112—Uncuttur Fanning, Saturday, July 14,1984 Summertime is flower time and it’s also prime time for annuals. Annual flowers are easy to grow in all areas of Pennsylvania and there are varieties suited to almost every growing condition. The most popular are marigolds, petunias, geraniums, ageratums and zin nias, but there are many others to choose from, depending on your landscape needs, according to C. R. Bryan, Jr. Delaware County cooperative extension service director. If you can get to it right away, there still may be time to start annuals from seed sow them directly into your garden where you want them to bloom. You can also buy started plants from garden centers and greenhouses. Many of these have already begun to bloom so you can select the colors you want. 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Young plants set out too early may be killed by late frost and seed sown into cold soil may rot. • Allow enough space between maturing plants so they can develop to their full potential. Selecting annuals requires a little thought. Before your buy, decide what will do best in a specific landscape area. Too many flowers used at random can destroy your garden theme, while well chosen colors, textures and sizes can complement your permanent shrubs and trees. Used in mass, annuals can brighten the dark foliage of background shrubs and are at tractive as filler between small plants in a planting area. Annuals are also good to overplant in beds of spring bulbs that have flowered and faded. As you make your choices, consider height at maturity so that you place tall annuals behind low bedding varieties. Sow seeds directly if you want to cover large areas with annuals or if you have a tight budget. For best results use fresh seed. 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In the East, Maryland’s 400- year-old Wye Oak on the Eastern Shore of the Chesapeake Bay has never lost its original title as largest white oak. With branches spreading out 158 feet, it is wider than it is tall. Another original, the largest California nutmeg-141 feet tall was chopped down by vandals in CONCRETE WORK, INC. • Akron, PA 17501 • (717) 859-2074 or 733-9196 Tree hunters 1982. There’s no way the National Register can guarantee protection for its champions, says Frances A. Hunt, director of the Forestry Association’s Big Tree Program. But calling attention to their size may help save them. Affinity for Champions One of the champion hunters of champion trees, Richard Salzer, an Annandale, Va. home improvement contractor, has found about a dozen of the current national champions, including the largest fringetree, growing on George Washington’s Mount Vemon estate. “I’m always out in the woods,” Salzer said. “I’m just a tree lover from a way back. 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