56 - Friday, January 15, 1999 - North Shore News

Photo Crristopher Stanford

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INVEST your time now in planning your garden and preparing your lawn and
plants and you'll have a colourful display that will be the envy of your neighbours

next spring.

F Blak I~ aA.

$359,90

FALL is the time to
plan for bright spring
flowers, and prepare
plants so they can shoor
up to meet the first rays
of spring.

IOs hard ro chink of ans
thems more cheery than the
first snowdrops acd croceses
thar seem te grow siibh gach
day

The rage in batbs this vear
are irsgrant allan aed cid
Jara. Alias. warh a varteny tor
Almost every fetter in the alpha
ber range trom che purple and
green drooping bell tlawers of
the 12 inch bulyaricum, te the
dense purple heads of the 46
inch gigantcum.

Topped wath a pineapple
crown of deaves, the Tutea
Maxima sariety of titliana has
a danging chisier of eight or
more bright vetlow towers

Ranging in price trom 39
cents to STO each. these var
etles area fain way to add ew
Shapes and: colours to spring
beds.

Raw vour bulbs early tor
best selecnen. but war unl
the ground has fad a chance te
cool custndly  Getaber cr
November) berore phanunyg
Jom't worry about planting
too late, says garden) centre
owner Greg Porter, “Ifyou can
work the ground, vou cai still
plant bulbs.”

Plant bulbs ino sunny. sites
with good drainage, adding a
handtul of bonemeai te each
square yard of soil, Bulbs can
de felt ia the ground, bat every
four or tive years should be dug
up and replanted to separate
and space new bulbs that have
grown, To improve longe

985 CLEMENTS AVE., N.V.

4 bedrooms, 3 full baths, 66' x 12:0" fot.

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everioned: tee Maths
Porter

“Fall feeding
for lawns is
ihe most
important and
often overlooked
feeding.”

Ip autumn, a back heavy
high percentage potash; fernl
iver shoukd be used as potash is
“kev fo meving carboltdrutes
through othe reaot system,
building discase resistance and
SUPV I Winter stress.”

Ferblizer vorisbts of arious
termulas of nitrogen, phos
phorus and potash i regular
and ting -release formu te o¢
toed mv ditferent: geowraphical
areas and for ditferent: purpas-
es.

“There ix no one fertilizer
that fits all Lawns.” says Porrer.
“We strongly recommend soil

ing as it takes the guess-
work out and results are seen
mach more quickly.”

For cxample, in coastal
areas, lime should be appiied to
the lawn about a week before
fertilizing to balance the PH
ievel and get maximum effect

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san otten be accessed through
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trent agmeultural ibs and can
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doilars

Re caunous, warns Porter,
thar the store of Jab iy testing
tor PH, mtrogen, phospherus
and potash. or you will only
know part of the: prescription
and vour lawns recovery time
will be much longer.

Don't forget to sprinkle a
handtul of lawn fertilizer at the
base of bushes and: shrubs, it
will umprove disease resistance
and winter hardening. ft areas
with heavy snows, shrubs,
bushes and voung trees will
benent by being supported or
wrapped, .

Another way to create a
lusher garden is to. divide
perennials, Often perennials
ade off a fide in che centre,
making if easier to split. Larger
clumes will thrive: sphtung
these plants too small wilt
result cn stragyly plants thar
need 2 couple of years to once
again become robust, Ain
large, well-established perenni-
al can be divided successfully if
done in time for each piece to
develop a healthy roor system
before winter.

s you spend crisp, sunny

in the garden, don’t for-
get to jump into the pile of
leaves raked up — even if vou
need to invite some children to
play so vou don't feel silly,

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4

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1200 sq. ft., 3 bedrooms, 65 x 405 lot.
Perfect for first time buyers.

3284 TENNYSON CRES.,
NORTH VANCOUVER

$423,000

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- Spacious kitenen with eating area & oak cabinets
— 2 car garage & child sate backyard

— Lot is 70 x 132, cul-de-sac

-- 1 bedroom accommodation in basement

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~ ES 7 nD
CENTRAL LONSDALE
- 3 bedroom, 3 baths = Ovar 1600 sq.ft.
— Bright end unit with lots of storage
— Sunny tencad patio with privacy
- Two car secured parking — Pet OK

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