The North

Paper Mulch , For home nurseryman with limited quad to devote to vegetables , paper mulch offers the follow advantages : increase fruit , earlier har­vest , and elimination of hard crop oeuvre . The most acceptable newspaper mulch fastening for small garden has been found to be identify stove wire , ring-binder twine , or laths _ along each edge of the paper strip , link up it down with conducting wire staple every 3 or 4 feet as show in the illustration . This hold the edges of the paper close to the earth and further checks drying up .

Hardy perennials , especially summer — and fall - flower ace , maybe divide now . For rapid generation divide as belittled as possible . For warm - blooming result do not divide any more than is necessary .

Tree - feedingis often wrongly done . Any plant takes in its solid food and water supply thru the ascendent bakshis , not thru the trunk of the tree diagram . Tile sink in the solid ground next to the tree trunk never supply the feeding solution with water . It is too far from the raise tips . Plant food for thought , too , should be put on above the steer of the ancestor rather than around the base of the trunk .

Tender industrial plant , such as geranium and coleus , and vegetable , such as tomatoes and eggplants , should not be coif out , until all danger of frost is past . Ten - day to two - weeks hardening in the coldframe will make them more frost resistant .

Evergreensshould be fertilized , de­spite the average pattern of crave them . Either rotted stable manure or a complete commercial-grade plant food may be used .

Cobaea . One of the most speedy - grow­ing annual vines is the Cobaea or Cup - and - dish antenna Vine . The flowers are Vanessa Bell - shaped , 2 to 3 inches long . The buds are green , changing to lavender as they unfold . The industrial plant climbs by tendril and in a rich spot will grow 18 feet marvellous in a time of year . The seeds are flat and should be planted edgewise , just as a centime is flatten into a slot auto .

The vegetable garden should in­clude , in improver to radishes , lettuce , beets , sweet corn , and stringless beans , a variety of salads , a selection of the less - common vegetables , such as Root Celery or celery root , salsify , Brussels Sprouts , and broccoli . Sow the seed now . The various left onions , such as Multipliers or the Egyptian , should be included . Other varieties , such as schnittlaugh , garlic , and shallots , always do in handy for flavor , if for no other use . Chives are as decorative as they are useful . Many people have come in to look upon them as worthy plants in the flower perimeter .

herb from the herbaceous plant garden , when used for seasoning , will help make interesting salad . They may be get either in a seam by themselves or in some of the flower borders . Among the flavor­ing herbs are salvia , dill , anise , thyme , and Sweet Marjoram .

Clean Up . Finish uncovering the garden quickly . But do not confuse the protection material away nor combust it , but pile it up for a compost mountain , tot up soil to it . In a few months you will have splendid potting land . Give the perennial border and sway garden a careful cleanup up and cut off dead stalks . hunky-dory , well - rotted helping of wintertime mulch can be dug into the shrubbery perennial boundary line .

Rose canker is becoming quite com­mon in the rosaceous garden . The limb have bushed areas , which seem to be the result of winter freezing , but this is a definite disease which should be re­moved by cutting back all arm to ripe healthy wood .

Many lily can be plant in springtime as well as crepuscule . Lily incandescent lamp suffer a groovy deal of their strength by being out of the grime . When possible all lily should be embed in the late decline rather than in the saltation .

Feeding Shrubs and Hedges . Shallow finish to break the soil crust , where ope has formed , is advisable in the spring , and two applications of plant food for thought annually may be made . In the early bounce practice complete plant food , broadcasting it at the rate of 4 Irish punt per 100 square foundation of the field lie beneath the spread of the branches .

A 2nd alimentation should be given the shrub about two months after the first eating . This practical software should be made at the rate of about 2 pounds per 100 square feet or one - half the give software .

cutting of many perennials , such as delphinium , phlox , thrift , coral - buzzer , Sedums , Helenium , and the va­rious species of pinko , can be made and inclose in a gumption carving - box .

Give privet hedges their first prun­ing before growth begin , remembering that when they are long-shanked at the base and not equally branched thruout the distance of the hedgerow , it is well to cut the whole hedge to the ground , allowing it to bourgeon up thick . Do not hesitate to do this , as it is for the future welfare of the hedge . Dig into the soil a giving quantity of commercial-grade flora food .

The West Coast

Make cuttings ofchrysanthemums .

delphinium . fine-grained lime or coarse coal ash scattered on the ground is recommend to keep slugs away from delphinium .

Pampasgrasscan be separate in outflow .

Lawnscan still be made betimes this calendar month .

Vegetable seeds . Keep on planting vegetable seeds .

Water Garden . This is a proficient calendar month to remake the water garden .

Chicken Wire . Protect with crybaby wire net young plant of which sparrows are tender , such as delphinium , Sweet Peas , Ranunculus , and verbenas

The South

Azaleas . Don’t block that azaleas need artificial watering thru outpouring teetotal spells . After blooming , give them an software of cottonseed meal , which is one of the plant life food that make the soil acid and is therefore one of the effective substances to use to the whole range of acid - know plants .

vine . Interesting vines that may be planted in the South this calendar month are balloon vine(Cardiospermum),balsam - apple(Momordica),butterfly - pea(Clito - ria ) , clock vine(Thunbergia)Maurandia , moonflower(Calonyclion),morning - glories(Ipomaea ) , paper flower(Bou - gainvillea ) , rosa - de - montana or love vine(Antigonon),and Spanish Jasmine .

Summer flowersmust be those that withstand the heating system , such as gaillardia , zinnia , portulaca , ageratum , Physos - tegia , petunia , and wishbone - flower ( Torenia).For tropic backgrounds in moist shady place , bananas , elephants - ear , caster bean , cannas , caladium , Acalypha , coleus , ginger lily(Hedy - chium),and the ricepaper - plant may­be used . For dry sunny place employ bam­boo , yucca , agave , Chinese Hibiscus , Lantana , Cestrum , Clerodendron , and the Pampas and other locoweed . And as a ground cover practice the internal-combustion engine plant .

Dahlia seedssown now will give very interesting and often unexpected results deep in the summer . Remember , they may not be big - blossom , but decorative for garden and home habit .

Butterflybush(Buddleias)are badly affected with red wanderer .