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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (June 10, 1954)
6 r> , . t t i Brookings-Harbor I not TH U R SD A Y , JU N E 10, 1954 Alena Azalea Row should bo not<d, foremost, the 1 ficulties for the good gardener. 11(.,, ssi,y for ,,roper SOii acidity The same procedure applies, in and good drainage. E x posure to general, to these plants as to most w ind m u st be ca refu lly consider other broad leaf evergreen shrubs, ed. R hododendrons, outside of a how'ever, since they belong to the few alpine species, will not p ro s so called acid-loving family it is p er in a w indy location since necessary to provide an ample w inds, especially dry ones, a b 1 supply of a peaty soil mixture sorb m o istu re from th e ev erg reen 1 immediately around the root ball. leaves. It is th e re fo r essential th at Also, the plant welcomes a gen a su ita b le location be selected erous surface mulch to protect its e ith e r w here n a tu ra l protection surface roots against the hot rays is availab le o r w'hcr it is possibl * of the summer sun. The best to provide artific ia l sh elter. mulch consists of oak leaves but C onsideration to sun exposure inasmuch a's these are frequently m u st also be given. W bile a fev. not available a good mulch can be species of R hododendrons do w* 1! made of peat moss mixed with a in full sunshine th e g re at m ajori- little soil to prevent it from get i ty m uch p re fer a location w here ting too dry or caked and to per shade is provided from th e hot mit the rain to soak in rather m idday sun. It is well to observe than run off. readily reproducible plants and shrubs. However costs and efforts are repaid many times over by the beautiful sight of a well grow’n Rhododendron planting in full bloom. RETURNS TO BALTIMORE Miss Ruth Ann Bolz of Balti more, Maryland, who has been at the home of her grandj>arents, Mr. and Mrs. Erskine Miller since the first of the year, will leave Thursday to return home. T he M illers plan to driv e h er GO TO COOS BAY (Guest. C olunist this week is to P o rtla n d w here she will ta k e Mr. and Mrs. Olaf Lundeen H a rry Lockland. S e a ttle , W a sh a plane for the re m a in d er of th e spent Friday and Saturday in Coos ing to n , w ho has th e R hododendron trip. Bay on business. ns but one of his special h o rti c u ltu ra l int rests. O f la te st he has been doing a g re at deal w ith th e ir p ro p o g ation from seeds and o u r g ra te fu l ap p reciatio n is here ex p ressed for his tak in g tim e from a v ery busy life to w rite one of his hobbies. T h e L ockland’s p er m an en t horn«* is here and th eir Earth Moved fri ■ I ih lock fo rw ard to the tim e w h en th ey will r e tu r n to stay. As A Building Site Graded a fo rm er p re sid e n t of th e A zalea th e conditions u n d e r w hich th e D ue to th e fa c t th a t Rhodod n- G a rd en C lub, D orothy continues n ativ e R hododendrons th riv e and. drons have a shallow root system A Fill for a Building to keep tra c k of its progress, i insofar as possible, sim u la te them . w ith th e fine ro o ts ex ten d in g a l and w as here to view this y e a r’s ! T h e p ractice of tran sp la n tin g m ost to th e su rfa c e of th e soil, show, An All-Weather Driveway th e n ativ e p la n ts into th e garden w eeding in th e im m ed iate vicini U n d er th e influence of a kindly should be discouraged. In the first ty of th e p lan t should lx* done c lim a te th e W est ( ’oast of O regon place, th e id entical conditions by hand and n ev er by hoeing or A Road Built or Rocked an d W ashington can rig h tfu lly be u n d er w hich a specific native digging. H ow ever, a good su rfa ce re g a rd e d as th e n a tu ra l hom e of w as raised cannot be successfully m ulch w ill g re a tly assist in keep Any Size Pond, Earth Dam I d u p licated in the garden. T he com- ing dow n th e w eeds and should th e g enus R hododendron. Irrigation Structure T h e n a tiv e species a re lim ited 1 pact root sy stem so d esirable for reduce th e necessity for w eeding to Rho. M acrophvllum ., common tra n s p la n tin g is alm ost alw ays to a m inim um . o v er la rg e a re a s of th e P acific m issing d u e to th e interm ingling Good com panion p lan ts fo r Rho- co ast, an d th e decidious azalea w ith roots of o th e r n ativ e shrubs d«xiendrons a re th e M ountain L au (R ho. A c c id e n ta l) wihch is a and tre e s growdng in th e im m ed rel (K a lm ia L atifo lia), A ndrom - fa m ilia r sight to re sid e n ts of C u r ia te vicinity of th e R hododendron ia (P ieris jap ó n ica ), th e b lu e ry co u n ty and N o rth e rn C alifor plant. F o r th is reason it is gen berry’ and h e a th e r. All of th ese nia. H ow ever, v a rie tie s of c u lti erally n ecessary to re so rt to se p lants seem to fit in w ell w ith v a te d s|>ecies an d hybrids suitabl vere root p ru n in g w hich is highly respect to h a b it and ap p earan ce. fo r o u r coast clim a te a re av a il d e trim e n ta l to successful tra n s S hould you becom e in te re ste d a b le by the hu n d red s w ith colors planting. F inally, if a judicious in th e c u ltiv a tio .: of R hododen ra n g in g from th e purest white selection is m ade th e c u ltiv ated drons to th e e x te n t of w ishing to We have all the Equipment th ro u g h shades of light blue, species and hybrids are, in gem p ro p a g ate .plants from se ds cream , c le a r yellow, pinks, salm on, ral. fa r su p e rio r to th e native th e re is a w ide and ex tre m e ly in and Can Supply Any Materials d a rk red and b lu e to the deepest plan t in form , an d color of flower. te re stin g field ojien. D ue to th e Let us th e re fo r leave o u r nativ* purple.. Som e of th ese com m ence fact th a t it ra re ly ta k e s less th an bloom ing in F e b ru a ry w ith the R hododendrons and A zaleas in six years, an d freq u en tly longer WE ARE small BUT WE DO ALL m a jo rity bloom ing d u rin g the th e ir n a tu ra l se ttin g w here they to bring a seedling p lant to run mil c o n tin u in g ' belong and w h e re th ey so beau- m o n th of May SIZES OF JOBS tu rity an d flow ering size consid th ro u g h Ju ly At tin* U niversity tifu lly enhance th e landscape. erab le p a tie n c e and a tte n tio n to In selecting th e v a rie ty of Rho- of W ashington A rb o retu m in d etail is, of course, re q u ired S e a ttle th o u san d s of thest p lan ts ' dodendron to p lan t one m ust care- O th e r m ethods of p ro p a g atio n A SK US FOR A N ESTIMATE flo u rish in a n a tu ra l w oodland fully consider all p ertin e n t fa c t such as by c u ttin g s and g ra ftin g settin g . D uring th e bloom ing sea- o rs such as w h e th e r an extensive require a g reen house o r som e son it is h ere am ply d em o n strate d p lan tin g is co n tem p lated or it is sort of a h e a te d fram e but will th a t th e P acific coast does in- d esired to plant only a few' speci- produce flow ering size p la n ts in d ee d provide a c h m a te congenial I m en plants. In the fo rm e r cas? 1 som ew hat s h o rte r tim e . (o th * R hododendron provided ¡t m ay be desirab le to select some Considering the length of time th a t .proper co n sid eratio n be given 1 of th e tall grow ing v a ritie s for CONTRACTOR to th«* ix’c u lia ritie s of th e plant : background p lan tin g w ith plants and amount of care required it is an d th e c h m a te . I of m edium and low s ta tu re in the easy to understand why the price Phone 3137 Harbor Box 302 of purchased plants is somewhat Am ong th e se p ec u lia ritie s foreground, On the o th e r hand, should onlv a few p lan ts b de- high as compared to roses and sin d it would be b e tte r to select other more rapidly growing and only m edium si/e«l p lan ts which w ill blend m ore readily w ith th«* b alance of the garden. Also, on* should not overlook th e d w arf v arie tie s w hich look equally well as shapely sm all specim ens o r as dense elum ps of sev eral y ard s in « \ t c n t One point to rem em ber, how ever, is th a t th e d w a rf v a r ieties have a tendency to become "leg g y ” unless looked a f te r and heavily pruned. • • • P la n tin g and m ain tain in g Rho- dtxi ndrons should p resen t no dif DO YOU NEED WE CAN DO IT EARL BROWN TELEVISION NOW IMMEDIATE DELIVERY IN ANY AMOUNT YELTO N S WHEN YOU SHOP IN COOS BAY Have your car Serviced Crushed Gravel % to Vi I n c h — to % I n c h — % l nch Minus At Lou Blanc, Inc. Leave your packages in your car throughout the day Complete Service Fair Prices Completion of our new plant makes it possible to deliver finer crushed rock than ever before. 100% crushed material, made from large, hard river rock and accurately screened. Cadillac and Oldsmobile Safety-Tested Used Cars Phone 2442 Visit Our Wholesale Row LO U B L A N C , Inc. 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