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Halton Hills This Week, Saturday, January 9, 1993 — Page 17 ENTERTAINMENT Garden by Grace C. Lockwood Happy New Year, everyone! This is one of my favorite times of the gardening year. The snow may be flying and the wind howling out- side (or in our case, rain) but I am buried in the seed catalogues, aming of summer flowers. Seed catalogues are the gardener’s equivalent to travel brochures with wonderful pictures and descriptions of the latest in flowers, vegetables and tropical rarities.that you. may want to grow. There-are several advantages to growing plants from seed. First is one of economy. It is much more economical to grow plants from seed than buying transplants, espe- cially if you want a number of the same plants for a mass planting effect. A packet of seed costs a few } dollars while a single plant can cost anywhere from a few dollars to several hundred, depending on the size and rarity. The resulting plants are often healthier and hardier because they have grown up in the same environment that they will reside in and haven’t come into ALADDIN NIGHTLY 720 4 6:8 Pak ‘SATURDAY & LEAP OF FAITH (NIGHTLY 7:00 a MUPPETS CHRISTMAS CAROL sa = FOREVER YOUNG MOHTLY 0:18 Pat Graces species to choose from that you would not find in a garden centre, So if you like something unusual, seeds are often the only way of Procuring rarer species. Third is the Personal satisfaction of caring you for your plantsfrom seed to flower- ing size and the challenge of grow- ing something different or a bit tricky. A possible disadvantage to grow- ing plants from seeds is the space and light needed for a large number of flats or-pots. Anyone can grow a few plants on their window sills but if you are serious about it, you may want to consider investing in a grow light stand, or having some- one handy build one for you. They are available at the larger garden centres. Another disadvantage is that most perennials spend their first year putting down roots and grow- ing leaves. They start to flower the second year and really come into their own the third and fourth years, so the garden may look a bit sparse the first year or two. However, you can fill the gaps with annuals, flowers that grow, bloom and produce seeds in the same year, until the perennials b become established. Perennials are classi- fied as plants that grow and bloom year after year; many mature Plants can be dug up and divided (for another article) to give you several smaller plants to grow. Some like peonies and gas plants can outlive their owners, There are a multitude of seed companies offering everything from the latest hybrids to old fash- ioned varieties to herbs to rare trop- ical plants from places like Africa and Australia. A good reference for catalogues can be found in the January/February issue of the Harrowsmith magazine. Some of my favorites include: “The Fragrant Path”, P.O. Box ~ years. She has both vegetable and 328, Fort Calhoun NE 68023, U.S.A., specializing in old fash- ioned and fragrant annuals and le Perennials; their seeds are very rea- sonable, most are $1.00 U.S. per packet, catalogue $1.00 U.S.; “William Dam Seeds Ltd.”, Box 8400, Dundas ON L9H 6M1, for untreated seeds, many European vegetable seeds, catalogue $2.00 refundable; “Gardens North”, 34 Helena St., Ottawa, ON K1Y 3M8, specializ- ing in hardy perennial seeds, cata- HOLLYWOOD TAVERN “APLACE WHERE FRIENDS MEET" MUDAUD eS AT THE CORNER OF WINSTON CHURCHILL & HIGHWAY 7 877-41 61 THE HOME OF COUNTRY & WESTERN MUSIC coor logue $3.00; x oor “Chiltern Seeds”, Bortree Stile, Ulverston, Cumbria, England LA12 7PB, a wonderfully chatty cata- logue with about anything you would want to grow from around the world, catalogue $3.00. A question that often comes up is that of growing old fashioned vari- eties vs newer hybrid varieties. Hybrids are the cross of two differ- ent parent plants and bred for spe- cific purposes such as vigor, resis- tance to disease, new colors, bigger and better flowers or produce. Often some of the desirable attrib- utes of the parent plants are lost, such as fragrance and flavor, The choice is entirely yours as to what you want most out of your plants, but if you live in an area where a particular disease is preva- lent, for example, tobacco blight or tomato viruses, the disease resistant hybrids would be a better choice. There is a great deal of satisfaction in providing your family with fresh Community CQble 4 Weekly Programme Schedule Jan 11" to 15" Monday Thursday 5:30 TV Storytime 5:30 Religion 6:00 Halton's Health 6:00 Community Calendar 6:30 Spec. 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