Bl6—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 12,1984
Variety spices flower plantings
Good gardeners know that
variety adds spice to the garden.
Just as plants of all the same
height tend to be boring, the same
color, used in very large masses,
can be cloying.
Instead, these thoughtful gar
deners survey the planting area
they have and plan for some artful
surprises. They’ll go to great
lengths to create a landscape
even in a small space creating
unified garden effects with rocks,
berms and other topographical
features which provide variation in
planting possibilities.
Buy you don’t have to go to such
lengths to add this drama and
surprise to your summer gar
den. You can do it more simply
through an artful choice of sum
mer flowering plants... and some
imaginative staging.
First of all, use shapes to work
for you. Vertical such as the
spires of ‘Blue Springs’
delphinium, ‘Rocket’ snapdragons,
or Salvia farinacea ‘Victoria’.
Mounding such as ‘Super Elfin’
impatiens, ‘Bonanza’ marigolds,
or ‘Prelude’ begonias. Trailing or
draping such as ‘Magic Carpet’
vincas or ‘Showtime’ verbenas.
Edging such as alyssum or
‘Jewel Mix’ portulaca.
Use other tricks to vary the
landscape, with no basic
modifications. Plant hanging
baskets and suspend them from
porch overhangs or posts. Even
put hanging baskets on post tops.
Do plant with varieties
exuberantly effective in baskets
and containers Cascade’
petunias, ivy geraniums, lobelia,
Showstopper' impatiens.
Scatter containers through the
outdoor living areas on decks,
by front doors, on porches, or
balconies any place where color
would add zest to the summer.
Plant these containers for variety,
too: Plants which go up, combined
with those which spread out and
those that trail. Portulaca
‘Wildfire’ is a good example of
vigorous trailer with floods of
flowers.
In beds, plant taller varieties to
the rear, medium-sized ones in the
center and the compact varieties
and edging plants in front. Use
pockets of color, never less than
three plants of a variety to provide
enough mass for good effect. Do
vary the texture of flowers and
leavers for visual stimulation.
You’ve a full catalogue of choices:
The bellshaped blossoms of
‘Summer Madness’ petunias, the
fluffy mass of ‘lnca Yellow’
marigold, the rose-like blossoms of
‘Rosette’ impatiens, the hot spikes
of ‘Red Hot sally’ or ‘Carabiniere’
salvia.
Add some plants for foliage color
and texture alone; heart-shaped
many-colored ‘Wizard’ coleus or
the fancifully cut leaves of ‘Saber’
coleus. Dusty Miller with silvery
leaves. The round leaves of
Creeping Charlie (Glecoma
hederacea) or the smoky gray
feathery foilage of Lotus Vine
(Lotus bertholetii), both to trail
down from container plantings.
You can weave a tapestry ot
color by combining flowers of the
same tonal range; Pink, rose, red,
scarlet, crimson. Yellow, gold,
orange, red. Blue from the
paleness of ‘Sky Magic’ petunia
through increasingly saturated
blues to the deepest tones of ‘Royal
Cascade’ petunia.
White flowers will liven the
landscape as dusk draws in,
retaining their effect long after
other flowers have faded into the
darkness. Use white liberally near
outdoor living areas used
frequently in the evening.
This year, add surprises to your
garden: The variety that spices up
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LEBANON Eight Lebanon
County 4-H members have been
named Keystone winners in 13
areas of the National 4-H Awards
Program.
“We are proud of our 4-H’ers and
the super records that these
awards signify,” says Linda
Siegel, 4-H agent.
Keystone winners are the semi
fmalists in the selection of state 4-
H winners in each of 40 categories.
The state winner in each category
will receive an expense-paid trip to
National 4-H Congress in Chicago.
Keystone winners will be in-
NEWARK, Del. - Lynne D.
Joshi has joined the staff of the
University •of Delaware
Cooperative Extension Service as
an assistant 4-H youth agent for
New Castle County, according to
Dr. Sam Gwinn, director. A native
of Mobile, Ala., she previously
worked as a 4-H agent in Louisiana
and Illinois.
Joshi received a bachelor’s
degree in home economics and art
from Auburn University, and a
master’s degree in home
economics and extension
education from Louisiana State
University.
Three years ago Joshi moved to
New Castle County with her
husband and daughter, Kamini,
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terviewed at Penn State on May 8.
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and maturity as well as quality and
depth of 4-H involvement.
Lebanon County’s winners were
Deb Bolles, outstanding 4-H’er;
Troy Funk, health and
photography; Ann Grumbine, food
preservation and gardening;
Regina Roof, poultry; Sylvia
Royer, entomology; Damian
Shiner, outstanding 4-H’er, public
speaking and home environment;
Larissa Smith, forestry; and
Natalie Wagner, home
management and foods and
nutrition.
New Castle County
4-H agent
names new
who recently celebrated her eighth
birthday and will soon be joining a
4-Hclub.
Joshi is already preparing for
several upcoming 4-H programs,
including a county fashion revue,
at which 4-H members will model
clothing they’ve made, and a
weekend camping experience at
Bethany Beach for younger
members. _
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