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THURSDAY. APRIL 8. 2021 PICKENS COUNTY PROGRESS PAGE 5A
Farmers Market opens for season April 10
Pickens County Master Gardeners
Hometown - Home Grown Plant Sale May 8, 7:30-Noon
E-mail: ugel227@uga.edu or pickensmg@tds.net Phone: 706-253-8840
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DR. TRUDY SIMMONS
Herbaceous Perennials:
Amaryllis, hardy (Hippeastrum x johnsonii)
Autumn joy sedum (Sedum spectabile)
Beebalm, bergamot (Monarda didyma)
Beeblossom (Gaura)
Blackberry lily (Belamcanda chinensis/ Iris domestica)
Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia fulgida)
Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta)
Blue-eyed grass (Sisyrinchium augustifolium)
Bronze fennel (Foeniculum vulgare)
Canna Lily (Canna)
Cardinal flower (Lobelia cardinalis)
Carpet bugle (Ajuga)
Chrysanthemum (C. morifolium)
Chrysanthemum (C. x rubellum Clara Curtis)
Columbine (C. indeterminant)
Coral vine (Antigonon leptopus)
Coreopsis, native (Coreopsis major)
Crocosmia (formally Montbretia)
Cup plant (Silphium perfoliatum)
Cushion spurge (Euphorbia)
Dame’s Rocket (Hesperis matronalis)
Daylily (Hemerocallis)
Dianthus (Dianthus)
Dutch iris (Iris Xiphium hybrids, Iris hollandica)
False indigo (Baptisia australis)
Four o'clock (Mirabilis jalapa)
Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea)
Georgia aster (Symphyotrichum)
Green and gold or goldenstar (Chrysogonum virginianum)
Iceplant (Delosperma cooperi)
Lenten Rose (Helleborus orientalis)
Marguerite daisy (Argyranthemum frutescens)
Meadow phlox or hairy phlox (Phlox amoena)
Meadow sage (Salvia pratensis)
Mexican petunia (Ruellia brittoniana)
Milkweed, butterfly weed (Asclepia tuberosa)
Perennial sunflower (Helianthus augustifolius)
Purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea)
Pink muhly grass (Muhlenbergia capillaris)
Rose campion (Silene coronaria or Lychnis coronaria)
Solomons seal, variegated (Polygonatum falcatum ‘Variegatum’)
Spiderwort (Tradescantia virginiana)
Spotted bellflower (Campanula punctate nana)
Stonecrop (Sedum Angelina)
Tickseed, red (Coreopsis)
Tiger lily (Lilium lancifolium)
Verbena or purpletop vervain (Verbena bonariensis)
Veronica (Veronica umbrosa)
Wallflower (Erysimum, formally Cheiranthus)
Wild geranium, spotted cranesbill (Geranium maculatum)
Woodland iris or Crested iris (Iris cristata)
Wood oats or River oats grass (Chasmanthium latifolium)
Yarrow, white (Achillea millefolium)
Yellow lamium (Lamiastrum galeobdolon)
Fruit:
Brightwell blueberry
Indeterminant blueberry
Powderblue blueberry
Fig
Raspberry
Strawberry, everlasting
Houseplants:
Aloe Vera
Shrubs:
Boxwood (Boxwood microphylla)
Butterfly bush (Buddleia)
Hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla)
Lilac (Syringa vulgaris)
Holly (Ilex opaca)
Oakleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea quercifolia)
Purple ninebark (Physocarpus opulifolius)
Quince (Chaenomeles)
Spicebush (Lindera benzoin)
Viburnum, double file (Viburnum plicatum)
Trees:
Crepe myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica)
Redbud (Cercis canadensis)
Red horse chestnut tree (Aesculus)
Sargent crabapple (Malus sargentii)
Washington hawthorn (Crataegus phaenopyrum)
White dogwood (Cornus florida)
Annuals:
African marigold, heirloom (Tagetes erecta)
Angel trumpet (Brugmansia)
Mammoth sunflower, heirloom (Helianthus gigantus)
Herbs:
Basil (Genovese)
Dill
Cilantro
Lemon grass
Marjoram
Oregano
Thyme
The Jasper Farmers Market will open the 2021 season this Saturday, April 10th, from 7:30 a.m. - noon in the Park
& Ride lot next to Lee Newton Park. The longstanding market, shown above from a previous year, is popular for both
vegetables from local growers and handcrafted items.
Wet weather can cause influx of disease to evergreens
Photos / Jean Williams-Woodward
Boxwood blight symptoms clockwise from upper left: tan
to gray leaf lesions with a darker purplish border on an
English boxwood; circular, tan spots with a brown border
on upper leaves; tan blighted leaves and bare stems on an
infected plant; blackening of stems and browning foliage;
and black stem lesions on bare branch tips.
we generally recommend,”
Williams-Woodward ex
plained. Correctly planting
and taking care not to over
water trees and shrubs are the
best ways to minimize root
disease in landscapes.
Boxwood leaves infected
with boxwood blight develop
leaf spots, brown and readily
drop from the plant, leaving
bare stems and black stem le
sions visible. Leaf spots can
develop within days of infec
tion and defoliation is seen
within one to two weeks.
Once boxwoods are in
fected with boxwood blight,
the disease is very difficult to
control. Infected plants
should be removed and dis
posed of in the trash along
with any debris. All tools,
shoes and clothing must be
disinfected afterward to re
duce carrying fungal spores
to healthy boxwoods.
all physical homeowner sam
ples (trees, shrubs, vegeta
bles, fruits and turfgrass).
Commercial tests are done at
no charge.
[Josh Paine is a market
ing specialist with the Uni
versity of Georgia College of
Agricultural and Environ
mental Sciences.]
Other evergreen options:
If you’re looking for alter
natives for Leyland cypress
or boxwoods, UGA experts
have a few different options.
Japanese cedar (cryp-
tomeria) and ‘Green Giant’
arborvitae are two common
recommendations similar in
size to Leyland cypress for
screening or hedges, but
there are numerous others.
Brodie eastern red cedar
(also called Brodie juniper)
and spartan juniper are good
options that are a little bit
smaller.
Remember to correct any
drainage or other issues be
fore planting. Till the soil
well to break it up and im
prove compaction, and re
duce water that might be
pooling around the base.
Japanese, dwarf yaupon,
and inkberry hollies are
boxwood look-alikes with a
similar texture and compact
form.
It is generally considered
that Korean boxwoods are
more resistant to boxwood
blight. However, it is still un
clear exactly which varieties
of boxwood are more tolerant
of boxwood blight in South
ern U.S. gardens. Williams-
Woodward and Extension
horticulturist Matthew Chap
pell will be evaluating dozens
of cultivars from the U.S. Na
tional Arboretum’s boxwood
collection and breeders.
To get planting recom
mendations or submit a live
plant sample or photo for di
agnosis, contact your local
UGA Extension office. A $10
processing fee is charged for
By Josh Paine
CAES News
If you're seeing brown
areas in your landscape trees
or hedges where you should
be seeing green, University
of Georgia Cooperative Ex
tension can help. Wet winters
and severe weather have
been causing disease and
other issues in landscape
plants, especially Leyland
cypress and boxwood.
Over the last few years,
there has been an increase in
samples of these species to
UGA's Plant Disease Clinic,
according to Extension plant
pathologist Jean Williams-
Woodward in the College of
Agricultural and Environ
mental Sciences.
Boxwood blight, first dis
covered in Georgia in 2014,
has hit hard in established
landscapes in cities including
Atlanta, Augusta and Madi
son. Rapid defoliation is a
characteristic symptom of
boxwood blight that sepa
rates it from other boxwood
diseases, and it can move
quickly through landscapes,
especially with wet weather.
For Leyland cypress, one
of the most popular land
scape plants because of its
quick growth, there are a
range of issues that could be
affecting the plant. In some
cases, there are multiple fac
tors happening around the
same time.
“They are dying I’m
afraid — and it’s kind of ex
pected,” said Williams-
Woodward, who tracks
diseases in ornamentals for
commercial nurseries and
greenhouses. “There are sev
eral things that are going on
and all are coming together at
this point. It’s the lifespan of
the trees, poor root systems,
really wet conditions, and
drought stress we had before
that. It’s a lot of compound
ing events that seem to be
causing issues.”
The lifespan of the Ley-
land cypress is relatively
short in Georgia, around 15
to 20 years, due to the hot
summers which are much
warmer than Scotland, where
the species was bred. The
drought stress in the summer
combined with wet winters
and other extreme weather
can cause root issues.
“Leylands often don’t
grow a large root system. In
storms, they’ll just fall over
because they don’t have roots
to support them,” Williams-
Woodward said. “If you have
a compromised root system
that’s not growing well and
have a giant canopy, this
makes the tree fall over.”
Another common problem
occurs when the roots fail to
translocate water to the
canopy and the branches die
off, a symptom of Seiridium
canker disease.
Can you save them?
Leyland cypress is some
times susceptible to other dis
ease and insect issues. A
needle blight disease caused
by the fungus Passalora se-
quioae causes the shedding
of needles usually in the
lower third of tree, which
makes it look extremely bare
and brown. Stress on the
trees also invites bagworms
— the larval (caterpillar)
stage of a moth — to defoli
ate and kill the tree. Bag-
worms can be removed by
hand.
If your Leyland cypress is
showing a lot of brown
branches or thinning canopy,
there’s not much you can do
to save it, according to
Williams-Woodward.
“You can prune some
branches to make it look bet
ter, but you’re not suddenly
going to turn it into a green,
healthy tree again regardless
of what you do. I don’t rec
ommend applying fungicides
mainly because some of
these trees are very large and
you’d have to get it high into
the air and do applications
year-round,” she said.
Fungicides are not effec
tive for all diseases. They can
help with needle blight but
not Seiridium canker disease
or root rot.
“Even if you have a soil
injector, fungicides move
minimally within clay soil
and not come in contact with
roots, so it’s not something
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