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Definite Plan Needed
I n Planting
By LIMIs L. Madaea
Garden Editor, The Suttimu""
You,ean grow a picture In your
window on the installment plan.
..... As a matter of fact.
the nation's foremost landscape
architects, that's the average
homeowner's solution to the
problem of landscaping on a lim
ited budget.
The important factor in do
ing it little by little la that you
have a .final plan before any
work at ail 4s started. A lot of
folk now do their grouptls on a
five-year plan, doing one part of
the work at a time aa the budget
allows, so that each year adds a
bit to the plctura you art creat
ing. '
In planting, any garden and
you'll be starting on the iris
planting this month, likely- you
should have a plan in view. You
same yourself a lot of time and
a lot of material that way. Try
to visualize your plant In bloom
or at the height of its season. If
it is not a flowering variety.
In planting iris it is Interesting
to choose three of one variety
and plant in a small clump ar
rangement. Or you might choose
three in yellow and bronze shades
which blend togetherBut it you-
choose this method, be sure that
the three bloom at the same time.
Therm are. In fri hnth 1st anrt
early blooming varieties.
A prominent Salem garden
dub member wrote me this past
week asking why there were no
flower preserves as there are
wild game preserves.. In the May
copy of the ?The Slower Grow
er" there Is an interesting de
scription of wild flower pre
serve, at Woodbury in central
Connecticut. There are' 25 acres
in the preserve with almost every
Sneeze Weed Invades Oregon
Watch out for this enemy! It's ragweed, scourge of midwestern hay
fever-suSerers. It has shown up m Oregon, a ortvo to wipe n out
before it gains a strong toehold in the state Is being ted by Oregon
State college. ClUsens can help by reporting the location of plants
resembling ragweed and sending a sample to the OSO herbarium for
Identification. Ragweed grows 1 to feet tall and has long branching.
CpOs (loj.bari small sjat&Ub. heads or bsaiaa.
G a r dens
: kind of terrain, exposure and soft
to be found.
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0, Those who have not vjslted the .
-demonstration plot in Buih
Pasture have missed something.
It is a very fine example of what
a well-kept vegetable garden can
look like.
- Crown rot is a common disease
of African violet. It can be
caused by several conditions such
as overwatering or too much fer
tilizer applied when the plants
are on the dry side. Keeping the
plants in a draft will also help
in bringing on this disease even
in summer.
One , of Salem's well-known
doctors, who is also an ardent
arardener. did a fin hit at Hm.
onstrating recently out in Bush
Pasture on side dressing vegeta
bles. You side dress them with
light application of balanced
fertilizer as they approach ma
turity to insure continued rapid
growth, he ssid. This means you
get the maximum size while re
taining tenderness and flavor.
When growth slows down,
many vegetables grow tough and
lose flavor. Some even develop
a bitter taste. Time to make this
- additional plant food application
will . vary, with different crops,
but as a rule it starts about the
last week In June and continues
through to late July.-
When tomatoes, egg plants
and peppers set fruit, an added
application of plant, food often
will produce an increase in yield
and Insure high average of qual
ity in the fruit The application,
we were told as we watched the)
process, should be about half the
strength of your original appli
cation or about one pound per '
50 feet of row, two to three?
'Inches away from the plants.
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O. K. Beals shows hew large the slagto florets art e Ills rety ftae
collection of delphiniums. The one he is displaying here Is nuave
colored one with a dark bee. Each floret measurer a good two laches
across. Many of the stalks were better than five feet tall.
Besides raising delphlnlusaa. O. K.' Baals' goes tn for some fine begonias and fuchsias as wait At the
Side of hi. gard he baa buUt totewstlng -shade- house from government canounage material.
He had intended. la s jmpo f of bia shade, but they didn't make enough frowth this yea. Be
gonlaa.oa thl fleof aa4 fechatas froaa the rafters make an attractive setting. (Farm Photos tst The
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QUESTIONS AND ANSUX5S
Qaeitlea What's wrong with
delphiniums thU year? UoUom.
of stalks turn brown md die
Dusted them with sulphur early
and several times since, (t) Can
you name a "blight free' prn
nial Phlox? Mine are Infested
with red spider and I cant get
rid of them. (3) rWe have en
abundance of barnyard manure.
Would following listed plants
benefit by them? Please name
those that shouldn't have it in
list. (4) Can you suggest some-....
thing to plant with iris to keep
that area nice after iris have
bloomed? : RJS.M.
Answer (I) Probably crown
rot, known professionally as
sclerotium delphlnii. There are
other root rots and fungi which
could be the cause. Delphinium
troubles are usually caused by
too high soil temperature, insuf-
licient - moisture, too - heavy, or -compact
a soil and -the use -of
manures too close to the plant
"crowns. As soon "as a blighTed"
plant Is noticed, it should be re
moved with surrounding soil.
Go down seversl inches to get
all the disease spores. Pouring a
1 to 100 solution of bichloride of
mercury over the hole and
crowns of surrounding plants,
will prevent spread but will not
kill all the spores that may be
left in the soil. Dusting plants
with sulfur will slow up disease
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growth. Increasing the et game
content of the soil also Kelps. Ni
trogenous fertilisers are said to
help control delphinium diseas
, ce--but here asain, care must be
Used to hot overdoini the dosage.
. (1)' Red spider It not a blight
on phlox. I have searched .'
through my large number of cat
alogs and have found no peren
nial phlox marked diseas resist
ant. Cultural practices and pro
per dusts seem to be the only
''guarantees" against disease or
, pests. - Phlox - should not - be
crowded nor grown in damp or
ahady .. places. They succeed
rather well in a comparatively
heavy soil of good depth. During
dry weather they like a mulch
of humus or peat as well as
drenching with water. If grow
ing is crowded, partially shaded
location, water on the foliage,
however may cause mildew. All
plant tops and foliage should be
gathered up and destroyed in
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Red spider is the most serious
pest of phlox. Dusting with sul
phur will help keep this mite
in control. Washing off the foli
age in very hot weather also
helps. But, if as you say, you
have been unable to get rid of'
the spiders by these methods, re
sort to summer oil spray. That ,
will control them. But you can-
not purchase phlox that art rt--sistant
to the red spider, infesu-
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Garden . , .
Calendar. .
. ... Jaly MStayton Garden, club.
: . July Jto Rlvervlew and - Jor
dan Garden clubs to picnic in
Wilson psrk, Scio. ; , -
. August 4 and 5 Portland Fu
chsia society flower show. Port
land Civic Information center.
Admission free. , i
August 7 Swegle Head Gar
den club. Hostess, ' Mrs. Gedrge
Mrs. Melvln LaDue; MSecda,H
' Mrs. Oscar Wigle, ' . ; , .
August llSummtr Flower
show, Sllverton Jay-C-Ettea,
Mrs. Robort Sites and Mrs.; Wil
liam Duncan, co-chairman. :
Annul lMt-Ofegon Fuchsia
focitty show, Journal Building, '
. Portland, ... v ; ;.- j. ,
August Slebanon Kerb Tea.
August tS-W . Polk county
flower show in connection with
Polk county fahv -
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(1) Barnyar4 manure should
ikot be eaed n Germaa Iiis, 11
ties, delphiniums, It can, Lt very
well decayed b used on ealla
lilies azaleas ieraa primroses
carnatkms, cotoneasiaen. red map
les, rases and lilacs. Tear annuals
it should be ineorpartet ks the
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C4) If tria beds sre Jcept weed
ed and the foliage is kept healthy
I do not find them at all unat
tractive, even when not in. ...
bloom. However, it is customary
to plant annuols between the iris ,
during the summer, that is if ,
you have a soUd iris bed. Iris are
frequently used in- clumps
groups of four or five of a vari
ety, planted - about six ; inches
apart, not in a straight row in
, the outer and sunny edges of -shrubbery
border,. I have seen
some Iris growers scatter lobelia
seed over their Iris bed and to
hsve a fine coloring throughout
the summer. The dwarf variety
of lobelia is the better of the two
for this purpose. Petunias, clar
kia, godetis, and portulaca, also
work out very well. But In faU
all the old plants should be pull
ed out and not left to decay
during the winter on top of the
iris roots. If your irises are
planted far enough apart you can
also sink pots of geraniums, .
fuchsias or petunias in between
lor summer bloom. - ; ...