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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1970
Page
19
Thousands of gardeners can own a greenhouse this fall as kit options arrive within budget. Prices range from 130 to 2500 dollars with average around 1000, and placement should favor half a day of sun. Modern kits come with automatic heat and ventilation for year round use.
The article promotes planting night blooming flowers to enhance evening beauty and deter mosquitoes. It suggests moonflowers, Nicotiana, and Mathiola among others, advising a simple plastic net support and scattered planting rather than strict rows.
With ongoing concerns about DDT and related chemicals gardeners seek safer options. Pyrethrum, derived from the flowers of the same name, is described as the safest insecticide among common choices.
Gardeners with tiny spaces or new gardeners can profit from a cut flower mixture. It contains easily grown, free flowering annuals and will provide variety of flowers for cutting from early summer until frost.
Gardeners can create a colorful shade garden with ferns English ivy pachysandra and wild gingers. Caladiums hostas and variegated leaves add color while flowering interest comes from tuberous begonias in many forms and colors.
A new low voltage lighting system lets gardens glow after dusk with safety and ease. A transformer converts 120 volt mains to 12 volts powering lights and fixtures for about 125 dollars, with costs for individual pieces from seven to twenty dollars.
If wallflower seeds are planted as soon as the soil can be worked, the plants may bloom this year. As perennials they typically do not flower until the second year.
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