Ontario Community Newspapers

The Era (Newmarket, Ontario), July 9, 1969, p. 24

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Dont forget the oncefamiliar perennials Ton of Gold Cow gardeners with petunias and other annuals many of the once familiar perennials arc completely ignored This is a serious hardy pinks once seen in every garden but now al most completely neglected Flowers foliage and frag rance are the dividends to be had from these favo rites of grandmothers brilliantly colored flo wers are wonderful for planting and range in height blooms produced have a tremendous variation in form and size About the only that pinks English hardy pink the hundreds of thousands in the rock gardens and borders of Great Britain The smooth whitish foliage forms in quite thick mats Two or three double or semidouble highly frag rant flowers are carried on each 18inch stem There is wide range of colors in cluding rose pink purple like the way each petal is delightfully fringed Flow ering lime is from early June until midsummer easily grown from seed where the soil is well drained Remov ing the blooms as they fade Pink with the Hardy Bor der Carnations such as Red Hero we particularly to prevent the energy of the plants being used up in the production of useless seed instead of developing buds that will produce next years bloom In some cases this will also produce additional flowers in late August or in September One of the choice varieties is the Grass Pink Hero we haw the oldfashioned scented with double semi- double and single flowers freely produced in a wide anyone to grow In the gar den Is the perennial Flax Its a distant relative of the flax which the farmer grows to produce fibre and Apartment gardens add splash of colour TORONTO Ap artment dwellers can ach ieve beautiful results with balcony gardens and wooden boxes can be used to make very flexible balcony gar- Most plants can be grown successfully un der balcony conditions if they are properly cared for Such flowering plants as rose bushes petunias geraniums tuberous begon ias and will add color and brightness Fol iage plants like or dusty miller Junipers and other hardy evergreens should do well on balconies facing south The roots of potted plants have a limited sup ply of soil so it is impor tant that a balanced soil mixture be used A mixture of equal parts topsoi hu mus and is good A handful of complete garden fertilizer should be mixed in with each bushel of soil Additional feeding with dry or liquid fertilizer JUNIORS Aurora horse show inches opart and divide third year for best Its been a long time since saw a garden outstanding Veronica location Plants ore creel compact varying and the blooms are ideal it needs lor culling Flowering lime ttto feel is July and August This of Hie variety must have a sunny planting each bloom bearing any where from one half to two inches in diameter is very easy to or hardier Plants arc most attractive and have dwarf luftcd foliage above which rise many stiff wiry for edgings makes a fine cut flower and adds much to the charm of any garden The other day I perennial is easily grown Because the plants inches tall it is best plant ed in clumps towards the front of the border looks attractive also in the foundation planting or in the larger pockets in the rock garden For the front the border its hard to bet is excellent far plant ing near the front the border in between llm ev ergreens and the foundation planting pockets in the yields an abundance or flo wers that vary from pink to red Coral Hells tionlkl be planted in fairly rich champion was Peter Calver- Reserves were Maria Lewis and Bruce Bailey tries in the show horses and exhibitors Here are the results ANNUAL FAMILY NITE1 PARK th FUN FOR ALL CHICKEN DINNER 530 to Entertainment to follow Dinner Door Prizes Baseball Game Admission only 150 CHILDREN under 5 Free TICKETS AVAILABLE AT SCHOMBERG FROM STAFF OR DIRECTORS UNITED COOPERATIVES OF ONT NEWMARKET SUTTON 9392101 SI 276591 Main Si High Si A cow owned by Snow flake produced s Quecn lb in J as been awarded a To qualify for the aw a cow Inches to as much as Inches Veronicas are not the slightest bit choosy as Plants should set eight inches apart in groups of three in the shape of a triangle Several varieties have recently HI inches in length I find it to be a heavy bloom er extremely easy to r Incidentally name Win Peler is Hie given the blue white flat displayed by ships I si S1I1CSH

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