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Show gah from the garden Count Your Assets In Trees, Shrubs by Genevieve H. Fol.soin Tribune Garden Editor T REES AND SHRUBS are probably the most important items when planning your landscaping. Trees provide cooling shade during the hot weather. Actually, they serve as air confor the house by ditioners shielding it from the rays of the hot sun apd bringing down the temperature of the surrounding area. Trees provide privacy and can be used to screen out unsightly views. The smaller orna- mental types can be used to add height to foundation plantings and as accent points in the lawn. You depend upon the tall and medium trees for shade and screening. Plant the tall shade tree$ to the south and west of the place you wish to be shaded. Always remember to check with your nurseryman to determine how large the tree or shrub will be when it reaches maturity. Then allow ample space for this growth. SOME OF THE more popular shade trees for this area include the male green ash which is a good hardwood tree attaining a height of about 50 feet, and the thornless honey locst which is sometimes even taller growing to about 100 feet with a spread of around 60 feet. The Kentucky coffee tree and the Moraine locust along with the Norway maple all grow to about 60 feet. A medium-siz- e tree which will thrive in any good soil and has lovely golden blooms in July is the golden rain tree. Some of the and less frequently planted trees which do well in our area are the pin oak, sweet gun, ginkgo and bur oak. For showy flowers in the more-unusu- spring plant the various the flowering cherries, peaches and plums. There are many different varieties of these flowering trees available crab-apple- locally. AMONG the crabapples, Bechtel is a favorite with its largo double pink flowers which look like roses. Hopa Is a rose-pin- k variety and Dolga has "bite single blooms and large fi uit suitable for putting up. There is a new white crabapple lifted in the catalogs which has white flowers and no fruit. This would he ideal for those who like the color of springtime flowers, hut do not wish to bother with the fruit. Speaking of small trees, why not try some of the dwarf fruit trees for their beautiful blossoms in the spring and lots of delicious fruit in the fall. A number of these trees could be used even on the small lot. You can obtain Jonathan, McIntosh, Yellow Delicious and Yellow transparent apples in the dwarf trees. Peaches and Bartlett pears can also be obtained. Flower shows in Utah have improved considerably in 10 or la years and are now comparable to any in the nation. This is due, in our opinion. to the flower-shoschools which stress the proper way to stage a flower exhibition and trains qualifed judges for them. Mrs. R. Erven Day, Fillmore, has been a leader in the efforts to improve our flower exhibig the-pa- tions. THE PURPOSE of the schools, according to Mrs. Robert Mark Savage, chairman of the Utah Judges Council for 1969, is to encourage more beautiful flower shows, increase interest in horticulture and artistic design and to develop and maintain a high level of judging. The National Council of State Garden Clubs has established a system of schools to train students in methods and procedures. These are sponsored in our state by the Utah Associated Garden Clubs of which Mrs. Darr Alkire is president. flower-sho- By taking five basic courses, passing the examinations, completing required credits and passing a reading examination, the member may become an accredited amateur flower-shojudge. CHAIRMAN FOR flower-shoschools in 1969 will be Mrs. Roy Rider. Mrs. Savage will be 1969 Utah Judges. Council chairman as mentioned- above. Accredited flower-shojudges in Utah include: Mrs, 'John Alex, Brigham City; lrS. A. A. Boson and Mrs. Walter' ' O. . Bostwick, Kearns: Mrs. Lewis Call, Bountiful; Mrs. R. Erven Day, Fillmore; Mrs. Clyde M.' Decker, Mrs. Louis Deru, Ogden; Mrs. Gerald E. Dolan, Brigham City; Mrs. Annand Powell, Sam Mrs. Owen, Sandy; Kanab; Mrs. Darr H. Alkire, Mrs. Betty Allen, Mrs. Orson Allen, Mis. Yiles Brown, Mrs. William Bullough, Mrs. Andrew Gantner, Mrs. Don C. Gee, Mrs. Homer Hale, Mrs. Ben Lingenfelter, Mrs. Roy Rider, Mrs. Robert M. Savage, Mrs. A. I,. Mrs. Scott Smith, Stenburg, Mrs. Leslie White, all of Salt Lake City. Mrs. Glenn Bountiful, student Here is an example of good use of trees. The house is framed with beauty and the trees also are placed to provide lawn with shade. Small shrubs are well placed. advice from the Crgarden doctor What Docs The Phosphate Du? by l)r. Arvil L. Stark Tribune w ITH Garden Consultant MANY PLANTS there is almost as much plant under ground as development there is tops above ground. Roots of annual plants penetrate deep soil two, three, four, or more feet, and woody plants will have roots 10 to 12 feet or more where conditions are favorable. Even so, the bulk of the roots of most plants, including large trees, are in the top two feet of soil, and it is this layer we are mostly concerned about when fertilizing the plants. In a fertilizer, the first figure tells you that there is 6 pounds of available nitrogen in 100 pounds of fertilizer. The 10 in for the percentage of available phosphate and the 4 gives the percentage of water soluble potash. Lets discuss the 10 percent phosphate. IN COMMON GARDEN fertilizer the phosphate is usually present as single or treble superphosphate, and as ammonium to water degree. any Ammonium phosphate, on the other hand, does move with the water, and a surface application can be leached to the root zone below. From this you should conclude single and treble sup erphosphate should be worked into the soil zone, whereas ammonium phosphate will reach the roots without physical incorporation into the soil. in the plant PHOSPHATE forms part of the nuclco prOK teins that are necessary for cell division and the development as do the nitrogen nutrients,; but they do promote the formation of a strong, healthy root system. More abundant flowering and' fiuit formation is also encour-- " aged by adequate quantities of phosphate in the plant. Kailier maturity, more sturdy stem development, and soiik' resist. nice to disease is also brought about when phosphate nutrients are in proper proportion to nitrogen and other elements essential to plant growth. Analysis of home garden and turf soils in this area indicates a high level of phosphate in most soils where fertilizers containing this element have been appbed ever the years. A TON OF barnyard manure contains about three pounds of .phcspttrife. fe(J.iiizer, or about the same Quantity as eight peunds Nof ' ' treble superphospounds of phate, or $0 . the commertilizejCj-cial profJucts' ido not have the . . nostalgic, toijori 9 ' . kf! . YOUR CONSERVE phosphfite. Should you dig up an area where you applied treble superjihosphate last year, you will find it exactly where you put it ; it hasn't moved. If it is in the root zone the plants can use it. Treble suXrphos-phat- e on the surface of the soil is not available to the plant roots in the soil below. It does not leach downward with the appreciable PRICIOUS OIL! ILL HOLD-A-- H Plante dor,: USE, Blocks Prevent Erosion Retains Soil & Water ' Beautifies Hillsides Will Turn 30.60.90 Degree Angles FREHNER'S Mountain West Gardens PHONE 277-2C8- 1 Stewart, judge. Vow is the lime to select from over 300 bin healths mhidiiim Orchid plants ill bud tor the home . . . Loin' an on; .pikes of lung lasting flowers, either cut or left on the plant ltc.ison.dd pm Oil. Other typos of Orchids mailable. Plee call ,or appointment f ! li- Junior Jumble Answer Jumble.: HOE THE GROW TAXI 7) Utclutts USounUful What you tan wallow that can alto swoUotc you WAT E R (Junior Jumble is on Page 21) An.wrrt The Salt ,, i .. .. . Ijtkc Tribune, tSunday, February . , I..' 295-60- 64 4 lf) |