A2 PENINSULA NEWS REVIEW _

t.Patrick’s day, and a
S cheery good mornin’

‘to y'all! Lots to talk
about this week. For one
_ thing it’s getting around to
‘time. to prune the roses ...
one’ ‘of the most: nerve-
wracking jobs in the gar-
den! You know you're going
to get stabbed, but you don’ t
know just when!

Let’s begin with Hybrid
tea roses. Before you start
do sharpen your secateurs,
and if your bushes are old
with great thick stalks, the
loppers as well. Don a thick
jacket and the heaviest
gloves you can find. A scarf
tying. back your hair. is
strongly recommienece for
women!

Your aim is to remove
dead or. damaged wood,

take out the weaker. of -

crossed branches, and. to:
- shorten remaining canes to.
open up the centre of your
bushes to sunshine. and
good air Circulation: Take.

out.weak canes sight back’:

-. to their origin.

You should end. up. with ke
about five. healthy canes, -
anywhere. from two to three: i

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feet in height, always mak-
ing your pruning cuts just
above an outward facing leaf
bud.

Floribundas and rugosa
roses may be left with many
more branches, simply
shortening them somewhat,
and removing dead wood,
and weak stalks. Climbing
roses are pruned immedi-:
ately after flowering ceases,
thinning out weak
branches, shortening stalks
that are. getting too long
and removing dead or dam-
aged twigs.

I hope this awesome task
leaves you relatively un-
harmed, :with just the odd

“Band-Aid” to. remind peo-

ple you've. been through
“the war of the roses.’
There have been a lot of

calls this week, a sure sign: .

that spring’is almost here.

Kay M. has an arbutus ’

unedo that is getting large,

and she wants to prune it... .
‘There doesn’t seem to be —

much information in’ my

books, so the suggestion: is”
that she should never re-"
move more than one third: :
ofa active ve growth j in any, one

year.
Philida 3B. loves lilies,

_and is going to plant a lot of

them. in one corner of her

garden. She so inspired me °

that I bought five Stargazers _

put them all in one large

pot. Lilies need perfect

drainage, which is why ours
- are all in. pots.

too late to dormant spray
her fruit trees and her roses
-which are leafing out. I'd

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(which are perfumed), and

Cher wondered if it was

: spray them. anyway, Cher. -_
The: roses will make new ~
oe leaves, and” since the fruit —

GARDENING

trees aren’t actually flower-
ing,
spray them as well.

it should be safe to

Eric E. has.a summer

blooming jasmine whose
branch tips are ~ dying.
These beautifully scented
vines aren't reliably winter-
hardy here, but we haven't

had a lot of frost this winter.
Browning tips.are also a
sign of lack of water, but
this year? | don’t think so!

I'd just remove the
brown tips of vines down
to green. wood, and see
what happens, Eric.

He also has a lot of daf

. fodils which have put up
“greenery, but no flower

buds. This is possibly the
result of eggs laid by the

“narcissus fly. These flies lay

eggs. onthe soil surface

next to daffodil bulbs.’ The —
into. grubs

eggs. hatch =
which migrate to the bulb
centre and destroy the em-
bryo flower.

I have the same croblen:
so will dig up a bloom-less .
bulb and cut it open to see

what’s going on:.
Ann R. wonders if she
dare ‘transplant: a heather

Wednesday, March 17, 1999

that’s in bloom. If she will
dig up the plant with
enough earth around it that
roots aren’t damaged, it
should be safe.

Rob S. wondered if it is
too soon to plant grass. It
probably would be okay, but
I'd be inclined to wait until
the end of the month when,
hopefully, these heavy rains
will) cease. Grass seed
would be washed into-pools
right now. April rains are
usually gentler, and. the

_ ground a little warmer.

Sonia T. wondered when

she should divide her beau-.

tiful Hostas ... spring or fall?
According to my_ books,
spring.is the time..

Chris called to report
seeing a bumblebee in his

garden and a honey bee

around his camellias. He
was relieved to see any bees
at all after hearing the hor-

ror. stories about the virus
- that’s killing doméstic bees.

- Along the same: lines
Dick E. wants information
about those wonderful polli-

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Scatter a handful of lime un-
der the clematis, the lilacs
and -over the delphinium
bed while you are outside.
Your reward will come later!

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the biggest sales of the year

. at the Horticultural Centre

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am. until 2.p.m: They have
a marvelous selection of just
about everything a= gar-
dener could desire, so do go
and treat yourself to some-

thing special!

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cherry. start to. blossom.—
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