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mstux economist suntribune thursday may 151997 p tt communities in bloom contest promotes helping neighbors please recycle this newspaper communities in bloom is a nation wide program which encourages friendly competition between commu nities of similar size to promote beauti- fication projects and environmental awareness its a beauty contest that everyone wins the positive effects of streetscaping have long been known in the town of markham uxbridge has recently entered the communities in bloom contest and community groups will be urging residents to clean up and plant so theyll be ready for judging during the summer individuals can contribute too those who love gardening should inspire and help their neighbours especially the elderly or the beginning gardeners start a campaign to have the most beautiful street in townencourage everyone to plant some flowers in their front garden or put a pot of plants at the front door start a communi ty vegetable garden to support the local food bank people who plant together grow a better com munity the upcoming long weekend is traditionally the time to plant annuals but the holiday is early and spring is late the soil is still cool and it is defi nitely too soon to plant tomatoes pep pers or tuberous begonias do plant seeds and summer bulbs gladiolus dahlias lilies etc spring is late the soil is still cool and it is definitely too soon to plant tomatoes peppers or begonias lets get growing marjorie mason hogue enjoy the spring bulbs take some photographs and make a note to remind you in september where you need to plant more of those harbingers of spring when the blooms are finished remove the flower stalk for several more weeks to manufacture food for next spring too often during the frenzy of spring plant buying gardeners forget to purchase plants that will bloom in the fall a good perennial for bloom in sep temberoctober is aconitum car- michaelii arendsii a monkshood which grows 34 feet high has attrac tive glossy foliage and bright violet- blue flowers each plant will make a clump two feet wide in sun or par tial shade like the earlier blooming aconites all parts of the plant are poisonous so it should never be planted where children play or in a vegetable garden this is a good time to give young sters a refresher course in not eating any plant parts without checking first i p a write to me shsfe ililllii a reminder to all espe cially the new markham readers to send me your gardening questions and com tents the address is lets get growing co the tribune 88 brock st west uxbridge on l9p 1r4 attn marjorie mason hogue with an adult a happy childhood mem ory is munching on the first tender pink stalks of rhubarb fortunately we never nibbled the poisonous leaves other perennials which require simi lar conditions and would combine well with aconitums are chilane ablequa pink turtlehead tricyrtis toad lily and anemone tomentosa robustissi- ma the fall blooming anemone i hope that my regular saturday readers will find me here in the thursday edition where i will be able to help plan week end garden pro- j jects cedargrove greenhouses open to the public buy direct from the grower now open ontarios 1 geraniums 18 per dozen or 2 each assorted wall bags hanging baskets 1000 ea deluxe hanging baskets 1200 ea decorative hand painted pots assorted sizes colours assorted bedding plants patio pots top soil open 7 days a week monfri 8 am8 pm sat sun 8 am6 pm 7702 14 ave markham 2945917 1 hwy7 q c o dc s uj z l q dc oz o s s cedargrove x x greenhouses dc o ot uj ul k x x e cc o 14th ave ti steeles ave 190 bullock drive markham 9052942355 x bullock dr hwym a uwt we be in yours7 garden heds s aol cabanas lots of sizes lots of options pre cut kits or expertly installed gazebos w elegant ornate 100 western red cedar do it yourself or leave the work to us 1 hri i rt ustom secks professionally designed professionally installed come visit us this weekend and as our neighbour well extend a 10 discount on any of our products 190 konrad cres j markham l ierwoodcom