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'J " V v ’ f j v" 's- RELAHOre'Mn® J' ' ' ' " ' : Y ' ' 'i '' ' " 'V V--- ' FOR 'A1 NEW MILLENNIUM IMAGINE GRAND NEW AVENUES OF HEAUHY AMHUCAN EU4S gracing the streets of new suburban landscapes Or a flowering cherry tree with almost clear red blossoms These are just a few of the century's brand new plants that will soon be available in local nurseries across the country v The US National Arboretum in Washington has released two new American elms that could help replace the millions of trees Qy 1 lost in the 20th : century to Dutch' kni fcwywmine cicntists h wry diffirok Bratt will be distributing three new red maples & have been Hying for yam to crow die I '' £ v ' Asian and American hemlocks but so far with brilliant fall color and one have had no luck "We’re examining the “Brandywine” is a male selection DNA to determine if we have hybrids ' devoid of pesky seedlings A medium- but most of the time nothing happen" sized flowering cheny venr tolerant of In the meantime the tree program is diseases and insects will also be avail- able Called "Dream Catcher" the tree is having much better hick with red maples Bentz says the arboretum will soon be' highly ornamental with large medium V ' strikin blossoms and distributing ftwo new red maples "Red early spring pink ' fall Rocket" and “New World" that were : v v color x ing orange selected for outstanding fall color and Horticulturist Dix says there’s a lot tall narrow columnar fxms -more in the pipeline "We are on the One of the highlights of the arbore-- MwculrivanL1 kV verge of releasing a lilac resistant to- turn’s well docs plant research program is the long very powdery mildew that also jcalled "New - k and lilacs other Dix two the South" in rigorous plant evaluation program says v Harmony" arid with reddish purple and Accoriing to arboretum scientists com- ‘Valley Forge mercial growers and plant societies often I Wo118 are now under evaluation do scientists are not have the time or money to test Arboretum ctuitinuing :v lh: Network on cheny trees that will withstand plants for years or decades before they - the cold weather erf zones 4 and 5 native arc released into the trade luuLl!' ifTnTi i Horticulturist Dix says shrubs are usu- V redbuds that are disease resistant and on j a to w a long-terwnlwallT ally studied for 3 to 10 years small flow- project develop superior i win trees for 12 lo 15 yran Md late i 5 hemlocks been devasstreet trees could take 20 to 23 years of East coast have alwwidi its" lA'‘ research ' v tated in'rccent years by the wooly adcl-- 4 arboretum decides Once hard for the to reseurchen are and vtnnlt n!i go looking gid j 3iion8 b solutions Horticulturist Bentz says hem- - ahead with a specific plant they distrib-lock research is focusing on Chinese and ute seedlings to commercial growers who nnlviMiiiirM agree to breed stock for the retail nursery specie swhich appear to be Japanese vrtiimhiir Aiy trade However shade trees often take a unaffected by the pest “We’re trying to I hybridize the north American species V' CONTINUED ON 39 V ctau to of taitnui Molly - TM disexNe "If they were infected by Dutch elm disease they should “Pokomoke" ' recover’’ she say s although the trees are "not immune” to the t' t t the elm hark beetle : fungus carried y1’: -myrow Research on the American elm is just one program among many fry is a brand under way at the National Arboretum to breed superior plants for new plant 1 use in the American landscape Since the early 1960s the arbore-- X available turn has introduced mure than two hundred new shrubs trees : i$ from the bulbs grasses and houseplants along with more than 450 specific v National rhododendrons and azaleas Among the brand new plants available this year are two minia-Arboretum ture crape myrtles around 20 inches tall and 30 inches wide k ’’Pokomoke" has flowers while the blooms of ' "Chickasaw” are lavender They can be used as ground covers or grown in containers or possibly used as nerennials north of zone Spring Home & Garden 6 Scientists first began breeding the small crape myrtles in 1986 PfonvoUons! 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