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Wildflower little-known
Display gaillardia with blue background
Easy to grow from seeds, tough as a boot, heat and pest
resistant, the American native gaillardia is surprisingly little
known in gardening circles. Travelers through the southern
Great Plains and upper South can see huge fields of
gaillardia growing wild. But seedsmen have worked wonders
with this rather plain wildflower
This is a bud and blossom of the annual gaillardia, a
• double-flowerd variety that blooms in midsummer from
seeds sown in the garden in late spring The color mixture :
includes white, cream, yellow, gold, marron and red Light
colored blossoms often shade to dark colors at the petal
bases
The sun-loving annual gaillardia is quite different in
blossom and plant form from its perennial cousin the
"Blanket Flower." Petals on some blossoms are tubular and
so closely spaced taht the flowers fluff up as round as a ball
Other blossoms have flat ray petals and a tufted center
Gaillardia flowers will last for a week when cut. Stems on
the 18-inch high plants are long and leafless. Regular har-
vesting will prolong bloom. -
The earth shades of gaillardia need blue companions to
display to best advantage Blue salvia makes a perfect
background; plant ageratum or lobelia as an edging.
You can buy North American wildflower mixtures by the
packet or in larger quantities. The most widely available
mixture contains mostly annual species that will bloom the
first year from seeds A few of the species came originally
from Europe but have become so well established in this
country that only the purists make a distinction between
them and genuine natives
You can also buy mixtures of long-lived perennial wild-
flowers from wildflower seed specialists. These form winter-
hardy root systems that will send up new shoots each spring.
Some perennials form clumps; others grow into shrub-like
plants. Perennial wildflowers are generally better suited to
meadowns, stream banks and woodland borders than to
flower gardens - , - ■
The new American wildflower mixtures contain a balanced
blend of over two dozen species with fewer seeds of the taller
kinds and more of the shorter species. Rarely will all of the
species "take hold” and almost never will more than a half
dozen species spread vigorously. Not all soils can provide the
special drainage, microorganisms, nutrients and exposure to
support other than the most robust wildflowers
Nevertheless, wouldn't it be a good feeling — a few years
from now — to enjoy a field or a small patch of American
wildflowers that you planted? In a small way, it would help to
make up for the damage we have done to our environment.
Time nears to treat pecan trees
By GORDON C. HALL
County Extension Hor-
ticulturist
Exact treatment dates for
the pecan nut casebearer are
yet to be determined, ac-
cording to H.A. Turney, area
extension entomologist. The
application time, for control
of the first generation, will
be around Thursday. The
second treatment will then
be applied 42 days after the
first It is very important to
treat at the proper time for
control of this pest You can
find out the exact dates by
calling the extension office
after Monday. It will also be
released to the newspapers
and nurserymen as soon as it
is available. If you need
information on materials to
use in treatment, call the
extension office and ask for
publication No. L-1140, a
fruit and nut spray schedule;
it will be sent to you free of
charge
Many Denton County
gardeners are not aware that
the Denton County extension
office provides a wide
variety of horticulture
services to the public In
addition to the large number
of gardening and landscape
care publications available
through the extension office,
you may also call or come by
for assistance with your
horticultural problems. Both
of these services are free to
the public.
Another excellent service
HALL
The Denton County ex-
tension office provides a
wide variety of hor-
ticulture services to the
public.
provided is soil testing for
which there is a minimum
charge. This test is sent to
the Texas A&M soil testing
laboratory and will provide
you with fertilizer recom-
mendations for your lawn,
garden or landscape plants
All of this is made possible
by a cooperative effort
among the Texas A&M
University System, USDA
and the Denton County
Commissioners Court.
Landscape plants around
your home air-conditioning
unit can cut costs when hot
weather arrives — and there
is still time for making these
plantings this year
Plants can reduce your air
conditioner’s required
capacity by 3 percent. In
fact, a study by the
American Refrigeration
Institute has shown that the tervals. This disease is
shade provided by trees or promoted by our cool, damp
shrubbery falling on the weather. Maneb, benomyl
outside portion of a split- and folpet give good control
system air conditioner can if used according to label
result in lowered demands instructions.
—Now is a good time to
plant bermuda grass from
seed or sprigs.
—Remove suckers arising
below the graft union on
roses and other grafted or
budded plants.
Salt water
on that unit. It can mean the
difference between80
degrees or about 77 degrees
inside the home.
Within one year, the small
cost of trees or shrubbery
installed to provide shade is
more than covered when
subtracted from the price of
air conditioner operation
This cooling and money-
saving effect is explained by
an air conditioning unit's
efficiency being related to its
ability to transfer from in-
side to outside. This is ap-
parent when you compare
the air-conditioning ability of
a unit in an outdoor tem-
petature of, say. 95 degrees
to the capacity of the same
device when it's 105 degrees
outside.
Landscape designers,
garden center managers and
other professional nur-
serymen point out that
screening outdoor air-
conditioning machinery with
plantings also preserves the
aesthetic value of the home.
So, by keeping your air
conditioner in the cool with
trees and shrubs, you can
enjoy the cool indoors at the
lower cost.
GARDEN TIPS:
—Spray roses for black
spot control at weekly in-
Garden fence discourages pests
By EARL ARONSON needed more attention from the green industry. These include
AP Newsfeatures helping everyone understand the vital role green spaces play
A low-cost, temporary fencing is available to gardeners this in our lives, and reminding the industry of the need to practice
season It is made of a non-burning plastic mesh and will keep water conservation all the time.
out nibbling rabbits, loose dogs and children. Watson said a drought didn’t mean only lack of rainfall it
This Ross Yard and Garden fencing will also discourage meant a shortage of water, be explained, stressing an “in-
traffic on newly seeded areas It comes in a package, three feet creasing demand for every conceivable use of water .” It also
tall by 50 feet long, and can be used season after season. Just meant "relentless, excessive, growing waste.” He advised
put it up where needed, remove it when the emergency period gardeners to:
ends, store it and use it again. It can also be used to build Establish watering priorities; follow sound irrigation prac-
growing cages for vegetables or to protect saplings and tices; reduce or avoid causes of stress, such as salt buildup in
transplants soil; alter mowing and cultivation practices, testing soil an-
-----nually to ensure adequate fertility; mow less frequently.
In the keynote address to the recent Texas Turfgrass Confer- raising the height of cut for grass; expand use of mulch and
ence, Dr. Jim Watson, agronomist and vice president of the wind barriers, experiment with antitranspirants; seek ad-
Toro Co., made these main points: ditional sources of water.
—With or without drought conditions, there will never be -----
enough water anywhere in the world to allow continuing ex- The mail has brought an expansive list of herbs from Com-
cessive waste to be tolerated stock, Ferre & Co., Wethersfield, Conn 06109, which also has
—Two kinds of strategy are needed: One for our personal fine vegetable and flower seeds
and business use of water and one to apply on a much broader Van Bourgondien, Babylon, N.Y. 11702, has an array of
scale — a strategy for the "green industry." Butterfly Gladiolus, tree Peonies, and Earth Stars (Cryp-
Watson also pointed to certain areas which he said urgently tanthus), a good house plant, in its long index of seeds. J
grows crops
WASHINGTON i API -
Scientists at the University
of California at Davis are
successfully cultivating
experimental crops with sea
water. National Geographic
reports.
Dr Emanuel Epstein,
director of the project
sponsored by the Depart-
ment of Commerce and the
National Science Foun-
dation, says that 22 strains of
barley were—carefully
selected for their sensitivity
to salt.
After the seeds were
planted in a sandy plot, part
of the plantings received
water direct from the Pacific
Ocean, part were irrigated
with diluted sea water and a
third section got fresh water.
The first crop yielded an
average 900 pounds per acre,
compared with 2,000 per acre
on a normal farm. Epstein
said
Mass bedding plants for vivid color
Nothing provides color like a mass of
bedding plants in bloom. One of
nature's most vivid gifts, these
flowering plants will last through
summer and into fall if certain
varieties are planted and properly
cared for.
Bedding plants can be purchased by
the flat and massed for colorful effect
across lawns and backyard gardens
“With the proper care your yard will be
blooming with color," says Agriculture
Commissioner Reagan V. Brown Here
are a few tips from the Texas Depart-
ment of Agriculture to help you reach
that end.
Transplanting is the first important
step in the proper care of bedding
plants More than one young plant has
died of shock on its way from flat to
garden When the plant is purchased, it
is removed from the carefully con-
trolled environment of the nursery or
greenhouse to the drier climate of the
home. To protect plants from even this
mild shock, water them well and keep
them in a shaded location until ready to
transplant.
gently, taking care to leave as much
soil around the roots as possible when
the plant slips from its casing A small
putty knife is helpful for loosening
small plants from their pots.
Place the plants in holes that have
been dug large enough to permit the
roots to grow outward into the soil Cut
the sides of the holes vertically to ap-
proximate the shape of the small root
ball. Place a soft mound of soil at the
Transplanting must be done under
favorable conditions. This means bottom of the hole to cushion and
avoiding the hottest time of day, mid-
afternoon. Early morning, late af-
ternoon or days that are foggy or cloudy
are ideal
Make sure the earth around the
plant's roots is damp. Tap the pot
protect the root system
Set the plant slightly lower than
ground level. Fill in around it with soil
mixed with fertilizer, and leave a
shallow basin around the stem for
water
Plants: nature’s air conditioners
Air conditioning an entire yard may
seem like an impossible job, but plants
are among the most effective air
conditioners in existence, points out
Gordon Hall. Denton county extension
horticulturist.
Plants filter air in just about the
same way as mechanical air, con-
ditioners Trees, for example, mix
clean air with polluted air. The com-
mercial air conditioner does this by
forcing good air into an area of impure
air Plants, rather than using forced air
techniques, simply give off pure oxygen
which mixes and dilutes the bad air
Plants also collect dust particles
from the air. These particles are
trapped by tiny hairs on plant leaves
and then are washed to the ground by
falling rain
Plants help to dilute bad air con-
taminated with pollutants, adds Hall
An acceptable ratio is 1 part polluted
air to 3,000 parts good air, but along
many highways, the ratio may fall to
almost half that level Large, open
"green belt" areas would help diminish
smog buildup.
Plants can also be used to mask
unpleasant fumes and odors. For
example, the fragrant blossoms of
Texas mountain laurel, viburnum,
honeysuckle, jasmine, pittosporum or
lilac can effectively mask unpleasant
odors.
The next time you purchase a shrub
or tree for s your property, consider
some of these air conditioning benefits
as well as the beauty, shade and
screening provided. Hall notes
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