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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1970
Page
2
In Birmingham and northern Ohio gardens a new rose named First Prize wins the 1970 All American Rose Selection. The writer notes its large flower and rose pink color while contrasting Bewitched, Crimson Glory, Angel Face, and Fre nscham fre nscham. The column blends roses, old varieties, and local wildlife in a garden diary.
The article outlines common garden pests such as the leaf cutter bee the black vine weevil and the American holly fly detailing their feeding habits and visible damage. It provides control tips including selective sprays and systemic options plus advice on mulch stepping stones and general garden care.
Homeowners question if seedlings under Japanese Yew can grow into good evergreens. Seed-grown Taxus becomes a tall upright tree, while cuttings yield a creeping shrub. Suggestions include starting cuttings now, and growing seed in peat moss and sand in a cold frame. A reader proposes planting living hedge roses to conceal cars and attract wildlife, a project suitable for garden clubs and service groups.
Lunaria or Silver Dollar plants are old-fashion evergreens with pink or purple flowers and a sweet scent. In July they produce parchment like seed pods about 1 inch in diameter that dry to silvery tissue suitable for winter arrangements. Plants self sow yearly and can be cut when white in fall and hung upside down to dry.
Federal researchers report U S consumers spent 16.5 percent of their after tax income on food last year the smallest share on record and the world’s lowest. At the start of the 1960s food accounted for 20 percent.
Peony buds may fail to bloom due to botrytis blight, deep planting, heavy shade, dry soils, or overcrowding. Treat in spring with Captan Ferbam or tineb. Cut and burn yellowed foliage now. cut back peonies in autumn and replant shallower next spring. Free bulletin offered on peonies iris and phlox.
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