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Week of Monday June 15
Location: Clinton Park, 12th Avenue at West 52ndWhat flowers are those? Tradescantia was one of the first native New York perennial flowers imported into Europe in the colonial period. It's named after John Tradescant, noted 17th Century plant hunter. The native species, also called spiderwort, has been hybridized into sturdy, clumping plants with larger flowers. This example is most likely Tradescantia 'Zwanenburg Blue' - a good selection for semi shade, average water and average soil. Bloom time: Late May-July.
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This week: if roses are past peak June bloom, cut off the faded flowers down to the stem point that holds a five-leaf stem (where new growth will begin). Water the rosebushes deeply, and apply a half-strength fertilizer. As an added boost, water in a tablespoon of Epsom salts into the root area. Mangnesium is one of the minerals that promotes rich color and sturdy buds.
Coming EventsJune 19th - Seneca Village Juneteenth Tour. Central Park - FREE1:00PM - Meet at the Park entrance at West 81st Street and Central Park West for a free, 90-minute historical walking tour of park locations that once were part of 19th Century Seneca Village, what had been a large community of free African Americans landowners prior to the Civil War. Churches, schools, a cemetery and of course homes once stood where playgrounds and a pine glade exist today.
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Mia Amato
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Book author, journalist and lifetime gardener.