foundation plantings. It describes foliage variety from deep greens to blues and yellows, windbreak benefits, and wind and heat management. It lists coniferous types like pines, spruces, yews, firs, and hemlocks and advises consultation with a nurseryman.
Laboratory tests show petunia seeds germinate at higher rates in spring than in fall. Even seeds stored for years reveal seasonal readiness, suggesting internal cues align germination with warmer periods.
The All-American Selections winner is pink heather lalyssum adding a dusky pink to a white, lavender, and purple class. Scarlet Lustre petunia, an F-1 hybrid grandiflora, offers large scarlet blooms with a yellow throat and improved vigor. Pink lady zinnia brings a new color to California giant fans with shrimp pink centers and cream outer petals, though first-year availability will be limited.
The piece advises creating distinct landscape walks for homes of all sizes. A ground cover along walk edges prevents bare earth, with small evergreens, roses, azaleas, and perennials added for winter color. Plan ahead with a diagram to keep plants from crowding and maintain individual plant identities.
Homeowners risk losing thousands of new transplanted trees, evergreens, and shrubs in waterlogged soils. A simple test shows drainage within 24 hours. if not, install agricultural drain tile to the nearest outlet. Good drainage warms soil, speeds spring root growth, and can mean survival for larger transplants.
Mulch rose beds with pine straw grass clippings ground corncobs or grain straw to cut evaporation and improve soil moisture efficiency. If mulched with corn cobs or straw feed roses twice as much as normally recommended.
Cut lilac heads and remove old flower heads just below seed heads. Select lilac shrubs to boost next spring's bloom. Gliding was primarily level strength for next spring's flow. Oped in Germany.
In sunny weather blooms expand and center colored petals appear. New flowers average five inch diameters on well branched plants about three feet tall. New confetti petunia is an F-2 mix of multiflora types with sharp colors and long blooming habit. Stella Polaris blazing star offers bold five pointed yellow blooms on two to three foot plants blooming late.
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