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garigold `Primrose Lady' Hybrid
All -America Bronze Medal 1977
naive new carnation -flowered creamy -primrose yellow color in
Lady' class with 20 -inch plant height and blossoms up to
diameter.
$good weather tolerance; the plants resist breaking apart in
weather when the blossoms and foliage are heavy with rain.
Lady' displays well in large beds because of its agreeable
d heavy flowering.
en -grown plants bloom in July, well ahead of most hybrids in the
arge-flowered class; blooming continues until frost. Try combin-
se Lady' with blue, lavender, orchid or :mahogany -colored
g plants to set off its delicate light yellow flowers.
'Primrose Lady' for indoor pot plants; for the mid-March bloom,
in early November and give 60. night temperatures.
winter -planted, 'Primrose Lady' will flower at about 6 -inch height
large blossoms in striking contrast to the squatty
Strong -stemmed and bushy; needs no staking.
rid marigold seeds cost more than' seeds of the old fashioned
lds but are reasonable enough for you to afford a big splash of
r Marigolds grow quickly and reliably from seeds sown in warm
soil. Seedlings can withstand a few degrees of frost if they have
roperiy acclimatized. If you purchase plants of 'Primrose Lady',
young seedlings just showing color and transplant them carefully
the transition from greenhouse to garden.
gold 'Primrose Lady' excelled in competitive trials across the
d Canada and was judged best in its class. Seeds and plants will
ble for your spring 1977 garden; look for them at your garden
store or in mail order catalogs.
cent on terrariums
By .1.0; Gardner
tension Horticulturist
ens planted inside 10 -
demijohns, acquariums,
rs or even appthecarry
d vibrance and 'intrigue
er they are found in in -
design. Once such con -
are sealed, the en-
ent inside becomes an
cro-climate for humidity-
lants, plants which would
se do poorly when ex-
o a bone dry atmosphere
to many offices and
Plants grown under glass
manner tend to their own
Water vapor given off by
es condenses inside the
and runs back down to
the soil. Carbon dioxide
is used by the plant in
food is replenished by the
converting food to energy
rocess which gives off
dioxide.
riums can be put together
little time with minimum
If the container chosen is a
ensure that the neck of the
is wide enough to
late small plants down
bottle, and ensure that
of glass will admit light
vide for an unobstructed
the garden:
t plant species that, grow-
ether
rowether under the same
s and can withstand
midity, moist soil and low
tensidty, Do not crowd too
tants into one container as
cies tend to fill in fast. A
of low growing and
or center piece plants will
contrast. Devil's ivy, fit-
eperomia, prayer plant,
palm, syngonium,
m plant, and Chinese
n are but a few of many
species.
inch layer of pea gravel
ase of the bottle should be
dd some charcoal to a
tial, `sterilized package
oil to neutralize any toxic
gases given off by the
got organic matter in the'
tools needed can be
constructed from
household "staples. Make a
slender funnel from a sheet of
stiff paper. Tape a spoon and
camel hair brush to individual
bamboo garden stakes. Keep a
pair of scissors bandy; as well as
a clothes hanger and some lint-
free , cloth. A 24 -inch spring
operated pickup tool can be
obtained at any hardware store.
Planting can be ..left 65, the
imagination.
Once the terrarium is con
structed, keep it in good but in-
direct light. Direct, sunlight will
heat the bottle and cause plant
injury. If the bottle 'has-been
carefully cleaned, the soil
sterilized, and the plants in-
spected, you will have grektly
reduced the probability of
disease. Remove decayed leaves,
and prune lanky growth with a
scapel attached to a bamboo
stake and use the pickup tool to
clean out any debris.
With bottle gardens, little
moisture escapes and water is
only needed occasionally. If the
soil is dark in color and moisture
condenses on the glass, there is
sufficient moisture. There is no
need to fertilize bottle gardens.
Many bottle gardens or
terrariums have been known to.
last for years with a minimum
amount of care.
Grass clippings
popular mulch
Dried grass clippings `are among
the most popular mulches for dis-
couraging weeds and reducing the
Ions of water to evaporation.
Drying the clippings from your
`lawn keeps them from packing
down, fermenting and smelling,.
If 'your lawn contains the grasses
that spread from runners: bermu-
dagrass, centipede, etc., spread
layers of newspapers or cardboard
before mukhing with dried clip-
pings, to reduce rerooting.
If you.apray your lawn grass with
weedkillers, compost the clippings
before using them in your garden.
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