THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Sunday, June 30, 1996 TAG: 9606280133
SECTION: HOME PAGE: G1 EDITION: FINAL
COLUMN: REMINDERS
SOURCE: ROBERT STIFFLER
LENGTH: 46 lines
THE NEXT CENTURY will move away from cottage gardens and toward more formally designed gardens, says Pat Welsh, a garden guru who was born in England and lives in Southern California. Welsh calls the look ``twenty-first century formal,'' and describes it as formal design with informality in planting.
Welsh, an award-winning author and television personality and hostess of two how-to-garden videotapes for Better Homes and Gardens, says the new look will use containers of all sorts, paths shaped and straight or curved - not the winding, meandering kind - patios, pergolas, statuary and ornaments, clipped hedges, topiary, ponds and fountains, seats and benches, hanging baskets, sunken gardens, walled gardens, arbors, steps and rockeries.
She says the trend is in part based on a desire for order in a disordered and sometimes dangerous society. A more formal garden design gives us an escape to a beautiful, structured space. ``We want to return to the cradle of gardening styles - the classic, the formal,'' she says. BLOOMING BEST
Camellias and azaleas may need help to develop a good set of flower buds for next year, says Louisiana State University officials. Healthy, vigorous plants will set buds, but weak plants may not. If plants lack vigor, fertilize, provide moisture during stress periods and control pests. FUNGUS ON DOGWOODS
If your dogwood tree has a fungus on its leaves, you can brush or wash it off. Tom Banko, pathologist at the Hampton Roads Research Center, says his has a fungus, as do mine. The fungus, a form of powdery mildew, grows on the surface of the leaves in wet weather. After a few hot, dry days, it disappears. If you want to spray, the recommendation is sulfur or Bayleton. ILLUSTRATION: Color photo
ROBERT STIFFLER
A twist of Lemon
Forsythe Lemon Drop (above) is one of the best daylilies for
reblooming. They're in full bloom now at the Sterretts on the
Eastern Shore (call 804-442-4606), at Viola Ballard's in Chesapeake
(call 487-0176) and in many garden centers. by CNB