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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1988-04-27, Page 29THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 1988. PAGE 29. &Home & Garden 988 Give your garden instant colour with annuals Immediate satisfaction and guaranteed success have become the watch-words of gardening. From high-performance flower varieties to innovative toolsthe emphasis is on quick reults that look great yet are easy to achieve. Even inexperienced gardeners now can have radiant home landscapes boasting continuous blooms from spring to fall. In fact, with the aid of well-fertilized bedding plants, anyone can create Many benefits to central vacuum systems in your home Imagine not having to drag a bulky, awkward vacuum cleaner from room to room or up and down stairs. Installing a central vacuum system adds convenience, value to the home and increased cleaning power. With a central vacuum system, a light-weight hose is simply insert­ ed into conveniently located wall inlets, which activate the unit. Dust and dirt whisk through two-inch tubing to the power unit, located in a laundry room, garage or basement. The large five to seven gallon cannister is emptied, on the average, once a month. Because of the power unit location in a remote part of the house, a central vacuum system is quiet. It is possible to vacuum a room while family members watch TV, or while someone talks on the telephone. Most importantly, unlike port­ able vacuum cleaners, central vacuums clean more efficiently because dust and dirt are removed to the stationary power unit rather than simply recirculated. Central vacuumsclean better SALES SERVICE CHEMICALS ACCESSORIES POOL GAMES BULK LIQUID CHLORINE spectacular garden displays that are hot only long lasting but immediately colorful. The term “bedding plants” refers to popular annuals and perennials whose shapes, sizes and colors are ideal for flower beds. Petunias, marigolds, impatiens and other flowering annuals in­ stantly provide the garden with brilliant fireworks that last a single growing season. New annuals must be planted each year, but perennials reappear because the suction is more than twice that of portable vacuums. “Like other built-in appliances, a central vacuum system actually adds value to the home,” said Jerome G. Santowski, senior vice- president of marketing and sales for Broan Mfg. Co., Inc., a leading manufacturer of home specialty products, including central vacuum systems. On the average, installation of a central vacuum system can add $1,000 to$1,500 tothe value of a home. Today, central vacuums are being installed not only in new housing but in existing homes as well. Ranch homes, two stories, even tri-levels can be retrofitted for a central vacuum system. It’s as easy as connecting a series of tubing from the stationary power unit, along a basement ceiling or attic floor, and through interior walls to the inlet valves. In two-storey installations, tub­ ing can run through a laundry chute, stacked closet or next to a boxed chimney to reach the upper floors. Get away from it all...In your own backyard! POOLS, SPAS and PATIO FURNITURE Do something nice for your family and yourself, have one of our Pools or Spas installed and after a swim, relax on fine Patio Furniture. year after year as if by magic. Most perennials, including such favor­ ites as bleeding heart, delphinium and phlox, bloom during spring or summer. A few - asters and chrysanthemums for example - blossom in fall after most other garden flowers have faded. Garden centers now make it easier than ever to be your own landscape decorater. They offer kaleidoscopic arrays of ready-to- plant young annuals and perenni­ als in “pop-out’ ’ packs, flats or individual pots. Planting takes almost no time. Simply slide plants out of their containers and into planting holes in garden beds. In old-fashioned formal gar­ dens, annuals and perennials usually were grown separately. Today’s more casual approach to gardening lends itself to combin­ ing annuals with perennials in the same flower beds. Use perennials to form a bed’s permanent “back­ bone”. This way, much of the design will take care of itself from year toyear. Leave enough space in between the perennials to fill in with annuals. By selecting some different annuals each spring, the layout will always have a refresh­ ing new look. The key to fastest growth and fullestfloweringisrich, fertile soil. Almostany garden earth will be improved if some peat moss is added before planting. Peat moss makes heavy clay soil more porous and makes light sandy soil more water retentive. Regular feeding with a liquid fertilizer is also recommended, and the easiest method of applica­ tion is with a new hose-end feeder which attaches to any conventional garden hose and automatically mixes dry fertilizer and water to the proper concentration. Here is a quick way to design a terrific looking flower bed. Start with perennials. Place tall-grow­ ing varieties toward the rear for best viewing. Good choices include spring-flowering lupine, summer­ blooming garden phlox and fall­ flowering monkshood. Next, plant informal groupings of medium-size perennials in front of the tall dropback. For spring color try peonies and bleeding heart followed in summer by familiar black-eyed Susan and the feathery pink or white blooms of astilbe. Then, as summer closes, Fine Products for Today Put Yourself on the turf with CAAJADIAAJA $3,400.°° 3 H.P. 19 IN. 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