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Show Learn to Design With Plants Annuals Add Touch of Color to Landscape .1 j ; : ; ? Utahs varied climate provides home gardeners the opportunity to enjoy spring and summer color in the garden. A garden can be much more than a mere collection of flowering specimens. A garden can grow into a breathtaking example of mans ability to improve upon nature. Every gardener becomes a designer of sorts as soon as plant material is placed and combined for colorful displays in the landscape. Garden beds are exciting because they can be changed in de- -. sign, texture, form and color. Color has the largest influence in the garden with design and form running a close second. Without some kind of color plan the garden may appear uninteresting, gaudy or too bland, losing the effect the gardener tried to capture. Designing with color is especially exciting and the finished work is a living art. Too many colors may distract from the overall design. Likewise, the wrong colors together make two extremes in contrasts; or the use of one color becomes, monotonous in the landscape. Build the color of the garden display around one or more ex- citing features. These features may include the exterior of the house, apartment, or mobile home, colors of walls or furnishings that may overlook a garden, or colors of fences, patio floors, views of streams, lakes, woods, or rock areas. Another item would be to set off existing or--, namental trees or shrubs in the them off encourages new heads spot of color in the landscape. Annuals may be purchased in to fprrit,: more blossoms and a seed packs, but home gardeners fuller color display. After growth occurs, annuals usually purchase starts or plants to put in the garden. This saves do best if the soil surface dries time and is more convenient. out slightly between waterings. Annuals are available in cell 'This stimulates the roots to packs, pony packs or flats. Cell spread out and grow deeply. Wapacks contain six individual' ter until the soil is thoroughly ,;t. 7? .'77. moistened for several inches be-- : plants. low the surface. The pony pack may be8 purchased with 12 individual plants If water is applied by overarid the flats usually range from head sprinkling, care should be ' V taken not to allow breakage of 52 to 90 single plants. ,, the foliage. The use of a fine Cultivate the flower bed by ' a with spader spray mist will help. Try and turning the soil,; This allows for good deration. : avoid moistening plants during Then, after two or three days, midday or near sunset. Excessive moisture during the roto-ti- ll the bed at which time fertilizer or mulch may be added; evenings may cause fungus disease in plants. Hot midday sun and incorporated into the soil. can blister wet foliage. Repeat Some gardeners raise the flower beds to provide for a more watering when the first inch of showy display. The third step is soil is dry. Color has a high priority in to level with a rake and plant Annuals in the Salt Lake, area the garden. The second largest and some higher elevations, are. generally planted after the last frost in late May. In Utahs Dixie,. planting two to three weeks earlier is desirable. 7 Nursery plants should be selected on the basis of dark leaves ; : ; : and sturdy, side-branchi- plants. Tall spindly plants may lack vigor, bushiness, and leave the garden with a somewhat vacant look. For fast, vigorous, healthy plants, be sure roots are moist when they are set out in the ground. Transplanting is crucial because the plants and roots must adjust to a new environment composed of soil, temperature, sun and water. Remember, i,t ; landscape. a while for the plants to takes in of annuals Developments recent years have been rather adjust, take hold and begin strains have be- growing after transplanting. numerous-dwar- f come more true, flower colors Transplant in early morning or 7 deepened and hues brightened,' evening when temperatures are 7 . and the flower form has even cooler. ' Make sure to water in some plants afspecies. changed ter planting to reduce wilting. ; Vigor, size, doubling of flowers, ruffling, and disease resist-enc- e Too severe wilting could cause have added big changes in the loss of the plant. Keep the the plant world which have soil moist for about one week affound their way to home gar- ter, initial planting or until the root system establishes and top dens. Annuals are plants, which growth is observed. Cultivate; the soil between grow from seeds, attain maturi- to break the surface crust and plants produce seeds, ty, flower, at weekly intervals until plants 7 then die, all in one season. There are a few hardy annuals fill in or cover the ground. This , that may carry over from year to helps week problems and allows year but, usually, it is very un- - the roots to spread in the soil. Apply fertilizer approximately likely. weeks after planting and versa-two f. is no more There ; plant , tile than annuals. Annuals adapt again at four week intervals. One well for use as borders, fillers or note of interest, remember to background plantings to add a pick off dead blossoms. Picking . ; : i , 5 " ; - - concern is the correct combinations of annual flowers that create the right effect. For example, to give the garden a feeling of movement, plant low growing plants in front of taller ones. Another suggestion, combining spreading plants with more upright types adds to the style and flow of soft lines and movement. Following are suggestions for annual flower combinations that may enhance any Utah garden. These combinations may be used for containers usually placed as accents around gardens. Rose colored cosmos used in the background, edged with pink and white petunias. Dwarf yellow marigolds as a border for magenta globe ama- ranth. A bed of white petunias with islands of pink or purple petu nias throughout the display. Purple sweet alyssurri edging around a wide band of dwarf yellow marigolds, the center to be filled with white petunias or peter pan zinnias. Booklets Can Help Gardener 4 FARMINGTON The fol-;, lowing gardening publications-from the USU Da- - ,,77 are available Celosia plumosa, in a round Extension office, vis bed, surrounded by orange or EastCounty State Street, Farmington, yellow marigolds outlined with Utah 84025. Some are free,;-- ; blue ageratum. while others require a small cost. 7 This list of ideas is limited FRUIT: PNW 62, Grafting: ;7 and there are many more ideas. Fruit Trees, $1; PNW 156, Prun-- ! 7 By experimenting and visiting and Pear Trees, 50; 7; ing Apple local nurseries, Utah gardeners-ma- y PNW 637, Trellising and ; . cents; select color combinations 75 cents; HF-from a variety of annual flowers. Training Grapes, Home the GF, Fertilizing A color wheel is ideal to use Home HF Orchard GF, chard; will in selecting colors which Pest Control; HF GF, Coryneum ; the home, fences, complement HF GF, Peach Tree Bor-or other existing surroundings. A Blight; HF GF, Gooseberries 7 er Control; color wheel shows the relation77 and Currants; ships between colors. SOILS, FERTILIZER, IRRI-tThe primary colors are red, GATION: HF GF, Solarization yellow and blue. Other colors are of Soil; HF GF, Controlling Iron created by mixing the primary HF GF, Soil Tests; Chlorosis; colors. HF GF,' Fertilizing the Vegetable Garden; HF GF, Making .; Using Compost; HF GF, nure; HF MC, Water Saving Irri- - 717 r" gation Techniques, 30 cents. 7; 50p -- 7 Or:;: 7 7 I J: '. and; Ma-;7- VEGETABLES: PA, Identify- -: - ing Diseases of Vegetables, 7; $4.50; NRAE7, Home Storage of ; Fruits and Vegetables, $2; "; PNW170, Propagating Plants from seed, 75 cents; OR FS220, Collecting and Storing Garden Seed, 10 cents; HF GF, Green-- ; 7; house Vegetable Production; HF GF, Raised Bed Gardening; HF GF, Close Row Planting Guide ;7 for Vegetables; HF GF, Sug- - 7; gested Vegetable Varieties; USU 7; UPDC10, Powdery Mildew of 7 USU UPDC16, mato Mildew Control. FRUITS: HF GF, Planting Raspberries; HF GF, Raspber-;7- ; ries; HF GF, Grapes; HF GF, Application to Harvest Periods. 77 INSECTS AND RODENTS: ,777 USDA F2193, Grasshopper Con-tro- t; HF GF, Cooley Spruce Gall Aphid; HF GF, Protecting Insect -- ;7 Pollinators; HF GF, Application 1;7 to Harvest Periods; HF GF,77 Common Garden Pesticides; USU MIN, Some Insect and Mite Problems of Woody Plants;"' USU EL46R, Skunk Control; USU EL202, Mouse Control; . USU EL203, Gopher Control; ; EPA Pesticide Safety. LAWNS: NCR 26, Lawn Weeds and Their Control. 50 cents; HF CF, Lawn Billbugs; HF CF, Sod Webworms; HF CF, Helminthosporium Melting Out; HF GF, Lawn Care; USU UPDC17, Turf Diseases. ; ; 7 . 7 . 7 . To-7;- 7 7 7 '2 , 7 . v |