Wrapping Evergreens to Weather Snow A Modern Gardener Says
Landscape expert Jon Clark shows a simple method using black plastic trellis netting to protect boxwoods and other evergreens from snow damage. He notes newcomers skip wrapping, but netting is inexpensive, quick to apply, and hides well while allowing care and post storm snow removal.
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Indoor Roses: How To Grow Miniatures For Windowsills
The piece outlines growing miniature roses like Lyn Gold indoors starting in autumn. It covers pot size six inches, soil needs, cool rooting temperatures around 50 degrees, then warmth for shoots, and care to prevent aphids red spider mites and powdery mildew. It notes miniature roses originated a century ago in Switzerland from a China rose and hybrid tea varieties.
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Auction sale of educational items in Oberlin Ohio
A dissolution of a seventh generation environmental non profit hosts a public auction at 15233 St Rt 58 Oberlin Ohio on January 6 2001 at 10 00 A.M. Items include multiple computers printers fax machines office furniture and related equipment plus chemistry books and EPA manuals. Auctioneers Larry G Standen Jerry A Standen and Mark A Standen conduct the sale.
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Rose Selections Name Three New AARS Winners
The Chicago based All America Rose Selections named three new varieties as 200 winners to debut this spring. Glowing Peace features many petals and orange yellow tones. Sun Sprinkles is a compact miniature with two inch bright yellow blooms. Marmalade Skies is a floribunda with abundant tangerine coral flowers and near continuous bloom.
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All-America Rose Selections Organization
AARS
Peace
Debunking garden myths and crabapple care tips
Readers ask about a crabapple tree losing leaves and thinning blossoms. Advice mentions borers, a fungal leaf drop, and early May fungicide spraying to help next year. Also covers hot pepper cold cures, moisture from houseplants, and Jerusalem artichoke origins and cultivation by George Abraham’s garden center in Ohio.
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Irwin Zimeni
University of California
Jerusalem
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