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women’s names like Jane, Susan, Betty and Anne (we call them “the girls”) that make ideal lawn trees, big enough to walk under when they grow up. Many of them re-bloom lightly during the summer and fall. The star Magnolia “Royal Star” is also a favorite, with gleaming ivory white waxy petals and a nice compact shape. This variety rarely exceeds ten feet tall and wide, and generally grows like a large shrub rather than a tree form, and is much slowergrowing. Deciduous Magnolias naturally grow multiple trunks and lots of spreading branches, hanging down to the ground like giant shrubs. They also tend to grow long, straight suckers, which can ruin the graceful branch structure and
should be cut off. Magnolia trees are very attractive in a “clump” form with multiple trunks, “limbed up” to show off their attractive silvery bark. Left alone they will droop to the ground and smother your lawn. At our farm we have a magnolia that has been in our gardens almost twenty years. Her name is “Jane” and she’s a real show-stopper when she’s in bloom! If planted carefully and fed a steady diet of “Holly Tone”, magnolias can add several feet of growth in a single season. Mixing Holly Tone in the soil when you plant gets them off to a quick start. We like to use pine bark mulch around Magnolias because they are acid-loving. A bit of pruning can really enhance this tree; simply removing sucker growth gives them a simpler and
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more graceful shape. Pruning off horizontal limbs from the bottom up makes a clump-form tree with room underneath to plant other things. Magnolias bloom very early in the season, so planting one this fall would be good timing. Magnolias form their flower buds in summer and fall for the following year. Your magnolia could be well established by late winter and give you a beautiful show to kick off your spring garden. Steve Boehme is a landscape designer/installer specializing in landscape “makeovers”. “Let’s Grow” is published weekly; column archives are online at www.goodseedfarm.com. For more information call GoodSeed Farm Landscapes at (937) 5877021.
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Public Notice The Area Agency on Aging District 7 announces a change in the Board of Trustees meeting scheduled for Wednesday, April 15th at 12:30 pm. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Board Meeting will not be held in person. As the Board Meeting is open to anyone in the public who is interested, those who would like to participate can do so via GoToMeeting. Please call the Area Agency on Aging District 7 at 1-800-582-7277 and ask to speak with Sherri McCollum to receive further instructions on how to participate. ND 4-16-20 ----------------------------------------
Comments on SR32 construction The Ohio Department of Transportation would like your input on a proposed project involving the intersections of SR 32/BrooksMalott Road and SR 32/Bodman Road. All comments need to be submitted by April 30, 2020. The Department believes that public input is critical
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to our decision-making process. Updated information has been included on ODOT’s website. Search “ODOT Brooks-Malott” Comments can be submitted online directly through the comment link on the project page. If you would prefer to receive a copy of the materi-
als by mail, please call or email Tom Barnitz, Project Manager at 740-774-8877. Please submit written comments to: ODOT District 9, ATTN: Tom Barnitz, Project Manager, 650 Eastern Avenue, Chillicothe, OH 45601