| Show 8D The Salt Lake Tribune Sunday December 21 1986 New Flowers Offer Variety for Home and Garden color By Genevieve H Folsom Tribune Garden Editor When a new flower or vegetable is introduced you can be certain it will have a most interesting background For instance Abelmoschus is a new flower to the North American gardener It is related to the hibiscus and grown similarly Some 15 inches high and 20 inches across the compact well branched plants are covered with three-incpink or coral flowers and dark green foliage It will flower in the shade do well in the heat and is mractive in hanging baskets For years Japanese company Sakata has been collecting hibiscus Med for its breeding program and in 1980 a wjtchful horticulturist spotted in the Bower trials a rare wild species that came from a botanical girden The botanist at the garden unable to put a finger on the exact origin surmised that tourists brought M’ed back to Japan from Southeast Asia A taxonomist whom Sakata hired identified the plant in November 1986 as Abelmoschus Moschatus medicago Malvaceae family subspecies tuberous Borssum a native of India A breeder in Tokyo liked the plant so much that he grew it making selections for improved uniformity habit and germination Horticulturists recommended minimum temperatures of 70 degrees for bloom in 100 days If sown in mid March the first flowers appear in July Each last one dav but the plants bloom until frost Abelmoschus is a herbaceous plant and hardiness had not yet been determined but it can be grown where the hibisr tis grows The plant h ' lik s full sun ion II is i 1‘ark Seed the fall and winter garden the annuals In the very early spring or w hen cool weather arrives in the fall these nw hvbrids turn the most intense colors The 12 inch plants stay neat and uni fornlv mounded and grow to 10 ine h es tall The color and habit remain until the hard freeze in late fall Or namental cabbages have been used for hundred of years as fall bedding plants in Japan after the chrvsant' i mums have gone The breeding of Ornamental cabbage began at the dav n of the 17th century when the Shogun controlled the islands A hortic ultural f journal published descriptions these plants as early as 1708 Acdc the old name for this type of flowe r ing Ornamental Cabbage in Japan was called Tokyo and I’ark Coed has renamed the variety olor t px this ornamental cabbage is dislinc tive fur its round leaves arid also for tob r ance to cold Growers find that Holiday Hybrids Cape Primroses are shown r and eas ler to grow than African Violets Dense chert leaves form a neit low rosette six inches across which fits in a pot like a hand in a glovt Hide petaled blooms two and one half to three-ana half inches have a thu k waxy texture that shows a fltgreed in after frost has killed all C d ' C4 12 4V f t f Genevieve FoUom Yv flowers last up to one uints and two weeks after cuttug making them an easy jet u lorti corsage Holiday hybrids grow anytime around the house They are one f the most fcrgivmg flowering louse plaits because they grow and bloom under manv diverse condi tmns Thev will tolerate heat and cold vdrvrg intensities of light lr regular wateung and other forms of vet reward gardeners with noglec a mvri of flowers V w 7eal ind breeder more than 10 yt nrx ago sent the seed of a poppy called cummer Promise to Japan The blooms in the mixture were large and h id potential as cut flowers The Japanese breeders worked to create flowers with uniform colors (all colors bloom simultaneously) and flowers with long stems for cutting The result a new Iceland poppy called Wonderland which has four inch flow pattern The m nth on rsJi v ers on thick 10 inch stalks This perennial blooms early and flowers with the pansies if sown in winter It is listed as a orange or as a mixture (blend of red orange rose pink yellow cream and white) George Park saw the Zinnia Dreamland Hybrids in Japan in 1983 and was impressed by how the creator Ito had put 15 years of patience into breeding the new variety Also he saw how a cottage industry composed of small family farmers Zinnia Dreamlands in the greenhouse He said the American seed trade had virtually given up on combining the dwarf habit and the dahlia flower in a new Zinnia and he purchased the Dreamlands hybrid Zinnia in 1983 They flower more profusely over a long period of time and have better colors and an improved garden habit The 10 to 12 inch plants produced four inch flowers v i if d yt x VHV r Ornamental Cabbage Color-L’Hybrids provide color in fall and winter gardens after frost has killed all of the annuals p ROOF CONVERSIONSn jGramo min O - A 'ToaBEF08! FLAT l W -- m Hi Hit i 0 So remember that as you purchase new introductions in plants that each and every one probably has a very n 1 08 interesting history Another thought too is that many of these plants come to you from round the world and through the years of work on the part of hybridizers Gardening is indeed a very fascinating hobby PI H If’t j ’HI ft MPMfS )R HOME CCKlli 8 ! r0f t Al Rl 01 S r 8 oni S I’ IT ii xiwn mxri I!1 oi ooinnii fstsil' FINANCING NO 0WCMOCS 8 S ' t mi 'M SMI i MS MSD VI 0 S’ D Il2 ACTS ARE SOME a a CD CD I 5 TEARS TO PAT M nm Mni'M AVAILABLE MONEY DOWN Pool IIAMPII lOOOSq i 2995 0R'7Z Per Mo i-- wmcEm i m fy tTttW I 1 European Planufactured Sewing Machines I 1986 mlro-du- r CLOSE-OU- SALE BRAND NEW IN BOXES T Another of I’ark Seed introdur lions Ornamental Cabbage Color up My brids Ornamental Cabbage provides is 1 Time to Register Your Aircraft With the State JsALT LAKE CITY Q SANDY South Towne 3216840 Center ZCMI 321-61- 1 1 Mall SFaBHHRIHIIIMHH The owners of private flying machines will have to begin registering their craft with the state beginning in January the State Tax Commission is reminding fliers A new law requires owners of fixed wing aircraft gliders helicopters and hot air balloons to register with the state and pay local property taxes the commission noted The registration fee is 125 and the tax is 1 percent of the average wholesale value of the craft The law in-ludes any other craft subject to Fed- i STt2P5UNO C“) STERLING WHY BUY IT STEP RACK PAY WHOLE KEEPS CLUTTER OFF YOUR DESK RETAIL: SALE! HELPS YOU KEEP TRACK OF IMPORTANT $£95 c eral Aviation I I I YOUR PRICE I V Administration Announce e Old PAPERS registration but does not include ul tralights and hang gliders Some 2 200 private aircraft in the state will come under the law the commission said Owners have until Jan 31 to regis INTERIOR DESIGNERS W $12 Gala Showing ATTRACTIVE & FUNCTIONAL! EUROPEAN COUNTRY o STERLING Pme Furniture Collection ( STEP RACK ter As with auto registrations the reg istration fee goes to the state and the property tax goes to the counties Also tax is payable only once each year even if an aircraft changes own ership several times in that year Implementation of the statute was done in cooperation with the Utah Pilots Association ( )i cr 's 0000 Same - Address HDtlRCi- - OPFW THHAY dcddP CILKY WEEKDAY AND SATURDAY From 8 AM to 10 PM CLOSED SUNDAYS to l HICKSON c ilt L ro ifv no 27oii tah L hj c law oh to Beat ('row (I At SLs Airport 1 1 I (l itiitil flts ' I cuiikmuil puts iLskr fingertips tdtiflc Mini uni the knuh ukI nu Ittvc With airport traffic being par ic u larlv heavy around Christmas Sal' Laketitv International Airpoit Pi rector I ouis Miller has advice for lllslllltlnil 4 s s J huiiu is to wailing! Ini m up (unlit I w u cOwn ut utt and vmir nalittal flax tanfle icspi itkls instantk travelers - Arrive at the airport at least an hour before departure time Keep informed on flight infor relation through the specific airline - Buv tickets in advance and use curbside baggage check in to avoid l-- - t long lines Idertifv luggage clearlv wth vour complete name and address Hie airport director noted that wah the completion of Inti rst ce 8 and 4uth West there is d rut mss n an i HI to tie airport from I n ting points He also noted the airpor' ' is 4 no thi i peved parking stalls and loot) uripuvcd stalls A fru xUTi( service runs eve rv five minim x H m u long t rm parking ate as to the n i Is Mr Mill r added 27-()- Natural gas cooking is the star performer at any party instantly The classic will aixu ho nationally televised as a bO minute special on EM’N c ahle network holiday 1 561-036- The fourth annual Steve Gauey Muhelob Light Celebrity Ski Classic fund raiser for the Utah Spenal Olympics will be held Jan 8 HI at Deer Valley and Park City It begins the night of Jan 8 with a Comedy Night' celebrity roast at The Yarrow in Park City Mr Garvey a San Diego Padres baseball xt cr who is a part time rexi dent at Deer Valley said the event co sponsored bv Spartan AM( Jee will raise $40 (MO to p Renault $70 000 for the Utah Special Olvm pics whose winter games w ill he held March fi and 7 at Park City Among the 20 celebrities sated to attend are Lmd-a- y p!oon star of the Mike Hammer TV series Alan Thicke Growing Pains' Jeniiee Harrison 'Dallas Kevin Dobson Knots Landing and Corbin Bern LA ) Vui Garvey Ski Classic Ilegins Jan 8 at Tuo Area Resorts sen of lmcnlm FOR PRIVATE IXVITATIOX NEW LOCATION: THE NEW IS LOCATED ONE BLOCK WEST OF JUST OFF THE 90TH SOUTH FREEWAY EXIT ADDRESS: B7&Q SOUTH SANDY PARKWAY (450 WEST) IN SANDY UTAH 6 PHONE: N s l h i SvV if z Y' nd H I nttuial !ls conking! lost less— up to one third the cost ot cooking! with other cneig! si uitu s t Pilot lev igjmtions wt sivc mote ntHticv and energy K V i k ' ot n it miiat n ah nit all natuial u 's ippli lines a id dc ak rs n at st o hi y all t 7 I 11 e t Natural Gas $ ’ SA lu " l tS I S s I I I I I ) |
