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with whipped cream.
TRIFLE
1 medium angel cake
1 small raspberry jello(mixed but
not set
2 small vanilla instant puddings
(mixed but not set)
1 pkg frozen (sweetened) raspberries
1 tin pineapple tidbits
2 bananas
2 small cartons whipping cream
2 kiwi'
chocolate curls
maraschino cherries with stems
Line bottom of large bowl with
pieces of cake. Pour 1/2 of jello
mixture over cake so liquid is
absorbed.
Sprinkle frozen raspberries over
jello mixture. Add pineapple tidbits
and I sliced banana. Top this with
vanilla pudding. Top all of this with
half of the whipped cream.
Begin the layers again, starting
with cake and repeat all the steps,
ending with whipped cream.
Decorate with semisweet chocolate
curls and cherries. Stand kiwi slices
around the edge of bowl.0
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Gardening
Phlox are North America's
contribution to garden beauty .
By Rhea Hamilton -Seeger
Summer always seems to zip
along at a pace much greater than
winter. You just get into the swing of
hot days and warm evenings with the
air heavy — lush with the scent of
mysterious florals and bam! it's time
to think about fall divisions, cleaning
out the cold frames for spring and
gathering leaves for next summer's
mulch. It certainly doesn't help when
the summer heat invites the garden to
advance the blooming by two weeks.
August blooms are rampant during
July giving us the illusion that
summer is already half over!
But do not despair. Sit back with
your lemonade and take another look.
It all means we enjoy summer's glory
to the fullest for a longer period
of time. Trim back the perennials
after blooming and you may be
rewarded with a second blast of
colour.
Blooming early in our garden are
several wonderful clumps of phlox
that colour the air with a soft
perfume, I often associate with old
English gardens. But upon further
reading I have come to learn that
phlox is really our North American
contribution to the English border.
There are approximately 50 species
all of which are native to North
America. It was among the myriad of
plants European explorers sent home
as indicators of the variety and
lushness of the new country. In 1745
John Bartram sent to fellow gardener
Peter Colinson in England what he
thought was "one sod of the fine
creeping spring lychnis". This plant
was named later as Phlox subulata or
ground/moss phlox. More varieties
of Phlox were sent to England and
Europe and it was there they were
developed into some of the more
showy plants we enjoy today.
As gardeners look to showy
perennials to extend the season of
colour in their garden phlox cannot
be ignored. Phlox paniculata is one of
the best late -summer flowering
perennials. It has a lovely height of
two to four feet with a full mop of
colour. One of its only drawbacks is
that it can suffer from powdery
mildew, but more on that later.
Usually phlox have been thrown in
the back of a semi -shaded border and
ignored. Like any other plant given
the right circumstances phlox can
flourish and surprise you. Their
colours range from pale mauve to
electric red and white. Many have a
deeper coloured "eye". When you
pick your site for your clump of
phlox choose a spot where the air can
circulate freely. Phlox like rich soil
and will prosper from a well dug bed
with an ample addition of well
decayed manure.
They also like to be watered
deeply although they are not bog
plants. It has also been written that if
perfection were possible for phlox
they would want to be in the open
with perhaps a distant screen of trees
to mask the first hour or two of
daylight. Or better yet, a screen for a
few hours during the heat of the day
for the plant to recover and give full
beauty and scent in the evening when
everyone takes time to enjoy a walk
in their garden. I wish all my plants
had such perfection in their
placement.
Good air circulation and ample
water during the hot summer will
help your garden avoid powdery
mildew. If you happen to develop
some mildew you could try a mixture
of 4 teaspoons baking soda and 1
tablespoon horticultural oil (you can
substitute molasses or citrus oil for
the horticultural oil) to one gallon of
water. Spray lightly on foliage. Do
not over use and do not apply to the
soil. You could also try this mixture
on black spot or other fungal
diseases.
Phlox are also one of those
delightful plants that can be easily
divided and shared with friends or
spread through your garden for
spectacular wave of colour. To