Flower & Garden Magazine articles from June 1985

Flower & Garden Magazine archives from June 1985

...for onions without tears...explore the world of alliums.
June 1, 1985... The recent increased interest in perennials has focused especially on hemerocallis and hostas, but a number of lesser known kinds are attracting attention, too. Among them are the alliums, or ornamental onions as they are somewhat...

You'll have a wonderful thyme.
June 1, 1985... Thymes (pronounced "times") are very nearly perfect useful herbs, prized by cooks, perfumers, and physicians for hundreds of years. They are very nearly perfect landscape plants, too. There are hundreds of varieties, ranging in height from...

Bob Parker's peaceable kingdom.
June 1, 1985... Garden of Eden exist on earth. A neighbor of mine tends one of them. Realization of this grew gradually on my daily walks. It began with awareness of birds fluttering around feeders in his front yard, the regular mowing of the greensward of...

Use all those summer squashes. (includes recipes)
June 1, 1985... What do you do when the promises in the seed catalog come true in your garden and you are adrift in a sea of summer squashes? You have made mounds of zucchini bread and served yellow squash mashed and fried until your family cries for...

How to have lots of azaleas. (George I. Bohn gives advice)
June 1, 1985... Azaleas are shrubs that look best in groups of several. These popular landscape plants, so colorful in spring, are too often found standing alone, as if one has been asked to do the job of many. If buying azalea plants in numbers is...

There's a sedum for every garden.
June 1, 1985... Sedums -- "stonecrops" -- deserve more attention from gardeners. Among them are many that are hardy, interesting and useful for all sorts of garden situations. The lack of current information published about these plants probably accounts...

Trellised cukes yield more. (cucumbers)
June 1, 1985... If you want the most yield from your cucumbers, train them up vertically instead of letting them sprawl on the ground. This advice is based on extensive recent research in Louisiana, which showed that staking or trellising actually doubles...

Plan for late color from perennials.
June 1, 1985... Any seasoned gardener knows that perennials give their greatest performance in spring and early summer. Here in New England it comes in May, June, and early July. It is then that iris, delphiniums, Canterbury bells, Oriental poppies, pinks,...

Furnish your garden; to reap the fullest enjoyment of your garden, give it furnishings to make resting or entertaining there a complete pleasure.
June 1, 1985... The selection available in outdoor furniture has never been greater than it is today. The range of materials and styles offers something for every artistic preference from rustic to classical, to avantgarde. In materials the list ranges from...

A modern perennial from antiquity - hyssop.
June 1, 1985... Hyssop is an ancient herb well suited to today's gardens because it is a multipurpose olant. It easily fills a place in the perennial garden, where its midsummer blooms of white, pink, and especially blue, are always welcome. But if herb...

Sunshine strawberry preserves. (includes recipe)
June 1, 1985... Concentrated sunshine, strawberries and sugar combine to make a batch of delicious sun preserves that in winter's depths waste awfully good. This simple age-old method may also be used for cherries, raspberries, blackberries, and other...

Powdery mildew. (column)
June 1, 1985... A white or light gray flour-like substance is often seen in patches on leaves and buds. Some plants with these spots lose their vigor, wither and die, while others, such as lilac and euonymus, suffer little harm. Susceptible plants include...

Well constructed Roto-Hoe tiller uses belts for delivering power. (evaluation)
June 1, 1985... The rugged simplicity of Roto-Hoe's 990 rear-tine tiller gives you the immediate feeling it is a machine that can do the job. The foremost impression from our experience was the good balance and its effect in making the tiller seem eager to...