Rose winners announced at first Monocacy Rose Society show
The Francis Scott Key Mall hosted the first Frederick rose show by the Monocacy Rose Society, with over 700 specimens from Maryland and Virginia growers. Allen Bryant won ten awards including queen king and princess for roses Gold Medal Paradise and Marijke Koopman, while others like the Rubecks Sneadners Stream Nemitsas Kerns Mundey Jr Shaff and Sneadner families also earned top prizes in categories including floribunda climber and miniature roses.
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Monocacy Rose Society
Francis Scott Key Mall
Maryland
Virginia
Frederick
Americal Rose Society
Allen Bryant
Marijke Koopman
Mr. Bryant
Francis Scott Key
Christian Dior
Sheer Bliss
Paradise
Robert Rubeck
Hagerstown
Snow Bride
Rubecks
Olara
Jean Kenneally
Gareth Sneadner
Liberytown
Starina
Sweadners
Paul Neyron
Ralph Stream
Monrovia
Lazaros Nemitsas
Walkersville
America
Elizabeth Kerns
Thurmont
Patsy Cling
Charles Mundey Jr
Jadis
Jean Shaff
Jason Sneadner
Libertytown
Natalie Rubeck
Gigeles
Rhododendron Auction Set by Mason-Dixon Chapter
The Mason-Dixon Chapter of the American Rhododendron Society will hold its cutting auction meeting on Sunday July 8 at the Carroll County Extension office conference room on Smith Avenue. Social time starts 1 30 p.m. and the auction and meeting begin at 2 p.m. Auction is for members only. Contact Howard Horner at 374-6219 for details.
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Mason-Dixon
The
American Rhododendron Society
Carroll County
Smith Avenue
Howard Horner
Pontoon Boat Programs at Piney Run Park in July
Piney Run Park in Sykesville hosts numerous July pontoon activities requiring pre registration. Programs include fishing excursions, cruises, moonlight pontoon, nature explorations, breakfast and dinner cruises, waterfowl watches, and themed rides with adult and child prices listed, varying by event.
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Piney Run Park
Sykesville
Festival of Fountains at Longwood Gardens Thrills Visitors
Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square Pa hosts a festival of fountains through Sept 1 featuring water and music. Two fountain gardens provide daytime and evening displays with concerts in nearby gardens or a 2,100 seat open air theater. Water lily pools and expansive gardens showcase a wide range of blooms.
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Longwood Gardens
Kennett Square
Tips for Cutting and Arranging Garden Flowers
Simple summer habits to enjoy fresh bouquets from May through October. Choose annuals like nasturtium and zinnias or perennials such as lily, astilbe, and iris, then designate a cutting area. Gather blooms at just opening, recut on a slant, and condition in cool water before arranging for longer vase life.
Dogwood Anthracnose Threatens Native Trees and Gardens
The flowering dogwood Cornus florida faces decline from the Discula fungus causing anthracnose. Symptoms include purple leaf spots brown blotches and twig dieback. Fungicide timing and care practices plus resistant Cornus kousa offer control and alternatives.
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Florida
United States
Majorie Daughtrey
Long Island Horticulture Research Lab
Baking soda may curb rose fungal diseases in greenhouse tests
Cornell professor Kenneth Horst reports 0.5 percent baking soda in water best prevented rose blackspot after three growing seasons at Sonnenberg Gardens Canandaigua New York. Tests compared potassium bicarbonate and ammonium bicarbonate solutions to plain water and no treatment while noting variable leaf sensitivity and possible leaf burn at high concentrations.
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Kenneth Horst
Cornell University
Sonnenberg Gardens
Canandaigua
N.Y
Pascale
Lincoln
Horst
Sonnenberg
Mr. Horst
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