N^ilONAL LAWN and GARDEN WEEK- March 20-26
FLOWERS BY THE DOOR
The most rewarding place to plant flowers is by the door for
then you see them each time you go through. Dooryard gardens
are popular with apartment dwellers; becoming more so with
home owners. I .ow -growing annual flowers are suitable to use.
Furnishing bloom for h long season are petunias, agcratum,
geraniums (non you i;row Ihem from seeds), dwarf marigolds or
zipnias, pinks, swcfl al>ssuui. In shade try begonias, coleus or
impatieus. I !pp?i ganttu pictured shows geraniums between yews,
the lovy.-r one petunias and ageratum planted hit or miss fashion.
BABY DOLL ,
Every once in ;i while there's a flower that is so dainty, so
appealing, fh.it it can properly he called "cute". Such a one is
Baby Doll, a tin-, pink.
The little plants grow only 6 to 8 inches high, yet they are,
in season, so full of bloom that the leaves practically disappear
from view.
The flowers are large lor (he size of the plants; are single,
have plain-edged instead of frilled petals, and vary in color.
Some are solid shades of red, pink, rose, carmine or white,
some combine 1 colors in separate zones.
Because of their low stature and of their compact growth,
they are ideal for solid beds of color.
TRANSPLANTING
Here a dibble is used as a
tool to guide a tiny seedling
into a compressed peal pot.
When the seedlings in your
seed starter have reached the
4-leaf stage- (2 seed leaves Nujd
2 true leaves) it's time to movfc^
them to separate pois.
Which type of pot to use
depends, of course, on your in
dividual taste. There are clay
pots, peat pots and plastic ones.
There also are compressed
peat pellets that expand when
in water to reach 2-inch-pot
size.
Naturally these should be
soaked before the seedlings are
set in them.
The seedlings are tiny and
must be handled carefully so as
not to - break their delicate
roots.
A dibble or a pointed wooden
plant label or even a demitasse
spoon are all tools that will
help do the job properly. Fing
ers are usually too clumsy.
First lift a group of seedlings
from the seed starter. Separate
one individual from the group,
using the tip of your tool.
Handle this little seedling by
one of its true leaves as these
are larger than the seed leaves.
Make a hole with the tip of
your tool in the center of the
previously filled pot (in the case
of compressed peat pots the
growing mixture is already
there) and insert the roots.
The seedling should be set
at the same depth as it was in
the seed starter.
Firm the growing medium to
the roots, once more using the
tip of the dibble, label or spoon.
And that's that.
The question of whether to
use soil or another medium to
grow seedlings to maturity is
an open one.
Soil has to be sterilized while
such materials as vermiculite
and perlite do not. But even
sterilized soil contains nutrients,
while these must be provided to
plants growing in anything else.
This is usually done by
watering the seedlings regularly
once a week with a dilution of.
a liquid or solution of a crystal
line fertilizer.
This, too, is unnecessary at
first when compressed peat pots
are used is some fertilizer
already has been added.
It is never too late to start
saving a few dollars, and we
believe they will come in
pretty handy some time in
the next few years.
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? Pruners
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? Cultivators
? Spades
? Pruning Saws
? Shovels
? Gloves
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?Peat Moss
?Clay Flower Pots
? Hanging Pots
? Flower Border
Fence
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? Lawn Mowers
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? Fertilizer
Distributors
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? Plant Food Pellets
? Grafting Wax
? Snail Poison
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? Paint
? Tools
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THE SEVERAL FACES OF ZINNIAS
Zinnias have many faces^Just as human faces
do, they differ in form, size and color. Left to
right on the top row are blooms of a tiny,
pumila zinnia, 2nd and 4th are multifloras, 3rd
is low-growing, ground-hugging Zinnia linearis.
Center row, left to right, are flowers of a
multiflora, Mexican, Lilllput, Cut and Come
Again. Bottom row includes Fantasy or cactus
t>pe, dahlia flowered, and a huge, tetraplold
zinnia named State Fair for its many prizes.
The range in heights and flower sizes of
zinnias is from 3 feet to 8 inches high and from
6 inches to 2 inches across a bloom
As a result of this wide range, the gardener
can look over his planting plan, decide on the
size zinnia he wants, select a flower color com
patible with nearby plants and find a variety
to fulfill his requirements.
Zinnia faces to greet you from >our summer
garden include the species, linearis, which is an
excellent ground cover since the plants grow
only 8 inches high.
It also fills window boxes with distinction and
can be used to edge the front of taller plantings.
The bi-colored, yellow and orange flowers liber
ally stud the plants.
Up the height scale a bit, growing to a foot
hiah, are the Haageana type, more commonly
called Mexican zinnias. The well-known Persian
Carpet and Old Mexico are typical. Blooms on
each plant of Persian Carpet differ in coloring
but all are variations on a red and gold theme.
Old Mexico plants may be t6 inches tall;
have 2V* inch wide flowers, variegated red and
yellow.
I.illiput zinnias form bushy plants to a foot
and a half high bearing double, pompon-shaped
blossoms in many colors. Seeds of separate or
of mixed colors are available.
Two feet high are the Cut. and Come Again
(or hlcgans pumila) zinnias, placing them be
tween the giants and the lilliputs in height. The
dome-shaped flowers are 2V6 inches across.
Fantasy, with shaggy but graceful 3 inch
blooms on 2Vi foot plants is of the cactus type,
with quilled petal's. The dahlia flowered zinnias
boast 4 to 5 inch, double flowers on robust IVx
foot plants.
Topping them all are the tetraploid varieties
with double the usual numbers of chromosomes.
These stand a yard high and boast 6 inch wide
blooms on disease resistant plants.
State Fair is an example of a tetraploid
variety. Instead of separate colors, seeds come
for color groups, as lavender and purple, or with
all colors mixed.
PRETTY-UP WITH PARSLEY
Parsley's chief use is to pretty-up various foods like meat, fish
or potatoes. But cooks use plain-leaved kinds for strong flavor,
curled leaves for more delicate taste.
While some people like to nibble on parsley just as others
nibble on a lettuce leaf, most people who are not cooks regard
parsley merely as an ornament.
The cooks know the value of parsley's high vitamin content,
particularly available when it is* finely minced. They use it in
soups and stews, mixed with butter for a sauce, sprinkled on
crusty French bread with seasoned salt to make an unusual open
faced sandwich. An even more off-beat use is sprinkled on soup
in the form of a figure to amuse convalescent children
Cooks, of course, are all for flavor and the strongest flavor is
in the plainest parsley. Plain of Plain Italian Dark Green or Single
are all varieties with flat, glossy, uncurled leaves.
As the curl increases, the flavor becomes milder From the
names of some varieties you can judge their flavor ? Moss Curled,
Extra Curled Dwarf. But, from other names, like Paramount,
which is probably the most popular variet.y, you can guess little.
Paramount is described as "triple" curled.
All parsley varieties, plain, double or triple-curled, are easily
grown if the gardener is not impatient. It takes about 3 weeks
from the time seeds are sown until they sprout.
Plain or curled, all parslies may be used to pretty-up a platter
of cold meats, a lemon slice, a portion of fish, or mashed
fotatoes. In fact, any dish that needs prettying-up is enhanced
y sprays of parsley. ? . '
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Getting The Vote
A well-known Republican,
in giving advice to a col
league, said that his method
of getting votes for the Re
publican Party this year was
to give every cab driver a
large tip and then tell them,
"Vote Republican."
"I use a slightly different
method," said the second Re
publican. "I give them no tip
at all and then tell them,
"Vote Democratic!"
TWO FOR BLUE
Blue lace flower and summer forget-me-not are two easily
grown annual flowers that boast blue flowers. Blue is the scarcest
and most-desired of all the flower colors.
That most wanted color ? blue ? is the flower color of
2 easily-grown annuals ? anchusa and blue lace flower.
Anchusa (an-kew-suh, accent on the kew) has the common name
of summer forget-me-not because of the difference in its flower
ing time from that of real forget-me-nots which bloom with the
tulips. v** . - I '
Blue lace flower is known almost exclusively by its common
name because the botanical name, in Latin, is a difficult one to
spell and pronounce.
It grows best in areas where wtather is cool. The seeds should
be planted as soon as the ground can be worked. The delicate.
2Vi-in-diameter heads of -blooms will form on plants a foot and
a half tall. You can enjoy them either indoors or out.
Summer forget-me-not rs tolerant of poor soil but needs sun
to bloom its best. Plants will flower all summer from seeds
sown in spring.
The variety Blue Bird is most popular. It has lA incn flowers
in clusters at the tips of the main stem and each side shoot
from it. Each blue bloom is- centered with white.
The stems are U< inches long and can be cut for indoor use
if cut ends are plunped into water directly dfter they have been
severed.
Anchusa is a particularly good "mixer" ? that is it looks
well when grown alongside any other kind of flower. Seedlings
transplanted from your seedbed or row can be set in groups in a
border to fill in the areas where bulbs bloomed earlier.
"lust Minding Our Own Business"
Since Mr. and Mr*. Cannady are part owners of Wake EMC
they're going to mind that business by attending its annual
meeting on Friday, March 28. The meeting will be held in the
Wake Forest High School gymnasium in Wake Forest on that
date beginning at 7:30 p.m. Lfce to help run your own'
business? Then we'll be looking for you.
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