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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,
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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
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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
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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
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