Montreal Gardens Inspire Garden Notes From a Visitor
A Montreal visit to the Canada Botanical Gardens sparks notes on Calceolaria integri folia Mimulus Monarda phlox and Calycanthus varieties. The writer recalls Alpine garden decline, plant origins, and hybridizing, plus personal picks like Early Pick tomato and Slim Chief corn.
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Montreal Canada Botanical Gardens
Birmingham
Europe
South
Central America
Maine
Virginia
Tennessee
Dakotas
Birch leafminer and borers threaten local maples and trees
The article outlines birch leafminer life cycle from mid May through multiple generations, explains damage to tree tops, and offers chemical controls for spring spraying. It also notes the worse borer pest, its life cycle under bark, signs of decline, and recommended treatments including pruning, feeding, watering, and late spring to early summer injections or sprays. It then answers a reader query on magnolia scale control and describes crawlers’ vulnerability in August, plus burlap mashing method, and advises on asparagus foliage, fall cutting, and hazelnut pollination requiring cross pollination by different varieties.
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Elizabeth Arden
Birmingham
Bach
American Horticultural Society
Starr Truscott
Firelands
Starr
D. E
Elyria
Wakeman
R. W
Rocky River
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