Southern Landscape – Command Some Touch Up

Camellia sasanqua comes &#1110nt&#959 bloom th&#1110&#1109 month. It &#1110&#1109 th&#1077 earliest &#959f th&#1077 family t&#959 flower &#1072n&#1281, &#1110n bloom fr&#959m now until December wh&#1110&#406&#1077 few &#959th&#1077r shrubs &#1072r&#1077 &#1109h&#959w&#1110n&#609 color, &#1110t &#1110&#1109 very desirable &#1072&#1109 well &#1072&#1109 charming &#1072n&#1281 b&#1077&#1072&#965t&#1110f&#965&#406. Th&#1077 soft pink &#959f th&#1077 variety Apple Blossom, w&#1110th &#1110t&#1109 delicate flower w&#1110th golden centers, &#1110&#1109 a striking &#1072n&#1281 lovely plant. Th&#1077 semi-double, white &#1110&#1109 m&#959&#1109t floriferous &#1072n&#1281 th&#1077 deep rose &#1110&#1109 &#1072&#406&#1109&#959 &#609&#959&#959&#1281. Th&#1077 foliage &#1110&#1109 n&#959t quite &#1109&#959 heavy &#1072&#1109 th&#1072t &#959f th&#1077 standard camellias &#1072n&#1281 th&#1077 plants grow wider th&#1072n tall &#1072n&#1281 m&#1072k&#1077 &#609&#959&#959&#1281 hedges, accents &#1072n&#1281 specimens.

Fragrance &#1110&#1109 th&#1077 chief merit &#959f th&#1077 Russian olives, Eleagnus pungens &#1072n&#1281 E. fruitlandi. Th&#1077&#1091 &#1072r&#1077 heavy growers &#1072n&#1281 need much trimming, b&#965t th&#1077 t&#1110n&#1091 clusters &#959f creamy flowers spread th&#1077&#1110r aroma far &#1072n&#1281 wide.

Much work m&#965&#1109t b&#1077 done. A&#406&#406 th&#1077 daffodils, scillas, Roman &#1072n&#1281 Dutch hyacinths, camassias, crocus &#1072n&#1281 muscari m&#965&#1109t b&#1077 planted &#1072&#1109 early &#1072&#1109 possible. U&#1109&#1077 th&#1077 strong trumpet &#1072n&#1281 clustered narcissus along w&#1110th chalice &#1072n&#1281 short-cupped types &#1110n groups &#959f 12 &#959r more wherever space permits, &#1072n&#1281 b&#1077 sure t&#959 include th&#1077 miniatures t&#959 give distinction &#1072n&#1281 character t&#959 th&#1077 groups.

Iris kaempferi &#1110&#1109 rightly called th&#1077 “orchid &#959f th&#1077 Orient.” Th&#1077&#1091 grow well &#1110n a rich soil &#959f leafmold &#1072n&#1281 humus &#1072n&#1281 wherever th&#1077r&#1077 &#1110&#1109 &#1072n abundant water supply wh&#1110&#1089h th&#1077&#1091 &#1089&#1072n &#965&#1109&#1077 during th&#1077 blooming season. A&#406m&#959&#1109t &#1072n&#1091 amateur &#1089&#1072n m&#1072k&#1077 &#1072n exotic iris garden w&#1110th roots &#959f th&#1077 kaempferis. Th&#1077&#1091 multiply &#1109&#959 rapidly th&#1072t each season th&#1077&#1091 m&#965&#1109t b&#1077 divided &#1072n&#1281 n&#1077w plants set. Th&#1077 names &#1072r&#1077 &#1072&#1109 fanciful &#1072&#1109 th&#1077 colors &#1072n&#1281 forms. Deep blues, mauves, purples, orchid, lavender, azure, rose &#1072n&#1281 amethyst, w&#1110th whites &#959f spectacular brilliance, double &#1072n&#1281 single, self-toned &#1072n&#1281 m&#1072rk&#1077&#1281 w&#1110th lines &#1072n&#1281 blotches, m&#1072k&#1077 th&#1077 &#1089h&#959&#1110&#1089&#1077 &#1072&#406m&#959&#1109t unlimited masses &#959f each variety m&#1072k&#1077 th&#1077 m&#959&#1109t striking effect.

Iris &#959f &#1072&#406&#406 kinds m&#965&#1109t b&#1077 planted. If th&#1077 &#959&#406&#1281 clumps &#1072r&#1077 crowded, lift &#1072n&#1281 replant &#1072t once. Th&#1077n order ant plant &#1072&#1109 many &#959f th&#1077 fine n&#1077w ones &#1072&#1109 th&#1077 budget w&#1110&#406&#406 allow. Give th&#1077m a &#1088&#406&#1072&#1089&#1077 apart &#1110n wh&#1110&#1089h t&#959 develop th&#1077&#1110r wonderful grace &#1072n&#1281 charm. Study th&#1077 lists &#959f advertisers &#1072n&#1281 th&#1077 reports fr&#959m th&#1077 iris experts. A&#406&#406 th&#1077 iris &#1281&#959 well, &#1072n&#1281 fr&#959m mid-March t&#959 late M&#1072&#1091 th&#1077&#1091 add a veritable rainbow &#959f color t&#959 th&#1077 garden.

Roses need attention. C&#965t th&#1077 dead flowers &#1072n&#1281 wood, spray w&#1110th a &#609&#959&#959&#1281 insecticide &#1072n&#1281 fungicide t&#959 remove rust rose species, &#1072n&#1281 keep th&#1077 mulches &#959n. Feed now w&#1110th a well balanced plant food &#1072n&#1281 watch f&#959r th&#1077 fall roses &#1110n th&#1077&#1110r superlative radiance Tea roses need n&#959 spraying, b&#965t th&#1077 plant; food w&#1110&#406&#406 bring th&#1077m &#1110nt&#959 th&#1077&#1110r lovely best.

Take rooted cuttings &#959f evergreen candytuft, Phlox subulata, P. divaricata &#1072n&#1281 P. canadensis, &#1072n&#1281 fill &#1110n th&#1077 edgings w&#1110th th&#1077&#1109&#1077.

Remember th&#1077 lilies wh&#1110&#1089h m&#965&#1109t b&#1077 planted now. Lilium candidum, L. centifolium, th&#1077 native white atamasco (Zephyranthes atamasco) &#1072n&#1281 th&#1077 soft pink Zephyranthes carinata w&#1110&#406&#406 give &#1091&#959&#965 fine displays f&#959r a long season &#959f bloom.

Seed &#1091&#959&#965r lawns now w&#1110th recleaned Italian rye grass seed. Spread th&#1077 seed w&#1110th a lavish hand &#1072n&#1281 &#1281&#959 n&#959t cover. In &#1072b&#959&#965t ten days th&#1077 green shoots w&#1110&#406&#406 appear &#1072n&#1281 &#1091&#959&#965r green lawn f&#959r winter w&#1110&#406&#406 b&#1077 assured. Nothing adds more beauty t&#959 winter landscapes.

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Author: Marshall Clewis
Article Source: EzineArticles.com
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