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Show iii Jrasit t f gab from the garden 9 by Cenetieve II. Folsum Tribune Garden Editor hile four thererose were seiec-tio- rs '' Selections. Roses are easy to grow and a little care will give you years and years of beautiful blooms. You should not let roses go dry Into winter, but waler them as long as the ground remains unfrozen. Do not water them as if it were hot summer, but see that they do receive some moisture. This goes for evergreens and oth dints as with well. IN THE LOWER areas of our state, such as the Salt Lake valley, it is not usually necessary to protect roses over the winter. However, in the higher altitudes the plants should be nrotected. Wait until after a good hard frost, but do this before the ground freezes. Clean around each plant so the ground is free from debris. Pp 'h rose plant with a good fengiride and ml A) X v- -s 41 h !$ ' ADD ANOTHER layer, as before, repeating the fertilizer sprinkling. At the same time, or as you gather material, add to file pile in the same way until it Is four to five feet tall, keeping the top slightly hollowed to help retain rain and other moisture. No cover is needed in warm weathei In winter, a hee of black plastic tossed over the pile keeps in heat and moisture, and encourages deconiKsition . later. After three months, if your heap was begun in spring or summer, turn over the pile. This mixes all the layers and materials. You can put this in a new pile, ready for use in two or three morths. Water from time to time if the weather Is dry. six-inc- h u Lawn in Have a "VYI , t- - is 4 IV ft, n I First Prize proved .a apt name for this hybrid tea rose. insecticide and then mound the soil up around the canes to about 12 inches. The canes could be pruned down somewhat to keep them even and make it easier to mound the soil up around them. Remember the nurpose of the mound of soil i not to keep the plant warm, but to protect it from the rapid changes of temperature and to guard the canes against winter wind and ice damage. You can place ever- green boughs or straw over the mound of soil for extra protection. Do not apply the mulch until the ground freezes. The mound of soil and the mulch can be removed in the spring when the plant begins to grow. PLAN YOUR ROSE plantings now while you no still remember just how you- - garden ap- peared. Roses are interesting in the landscape, fo- - thev come in almost all colors but a true blue, and they include interbicoesting blends, midti-anlors. There are large bushes, medium brushes, small bushes, tiny miniature roses climbers, trailers, and all combinations of d blooms. Floribundas probably are ihe most prolific h'nomers and St!1' - A 70 I I, UM Y. ' T. nr j COMPOST PILE is a valuable addition to almost any gar- den. Compost helps the soiL As of humus, it gives body to sandy soil and retains moisture. It improves heavy soil by loosening it and discouraging compacting. Compost spurs growth of bacteria, which help make fertilizers available au-- 'a' ly release a small amount of plant food. It is easy to make compost Collect leaves, s'ems vegetable tops from the kitchen and garden waste that dees not harbor insects or diseases. On a level site preferable out of sight make a layer of this material, keeping the pile flat on top. Sprinkle a cupful of allpurpose fertilizer per bushel of waste. i bloomar. The blooms have two unusual texture and characteristics, color. The SO to 30 broad thick petals have a distinct, satiny quality and actually appear almost artificial in their glowing pink. The exouisite. half open blooms will disclose a lighter pink shading on the inner side of the petal. T-- e hiri are from three to four inches long. Among its heritage are many fine roses including Golden Golden Mandalay, Scepter, ' Masterpiece. Enchantment and Eternal Youth. IT IS INTERESTING to note that ten years ago the seedling that was to become First Prize was Just one among 59,000 to 80,000 seedlings growing in flats at Newark. NY. From all the seedlings, it was among 1000 selected for further tests. Five to ten eyes of each of these were sent to research fields in California and budded onto understock. In the summer of 1962 it was planted in the test garden at New York. Now in 1969, it has been announced as the only winner of the 1370 All American Associated Press Writer ' (k i any form TY v for 19G9, there was only one selected for 1970 a magnificent deep rose-re-d hybrid tea. first Prize. It is one you will want in your garden next spring. We do not recommend fall planting of roses in our area. However, we must remind you, that roses purchased planted in cans, can be placed in the garden at any time during the growing season. The new First prize has a delicate old rose nerfume, and is a prolific by Earl Aronson Made It fi MHO (Dime Wccdcrs ffinide should be treated as useful garden plants rather than a source of cut flowers. Their flowering habit varies from small clusters of large blooms to enormous masses of nrdum to small blooms, double or single. Ordinarily the bushes are rather low and broad and bushy. Use floribundas in mass plantings, for borders, in containers, or in beds with other plants. When this Is done, use three of one variety together to give a show of color. D.AVJH FEDmDZGR For the lawn that has everything fr fuse's' cu;: "null khotweed fmsiAMt a;;cxvE:5 j APPLY NEW MORGRO Grandifloras are tall and make useful back row plantings or in the center of a rose bed. They also look well as foundation plantings. The hybrid tea is, of course, the most popular. 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