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C2 Q> V THE OAKVILLE BEAVER Advertorial Wednesday, May 17, 2000 OAKVILLE TRANSIT life is a bed Victoria Day Holiday Service Notice M ONDAY, MAY 22, 2000 N O SERVICE Bus Information 815-2020 w w w . o a k v ille t r a n s it . c o m Children's Summer Programs, · Golf · Soccer · Mini Putt · Baseball · Beach Volleyball · FUN! For more information call Air Athletics and ask to speak with Jenny Barkhouse. Join the FUN! With Air Athletics W e offer summer programs for children from 8 - 1 4 years old. Day Sports Camps - $180/W eek Weekly from July 3 through September 1, 2000. Camp hours 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Additional care provided for one hour before and after normal camp hours at a rate of $35/week. Spring Golf Camps - $60/Four Weeks Saturday mornings from 9:00 am. -11:30 a.m. Next session begins June 10, 2000. Includes clinic with a Club Link instructor. lunior Golf League - $125/Ten Weeks Sundays at 9:00 a.m. beginning on July 2, 2000. Located at 1333 North Service Road West (at the Sports f H i|^ Domes), Oakville Q _ 7 tt' 1 r y ith le tic s x Tel: (905) 847-3663 Fax: (905) 465-1143 hat smell is sweeter than a rose? W hile the rose is a classic for gar deners the world over, it can be one o f the most difficult plants in the garden to care for. Beautiful blooms depend on the perfect blend o f watering, feeding, soil and care. Successful gar deners prize their perfect blooms, while others toil w ith less than spectacular results. Leslie Goettsch, manager o f Agram G arden Centre in Oakville has been selecting perfect blooms for years working as a wholesaler to florists, garden centres and large stores. H er expe rience includes choosing and im porting plants for Canada Blooms and the recent floral extravaganza at H olt Renfrew. "M ost people just w ant a rose that has good color, and will bloom all summer," she says. To aid in that quest, Agram has several new vari eties this season that have been developed to be hardier and bloom longer. Agram's Master Gardener Sharon Paradis says in addition to the traditional Florabunda, Hybrid Tea, Grandiflora, Climbers and Shrub Roses, Agram has Leslie Goettsch (left) and Sharon Paradis with the Explorer Series o f Shrub Roses, the Dream some of the unique patio 'trees' available at Collection and a selection o f Carpet Roses. A gram this year. "T he Explorer Series o f roses are very hardy and disease resistant --one o f the biggest problems with roses - and they produce flowers all season long." Carefo r perfect buds: The Carpet Roses are hardy and versatile mak Soil - T he rose bed or planting hole should be welling them perfect as ground cover or for planters, she prepared. Dig deep, at least 45 cm. T he soil should adds. be two parts sandy clay loam, one part well-comT he Dream Rose has been bred for todays po:isted m anure and one part peat moss, plus 4kg o f lifestyles, with the average homeowner in mind. boi onemeal for every 10 square metres o f a cupful for Bold and colorful with repeat-blooming flowers each plant. that span an entire growing season, these superstar D epth o f Planting - T he bud union which may performers are easy to care for, flourish and thrive look like a swollen portion at the bottom o f the under real garden conditions and require minimal canes should, in our climate, be planted one or two time and attention. These all-around garden roses inches below the soil. make it easy even for the most inexperienced gar Fertilizer - Newly planted, potted rosed should be dener to achieve impressive results. fertilized with diluted transplanter according to Goettsch and Paradis offer thefollowing tips to help label instructions. Established roses should be fertil carefor your roses: ized with a name brand `Rose Food'. Apply earlyMay, mid-June and again mid-July. Spring and Summer Spraying - For disease and insect-free roses, a com · Plant the bud union 5 cm below the soil. bination fungicide/insecticide spray should be · Fertilize with transplanter 5 -1 5 -5 . After three or applied every week., com mencing in spring as soon four weeks, change to a brand name rose food. as growth begins. Established roses should be fed every week from W atering - roses should be watered deeply and well early spring to late August. once a week. T he best method in beds is to use a · Spray once a week with insecticide/fungicide. trickle hose that can be left running slowly on the Prevention is better than a cure. ground, avoiding wetting the foliage and splattering soil. Fall and Early Winter · Change from rose food to 0-0-20 straight potassi M ulching - Cocoa Bean shells make an excellent m ulch for roses. They dress the bed, conserve mois um for overwintering vigor. ture and keep down the weeds. O ther mulches are · Let last flowers go to seed - do not prune. · W hen the soil is frozen, tie up the rose canes, bark chunks or shredded bark. In addition to a full selection o f annuals, peren install a rose collar and fill it with soil. nials, shrubs, trees and gardening supplies, you'l Spring find a wide variety o f soil, screenings, stone anc · Remove collar and then soil as it thaws. gravel at Agram. · C ut back strongest canes to 10 or 15 cm, cutting Agram G arden C entre is located at 2018 to an outward facing bud. Dundas Street at N inth Line and is open seven days · Start to fertilize when growth begins, everbloom- a week to serve you. For more information, please ing roses need to be well-nourishe call 257-3577. of roses W ^YES WE RE OPEN^ HOLIDAY MONDAY ^ 9 A M - S P M _ ^ Jr., , i ' , H aiigjnf Basket A s s o r t e d it f a r ie t ie ls ' . i M f :` *aQ m dA * ' Mmiacs Assorted colours. 80cm, 3 gallon pot reg 24.99 All grass fertilizers Secateurs Reg 95 Fertilizers 50cm , 3 gall on p ot^ reg. 29 Garden Centre -- 3 gallon pot reg.27" Pyramidal 1 Hwy #5 E n tra n c e 1(5 C edars 25% OFF! L W tic . C h o o se from 125cm, 150cm, 200cm Sale Ends Tuesday May 23, 2000. Conveniently located off 9th Line! Upper Middle \ . / (905) 257-3577 ONE-STOP GARDENING! OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK! Monday-Friday 8-8, Sat. & Sun. 8-8, M on. 9-5 All specials are while quantities last, unless otherwise stated. AGRAM reserves the right to limit quantities.