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Landscaping adda-i
Put a bright face on your home with at-
tractive landscaping.
"Landscaping adds value to your proper-
ty and makes it more comfortable, useful
and relaxing," says Horticulturist Ruth
Friendship of the Ontario Munistry of
Agriculture and Food's rural organizations
and services branch.
But before you begin to landscape your
property, it is important tv make a plan.
Decide where you would like to add a
touch of color to your landscape with annual
and perennial flowers -
Remember to take advantage of existing
features such as trees, shrubs, fences, walls
or hedges.
Also remember to allow space for easy
maintenance of these features.
Consider the site's limitations.
Is it hot, dry and exposed or is it cool,
damp and shaded? Is the soil fertile and
well -drained? Does the space require tall,
bushy flowering plants or those that are low
and wide -spreading?
Catalogues, garden centres, the Ontario
Ministry of Agriculture and Food's Publica-
tion 358 "Herbaceous Perennials" and Fact-
sheet
actsheet No. 79.005. "Annuals for the Home
Garden" are useful sources of information
concerning the growth habits and needs of
many flowering plants_
Shrubs are
value of your property
It's important to make a plan
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small lots
Slow-growing shrubs nice for small lots
Remember the large mock -orange and
forsythia grandmother used to plant.
Link homes and back splits have changed
that.
Today many city lots are much too small
for such large Shrubs to be used effectively,
says borticulurist Glen -Lewis of the Univer-
sity of Guelph's horticultural science
department.
Small shrubs often grow more slowly than
large ones. This is an asset since slower -
growing shrubs don't overgrow their intend-
ed space so quickly.
Don't be fooled by a plant's size when you
buy it. That small potted shrub may soon
become too large for the space you allotted.
When ° planning your landscape, use
shrubs to provide balance, continuity, tex-
tural contrast and flower color display.
Shrubs, like trees, can provideinterest
throughout the year.
It's a good idea to discuss your plans with
your local garden centre. They will be able
to recommend additional or alternative
shrubs to fit your needs. Also inquire about
the hardiness of the plant you intend to use.
The following list includes a selection of
shrubs divided into two size categories:
Shrubs one to two metres tall: Abelialeaf ;
Alpine Current; Boxwood I evergreen) ;
Chokeberry; Cinquefoil; Deutzia:
Euonymous 1 evergreen)); Flowering -
Quince; Fragrant Sumac; Holly ( evergreen
and deciduous); Jetbead; Kenria, Leather -
wood; Leucothoe (evergreen); Oregon
Grape (evergreen); Pieris (evergreen);
Purple Sand Cherry; Rhododendron (dwarf
types)( "evergreen or deciduous); Rose;
Spirea (burnalda types); Weigela: White
Cedar (globe types)( evergreen).
Shrubs less than one metre . tall:
Bearberry ( evergreen) ; Cotoneaster a low
types Ievergreen or deciduous); Daphne
evergreen); Heath and Heather
evergreen ,•- Heneystiekle:
Juniper (low types) aevergreen ):
Periwinkle : evergreen): St. Johns Wort.
Heat -tolerant plants such as zinnia,
petunia, verbena, marigold, portulaca,
cleome and ceiosia should be planted in hot,
dry, open areas; on the other hand, balsam,
impatiens, coleus and all types of begonias
thrive in shady locations.
Try putting all ideas on paper.
It is helpful to use a scale drawing for your
plan.
Don't plan more than you can handle.
Consider height, spread, form, texture
and the color of both the foliage and the
flowers.
"Think about how the display will be view-
ed and arrange the bed so that the low -
growing plants will be in the foreground and
the tallest plants will be in the background,"
she says.
Flowers — with some careful planning —
can be used to provide color to your land-
scape all through the season.
Keep this in mind when selecting and
placing them on your plan.
Try to achieve a sequence of flowering
from early spring to late fall throughout the
garden.
Less -prominent or less -showy flowers
should be planted in groupings to give a
more effective show.
You may also mix flowers and vegetables
M the same garden, if you wish.
But again, it is important to make a plan.
Aim for color to contrast attractively with
the vegetables through the growing season.
Investigate what conditions the
vegetables and flowers require and take
that into account in your plan.
Consider the height and spread of the
plants and make sure there is enough room
for the vegetables to mature and give a good
yield.
Ground covers of alyssum or thyme can
help control weeds between vegetables.
Grape vines can be a productive method
of covering a wall or fence.
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