As I mentioned before, our new crop of blueberries are now available including the late bearing Elliot, the early bearing Earliblue and the half-high varieties that grow low and compact.
Some scientists have coined the phrase brainberries when referring to blueberries as experiments using mice show that the brain’s cognitive abilities are enhanced with the gradual aging of the mind slowing down.
Its still not too late to spread Merit on your lawn to control Japanese beetle grubs but time is running out as the product will not be effective if put down too late (after Aug 15th).
The botanical garden, Wolf Creek Gardens, is shaping up with the construction of boulder walls to contain a hillside planting of dwarf conifers. Many of the boulders weight two to two and a half tons each!
A large island of topsoil with Sweet Peet was formed last fall for a perennial planting and will include coneflowers, Shasta daisies, German Iris, grasses, Happy Returns daylilies and Geranium Rozanne planted in masses in order to project a bold statement. This planting is just west of the shady Rhododendron-Azalea planting to which we added a few more varieties this summer.
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We’re just finishing up on cuttings of different shrubs and will be waiting for them to finish rooting in about 4-8 weeks depending on the type. Some plants will over- winter fine without any heat but others such as Azaleas, Rhododendron and blueberries will require a minimum heat (above 40 degrees) in the greenhouse where they will grow roots all winter and then will explode into growth beginning in February.
Well, so long for now, I’ve go to get planting.
Tom
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