Clinton News-Record, 1984-04-25, Page 64Perennial planning
Waiting for the petunias
Between the time when the spring peren-
nials fade and the annuals begin to bloom,
many garden borders look drab. To fill the
gap, plant late spring flowering perennials
this fall.
Dutch bulbs are the first flowers to appear
in the spring garden. The flow of bloom con-.
tinues with spring perennials such as phlox,
alyssum, arabis and bleeding heart.
However from late May until- early July,
before the annuals begin to flower, there are
a number of colorful perennials that can be
used to fill in flower borders.
Iris and peonies are two hardy perennials
that will thrive in any good garden soil. Both
can. be plantd successfully in the fall.
Delphinium, with its tall spires of white,
blue .or purple flowers, will . be a garden
highlight in late June and early July.
Many of the campanulas are at their best
in late June. Canterbury Bells and the
Dahurican bellflower (Campanula
glomerata) present brilliant displays of
pink, blue, and rich purple in early July.
For a spot of yellow in the early summer
garden, try coreopsis or one of the evening
primroses. Both --can be ,planted this fall or
next sprin
In early July, large white Shasta daisy
flowers can be combined with the brick red
background of Maltese Cross to present a
striking contrast.
The annual bedding plants, such as
petunias, zinnias,. marigolds, and snap-
dragons, supply splashes of color in the
garden by early July. However, there are
many colorful, perennials that will flower
duringthe-summer months. Summer phlox
comes in a wide range of colors from pink to
red and mauve. Bergamot features rich red
and pink colors, while Veronica has many
miniature blue spires.
Annual flowers are beautiful. Our gardens
couldn't be as colorful without them.
However, perennials can be used to cut
down on the number of annuals required.
Perennials require very little care - just a
light touch of fertilizer each spring, light
cultivation, and control of weeds. Once they
are well-established, they will bloomyear
after year.
Most of the perennials describedcan be
planted safely this fall. Provide a light
mulch for winter protection, and they will be
ready to grow in the spring.
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Hot and sweet peppers,
the contrasting vegetables
Probably the tavorite use for sweet pep-
pers is stuffing, and that dictates a blocky
pepper with a large cavity; Perhaps the
ideal stuffing pepper is 'Better Belle', an
early -producing Fl hybrid introduced by
Ball Seed Company. A large 4 -lobed variety,
it cuts into two -meal-sized. halves. It's
square, blocky shape leaves a large cavity.
Thick-walled compared with other peppers
of its type, it gives more meat per pepper.
And in yield tests compared with -other 4-
lobed varieties, 'Better Belle' has con-
sistently headed the list. •
Pepper fanciers know there are many
other types: tapered forms, long, skinny
shapes, small round ones. Colors, too, are
varied. Green varieties which turn red when
. ripe. Yellow varieties which turn to orange
or .red. With the sweet` types, the flavor
becomes milder as each pepper closes in on.
maturity. Ripe ones are the sweetest of all.
Peppers have a narrower range of
telnper%ure—t ads "than - 'many "..other
vegetables: Their blossoms fall and they fail
to set fruit when nighttime temperatures
fall much below 60 degrees ... and when
night temperatures rise above 75 degrees.
Day temperatures above 90 degrees also in-
ibit fruit set but when temperatures fall,
fruits again begin forming.
Peppers also .have a self-regulation
mechanism which keeps them from
overloading the plant. When each plant has
its quota, they stop setting fruit, but if you
pick them when they reach usable size,
they'll again start developing fruit.
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scene all over the country.
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ty in so many different ways from tunchies
to stuffed peppers. Such a little goes a long
way with the little .hot ones; it doesn't take
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full year's eating. If you're planting the hot
ones for the first time this year, but you're
already a sweet pepper fan, plant one hot
pepper for every 10 sweet ones you grow.
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