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The following information is derived from Grain Valley Police Department daily calls service log for the week of March 31 – April 8, 2024.
March 31, 2024 Lindenwood/Rymeg Area check 1500 Blk Erin Court Suspicious vehicle April 1, 2024 200 Blk Kimberly Ct Citizen Contact 1200 NW Phelps Ct Well check PHQ Stolen auto PHQ Stolen auto April 2, 2024 PHQ Follow up investigation 500 Blk SW Creek Ridge Dr Past assault Rosewood/ Sycamore Suspicious activity Main/McQuerry Lights not working PHQ Leaving the scene PHQ Possible idenity theft 200 Blk SW Eagles Pkwy Agency assist 1200 Blk Golfview Dr Well check 200 SW Eagles Pkwy Stealing 1000 Blk Dean Physical disturbance PHQ Citizen Contact April 3, 2024 WB 70 Agency assist 200 Blk Cypress Security check PHQ Citizen contact Scenic/Eagle Area Check Eagle Ridge/Woodbury Suspicious person Scenic/Eagle Suspicious vehicle 2100 Blk S Dillingham 911 hang up 40 Hwy/OOIDA Motor vehicle accident April 4, 2024 1200 Blk Phelps Ct Area check 100 Blk Rock Creek Dr Parking complaint PHQ Citizen Contact PHQ Citizen Contact 600 Blk SW Creek Ridge Dr Alarm PHQ Public service 600 Jefferson Commercial alarm April 5, 2024 Sni-A-Bar/Montanna Ridge Motor Vehicle Accident 1400 Blk NW Broadway 911 hang up 600 Blk Yennie Area Check 200 Blk NE Katie Ct Animal Control PHQ Citizen Contact 200 Blk Gregg Alarm 800 Blk Green Dr Animal Control PHQ Citizen Contact 2100 Blk S Dillingham Rd Well check 1300 Blk Broadway St Suspicious activity PHQ Stealing Mo Country Citizen Contact Stony Paint Elementary Verbal disturbance April 6, 2024 700 Blk NW Baytree Cir Citizen Contact Main/Broadway Disturbance 900 Blk NW Lindenwood Citizen Contact Jefferson/Buckner Tarsney Motor Vehicle Accident 100 Blk Woodbury Animal Control 500 Blk Whitney Well Check 100 Blk W Walnut St Agency Assist 200 Blk Greystone Way Animal Control 1300 Blk NW Willow Suspicious person April 7, 2024 1100 Blk Highview Disturbance 600 Blk SW Creekridge Alarm 1500 Blk Pond Possible Disturbance 1000 Blk Sandy Agency Assist Sin-A-Bar/Ridgeview Citizen Contact Armstrong Park Verbal Disturbance 600 Blk Thieme Well Check 1000 Blk SW Sandy Agency Assist 500 Blk SW Hamilton Property damage 700 Blk Main Suspicious person BB/40 HWY Area Check April 8, 2024 PHQ Citizen contact PHQ Citizen contact PHQ Motor vehicle accident report 1500 Blk Erin Ct Welfare check 500 Blk Willow Threats 600 Blk Valley Ridge Cir Threats
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by Michael Smith
The Grain Valley boys tennis team got off to an ideal start. The Eagles won two out of their three doubles matches against Warrensburg, a team that made it to the Class 1 state tournament in 2023. They had a challenge on their hands in Monday’s non-conference matchup and home and took a 2-1 lead early on. However, Grain Valley dropped all six singles matches as it fell 7-2. Warrensburg was on a tear coming in as it improved to 8-0 after the win. In eight matches, Warrensburg the Tigers lost just 10 total games. While, the Eagles may have lost, they gained valuable experience after playing of the best teams in Class 2. “This kind of puts out season into perspective,” Grain Valley senior Ben Drinkwater said. “If you ask anyone on this team, they probably played the best tennis they have all season against this team. Against a good team, we all rise to the occasion.” “We just need to figure out who can play those last four, five, six spots (in singles).” Grain Valley (3-3) got a boost early on from its No. 3 doubles team of Campbell Childers and Riley Spencer took down the team of the previously unbeaten duo of Calvin Werner and Liam Hynes, 8-5. The Eagles twosome has provided consistency for head coach Randy Draper and his team and that showed on Monday. Childers and Spencer only play doubles for the Eagles, while Blake Galvan and Aidan Wilson just play singles. “With their style of play, we thought having them play in doubles made sense,” Draper said of Childers and Spencer. “They’re aggressive at the net. They haven’t disappointed. They are comfortable together.” Drinkwater and Trace Compton notched the Eagles other doubles win as they topped Quinn Conley and Anthony Rehn, 8-5, in the No. 1 doubles game. Drinkwater noted that his chemistry with Compton is getting better as the season progresses. “We are doing way better than last year,” Drinkwater said. “Our goal is to go state this year. It’s pretty encouraging to get this win. I am excited. We usually play better against better teams. We rise to the occasion.” Drinkwater said he is the aggressive won on the team who makes plays close to the net and the baseline, while Compton focuses on returning shots from the baseline and in the back. “When the ball comes to him, he knows exactly what he needs to do,” Drinkwater said. “I am the one who makes the aggressive plays.” In singles, the Eagles had some close matches but came up short. Johns Cassidy fell 8-5 Werner in the No. 4 doubles match; Galvin narrowly lost to Hynes 8-6; and Carter Williams fell 8-6 against Rehn. “I am pretty happy with our doubles play,” Draper said. “We have some guys trying to figure out how to be successful in singles. There is a lot of people better at doubles, because they have a partner with them. It relaxes them.” “We need to get some guys more comfortable playing by themselves and thinking about how they are going to score points.” The Eagles head to Park Hill South for the Park Hill Doubles tournament on Wednesday, April 10th. by Michael Smith Grain Valley was off to a good start. The Eagles boys volleyball team won the first set against an undefeated St. Michael The Archangel Catholic Tuesday at home. It looks like it was going to be a tight battle between two evenly matched teams. However, the passing, setting and ball striking from the Guardians got stronger as the game went on. The Eagles dropped the next three sets as St. Michael took a 23-25, 25-19, 25-21, 25-14 victory. The match marked the first time the Eagles played four sets in a game. Fatigue was a factor in the loss, head coach Tori Squiers said. “They were a little tired and that hurt us,” Squiers said. “We knew what we needed to do, and we executed in the first set. The second and third, we started letting our own errors get to us. St. Michael’s offense was spectacular, and we struggled to read and communicate on defense.” “We have several weeks before the postseason starts. These are fixable things. We just must start playing as a team.” Grain Valley (8-4) was the first team to win a set against a strong Guardians team. There were multiple lead changes in the first game and at one point the Eagles were down 20-19. A kill from junior Maddox Dresslaer sparked a 6-3 spurt to help his team take the first set. Junior outside hitter Ryan Rohr also had a big block in that stretch to fuel the run. St. Michael led for most of the second set, but Grain Valley battled back to tie it at 16-all at one point following a kill from sophomore Jordan Jackson. The road team outscored the Eagles (8-4) 9-3 the rest of the way that was fouled by its opponent’s miscues and kills from St. Michael seniors Shea Gaffney and John Garside. Grain Valley managed to take the lead on a pair of occasions early in the third set as a kill from junior Maddox Dresslaer gave his team a 9-8 edge. However, St. Michael went on a 5-0 run that helped them take control thanks to the serving of junior Benjamin Salanski. He had a float serve that was difficult for the Eagles to return as he notched two aces during that spurt. “Our serve receiver really struggled with that,” Squiers said. “(Salanski) is a national player. He’s a great setter. It was good for us to see something like that.” The Guardians led from start to finish in the fourth game as Garside and Gaffney led the way with three kills each and senior Hayden Pace added two kills and an ace. Despite the loss, there were some positive things for the Eagles to take away from the game. Senior middle hitter, Will Lindley, led Grain Valley with 11 kills. The 6-foot-6 senior provides a strong offensive and defensive presence at the net for the Eagles. “He is an offensive beast,” Squiers said. “Feed him the ball. He is also a defensive beast by putting up a giant block.” Dresslaer added 10 kills of his own and Jackson had five. Grain Valley senior Josiah Oehlke goes down for a dig during a 25-23, 19-25, 21-25, 14-25 loss to St. Michael The Archangel Catholic Thursday at home. Photo credit: Michael Smith Grain Valley junior outside hitter Ryan Rohr kneels down to bump the ball.
Photo credit: Michael Smith On April 8, citizens across southern and southeast Missouri will have the chance to see a rare celestial event – a total solar eclipse. In the Kansas City area, the moon will cover about 90% of the sun at 2:00pm.
For those planning to travel to southern regions of Missouri to view the total eclipse, Missouri Department of Transportation (MODOT) officials are asking travelers to be prepared for crowds and congestion. The moon will block the sun’s light and cause a total solar eclipse to be visible across nearly 115 miles of Missouri. Visitors will come to the Show-Me State to witness the event, and numerous community events and festivals are planned along the path of totality. Missourians should make plans early to determine where they will view the eclipse, where they will stay and how best to avoid the extra traffic congestion after the eclipse. “We anticipate large crowds with possible heavy congestion on the interstates and major highways especially after the eclipse is over,” said Missouri Department of Transportation Chief Safety and Operations Officer Becky Allmeroth. “If you are traveling for the event, leave early, stay put as long as possible and plan to stay after the end of the eclipse to avoid the peak traffic.” Missouri will be one of 13 states from Texas to Maine to experience the path of totality. There are 31 million people in the United States who live inside the path of totality. A partial eclipse will be visible throughout the remainder of the continental United States. The path of the viewing in Missouri will cover more than 115 miles of the state. Totality enters Missouri as it crosses the Arkansas State Line southwest of West Plains at 1:54 p.m. CDT. It will follow a diagonal line crossing over Poplar Bluff and exit Missouri at Cape Girardeau as it crosses the Mississippi River at 2:04 p.m. CDT. Please follow these tips to drive safely on the day of the solar eclipse:
More information on eye safety and scientific aspects of the event can be found on the NASA website at https://science.nasa.gov/eclipses/future-eclipses/eclipse-2024/ by Michael Smith The Grain Valley girls soccer team struggled to score during the first three games of the season. Those contests were played at the Platte County Invitational and the Eagles scored just three goals in as many games and went 1-2 in that stretch. However, in the past three games, the Grain Valley offense has started to click. The most recent example came in Tuesday’s Suburban White Conference matchup with William Chrisman on the road. Sophomore Radleigh Childers and junior Ally Gilbert both notched a hat trick, while senior Emma Thiessen had a pair of goals in Grain Valley’s 8-0 mercy-rule victory. After the Eagles (4-2) earned a big 3-2 victory over Lee’s Summit on March 25, the offense has been on a roll. During their current three-game winning streak, the team has scored 16 goals. The chemistry has improved on the field, and it has yielded better results. “Once our offense started to click, then everyone’s mood gets better and we all want to play for each other,” Gilbert said. “Our defense stepped up today and we just put the finishing touches with the goals.” The key to the improved offense, according to head coach Brett Lewis, has been getting the ball out wide near the sidelines of the field. “We have emphasized our width a lot more in the last couple of games,” Lewis said. “We want to make the opposing defense defend sideline to sideline. That has opened opportunities in the middle for us.” So has the play of Gilbert, who had emerged as a strong offensive threat for the Eagles. The junior scored 11 goals last season and is stepping up to take an even bigger told this year. One of the Eagles top three goal scorers from last season, senior Annabelle Totta, is out due to her battle with cancer. Gilbert has helped make up for some of the offensive production the Eagles are missing. She has played as a midfielder and a wing and has provided a nice scoring punch for the Eagles as evidenced by her performance on Tuesday. Against Chrisman (2-5), Gilbert scored off a counterattack and errant pass from a Chrisman defender and she booted on in the 23rd minute for her first score. She made another goal in the 37th minute when she received a short pass from junior Mia Cole. Gilbert fired the shot from halfway inside the 18-yard box and the ball snuck under the crossbar. Her final goal ended the game in the 42nd minute when she made a tap in at the goal line off an assist from sophomore Aubrie Henson. “I am really happy to get a hat trick this early in the season,” Gilbert said. I hope I can continue to keep my shots on target and get them in the back of the net and help my team the best I can.” It’s helped Gilbert’s cause that she’s developed a strong chemistry with Thiessen and Childers. “She is really good and making these runs where I can play ball through to her,” Childers said. “We have this good connection where we can play off of each other and we know what type of ball to play to each other.” Lewis noted that Gilbert is taking on even more responsibility than she did last season, and she has thrived. “Ally has always been a fantastic player,” Grain Valley head coach Brett Lewis said. “Without Totta in that spot, Ally operates in the middle. She has stepped up even more this year.” Junior Ally Gilbert, left, and sophomore Radleigh Childers both notched a hat trick in a 8-0 mercy-rule victory over William Chrisman Tuesday on the road. Photo credit: Michael Smith
by Marcia Napier, Grain Valley Historical Society Having never seen a plat plan for the Warren Addition to Grain Valley, I am making several assumptions regarding the exact location within the town. I believe it was a small addition that stretched from Charlotte Street west to E. E. Kirby Road and from Walnut Street north to Yennie. Some readers may recall from a very early article in The Valley News, Charlotte Street was named for Charlotte (Onsley) Warren, the wife of Elsworth Warren, William Durwood Warren’s younger brother. According to the 1920 U. S. Census, William Durwood Warren and his wife Madge had a home on Walnut Street. According to the Grain Valley Property Tax records they paid taxes on Lot 14 and 15 of the Warren Addition from 1920 through 1945, the only years for which I have records. And finally, I remember from my youth, the Warrens lived in this house on Walnut Street. In the 1920s, 30s, and 40s, several larger homes were built in “the west end of town.” They balanced the few larger homes along Broadway (Main Street) just north of downtown. W.D. Warren died in 1962. His wife continued to live in the home until lived there until her death in 1970 at age 87. Their daughter Deloris (Warren) Mollenkamp and her family lived next door (on the east side of Charlotte Street.) I don’t remember too much about the home after that time. I do remember Lona Bloss Wyatt lived there in the 1990. I know some remodeling was done during those years, mostly just painting, a new roof, front porch repair and shutters. Today, the house remains a stately older home on Walnut Street with over 100 years of history within the walls. The Warren House, circa 1920. Photo credit: Grain Valley Historical Society
The following information is derived from Grain Valley Police Department daily calls service log for the week of March 24-31, 2024.
March 24, 2024 1200 Blk NW Woodbury Pl Area check 300 Blk SW Rock Creek Ln Area check PHQ Found property report 1000 Blk Stone Brook Ln Area check 600 Blk SW Tisha Ln Citizen contact 1000 Blk Eagle Ridge Extra patrol March 25, 2024 Eagle Ridge/Highview/Hilltop Parking complaint March 26, 2024 1000 Blk Rock Creek Ln Citizen contact PHQ Citizen contact Blue Springs Detention Prisoner transport Montana Ridge/Greystone Area check PHQ Citizen contact 1100 Blk BB Citizen contact 3700 Rust Citizen contact 600 Blk SW Nelson Dr Citizen contact March 27, 2024 1200 Blk Phelps Ct Welfare check Trail by High School Area check 900 Blk NW Willow Dr Area check 900 Blk NW Lindenwood Citizen contact 1000 Blk SW Stony Point Stealing 200 Blk NW Jackie Abandoned auto 500 Blk SW Eagles Pkwy Area check 200 Blk NE Hannah Ct Animal control March 28, 2024 1000 Blk SW Dean Dr Stolen plates 40/Main St Area check Duncan/Tyler Agency assist 700 Blk SW Brome Agency assist PHQ Fraud report BB/McQuerry Motorist assist 1100 Blk Bush Dr Threats 600 Blk Capelle Welfare check PHQ Citizen contact March 29, 2024 PHQ Agency assist March 31, 2024 Sni-A-Barr/Ryan/Nelson/Minter Area check 1400 Blk Highview Physical disturbance Healthgrades Names St. Mary’s Medical Center a 2024 Patient Safety Excellence Award Recipient4/4/2024 St. Mary’s Medical Center, a member of Prime Healthcare, announced that it has been recognized by Healthgrades as a 2024 Patient Safety Excellence Award™ recipient. This distinction places St. Mary’s Medical Center among the top 5% of all short-term acute care hospitals as evaluated by Healthgrades, the leading marketplace connecting patients and providers.
“Through our 2024 Patient Safety Excellence Awards, we seek to recognize hospitals that excel in providing top-quality care for their patients while preventing serious injuries during hospital stays,” said Brad Bowman, MD, Chief Medical Officer, and head of Data Science, Healthgrades. “We are proud to name St. Mary’s Medical Center as a 2024 Patient Safety Excellence Award™ recipient and look forward to their continued efforts to make patient safety a top priority.” St. Mary’s Medical Center has now been recipient of the Healthgrades Patient Safety Excellence Award™ in seven consecutive years (2018-24) and top 5% in the nation for patient safety in four consecutive years (2021-24). “St. Mary’s Medical Center is invested in clinical quality and offering top-quality patient care,” said Kelly Pearce, CEO, St. Mary’s Medical Center. “This distinction is the result of the contributions of all our staff, providers and leaders and we are honored to be recognized.” If all hospitals, as a group, performed similarly to the 2023 Patient Safety Award recipients, on average, 95,880 patient safety events could have been avoided. * During the 2019-2021 study period, 164,592 potentially preventable patient safety events occurred among Medicare patients in U.S. hospitals. * Healthgrades found that just four patient safety indicators accounted for 74% of all patient safety events: hip fracture due to an in-hospital fall, collapsed lung resulting from a procedure/surgery, pressure or bed sores acquired in the hospital, and catheter-related bloodstream infections acquired in-hospital. Healthgrades’ analysis also revealed that patients treated in hospitals receiving the Healthgrades 2023 Patient Safety Excellence Award were, on average:
Consumers can visit healthgrades.com for more information on how Healthgrades measures hospital quality and access the complete methodology here. *Statistics are calculated from Healthgrades Patient Safety Ratings and Excellence Award methodology which is based primarily on AHRQ technical specifications (Version 2022.0.1) for MedPAR data years 2019 through 2021 and represent three-year estimates for Medicare patients only. Missouri Independent: Bills making it harder to amend state constitution proceed in Missouri House4/4/2024 Bills making it harder to amend state constitution proceed in Missouri Houseby Anna Spoerre, Missouri Independent Two bills seeking to make it more difficult to amend the state constitution through the initiative petition process advanced through the Missouri House this week. On Wednesday, legislation sponsored by Republican state Rep. John Black of Marshfield was approved on a 106-49 vote. The only Republican to vote against the measure was House Majority Leader Jon Patterson of Lee’s Summit. Earlier in the week, a House committee approved a different version of the bill sponsored by state Sen. Mary Elizabeth Coleman that the Senate passed last month. If either version is approved by both chambers, the question would go on the statewide ballot in either August or November. Citizen-led initiative petitions currently require signatures from 8% of voters in five of the state’s eight congressional districts. To pass once on the ballot, a statewide vote of 50% plus one is required — a simple majority vote. Both the House and Senate versions make the process harder, but in very different ways. The House joint resolution would: The Senate joint resolution would: Require that constitutional amendments pass by both a simple majority of votes statewide and a majority of votes in at least a majority of the votes in Missouri’s congressional districts. Require the General Assembly to have the approval of at least four-sevenths of the members in each chamber to make any modifications to citizen-led constitutional amendments within two years of when it goes into effect.
‘This is about reproductive freedom’
Last May, House Speaker Dean Plocher, a Republican from Des Peres, said his party anticipated an initiative petition to legalize abortionwould be brought forward and would pass. Since then, acampaign to legalize abortion to the point of fetal viability in Missouri has raised millions of dollars, most recently bringing in internationally-known model and Webster Groves native Karlie Kloss to campaign on their behalf. Republicans in support of changing the initiative petition process have said their motivation is more wide-reaching than abortion and pre-dates the 2023 session, anti-abortion groups have been some of the main champions of the legislation. But the bulk of Wednesday’s conversation centered on the most recent citizen-led amendment to pass. Need to get in touch?Have a news tip?In 2022, Missourians legalized recreational marijuana with53% of voters in favor of the amendment. In that election, Black said, 15 counties carried the “yes” vote, arguing that urban voters “basically imposed their will on the rest of the state.” Republicans in favor of changing the initiative petition process have repeatedly pointed to the length of the state constitution, which includes 134 amendments, as a reason for reform. State Rep. Robert Sauls, a Democrat from Independence, countered that only 19 of the amendments came from initiative petitions. The rest came from the General Assembly. “This idea that the constitution has gotten out of control, well look in the mirror,” Sauls said. “We’re the reason that it has. Not these 19 amendments that the people have put on.” An analysis by The Independent found that under the concurrent majority standard, as few as 23% of voters could defeat a ballot measure. This was done by looking at the majority in the four districts with the fewest number of voters in 2020 and 2022. “You want a minority to be able to block a majority,” said state Rep. Joe Adams, a Democrat from University City. “That is shameful.” State Rep. Doug Richey, a Republican from Excelsior Springs, said with a simple majority, it’s possible for those leading initiative petition efforts to “ignore” congressional districts and still succeed. “That is a significant move to value the voices of people in the state of Missouri no matter where they happen to live,” Richey said. “No matter what their perspective is.” Reference to the current abortion initiative petition wasn’t raised until late in the debate by state Rep. Patty Lewis, a Democrat from Kansas City.“This is about reproductive freedom,” Lewis said. “And it’s about taking away our vote to restore reproductive freedom in the state of Missouri.” In approving Black’s legislation on Wednesday, the House made little mention of the “ballot candy” written into the resolution. The ballot candy, which refers to provisions added to ballot measures in order to win over voters, has become a major point of contention between Republicans and Democrats. In the proposed initiative petition bills, language has been included that would ask voters if they want to define legal voters as citizens of the US who live in Missouri and are registered to vote and whether they want to prohibit foreign entities from sponsoring initiative petitions. Democrats argue the inclusion of the ballot candy is an attempt by Republicans to mislead voters and distract from the effort to weaken the initiative petition process. In the Senate, a 21-hour filibuster ended with Republicans agreeing to remove the ballot candy in exchange for Democrats allowing the bill to come up for a vote. The House restored the ballot candy at Coleman’s request, setting up a potential showdown in the Senate if the bill makes its way back to that chamber. Missouri Independent is part of States Newsroom, a nonprofit news network supported by grants and a coalition of donors as a 501c(3) public charity. Missouri Independent maintains editorial independence. Contact Editor Jason Hancock for questions: info@missouriindependent.com. Follow Missouri Independent on Facebook and Twitter. by Cathy Bylinowski, Horticulture Instructor, University of Missouri Extension- Jackson County I frequently look at other people’s yards and gardens and admire their flowers, trees, and shrubs. If I see a plant that is new to me, I try to figure out what it is, if it will grow in my yard, and where I can buy one! This spring, take some time to enjoy the flowering trees and shrubs in your neighborhood, parks, and green spaces around you. If you see some you like, now is a great time to figure out what they are and if they will grow in your yard. Spring is also a good time to plant new flowering trees and shrubs. They provide enjoyment for years to come. Here are several spring-flowering trees and shrubs that grow well in our part of Missouri: Serviceberry- (Amelanchier arborea) Serviceberry, native to Missouri, is an attractive small tree with smooth gray bark. It grows on wooded slopes. The snowy white flowers appear in early spring before anything else in the woods has leafed out. Tasty berries appear in June and leaves turn pink and orange in the fall. Unfortunately, invasive, non-native Callery Pears (Bradford Pear being one type) are blanketing open areas. Do not mistake the white flowers of Callery Pears for Serviceberry! Flowering dogwood- (Cornus florida) White flowering dogwood is a popular native flowering tree. Johnson County, Missouri is the nearest natural occurrence of this tree in our region. It will grow in our region, if it is put in a protected, part- shade location. Growth is fairly slow. Their branches are open and horizontal, with a rounded mature shape. They can get up to 30 feet tall. Their spectacular white bracts appear before leaves. Small, red fruit persist in fall and attract songbirds. It has lustrous, scarlet foliage in fall. They can be used as specimens, in masses or naturalized under larger trees, preferring moist, humus rich, slightly acidic soils. Avoid planting in hot, dry places. Use an organic mulch under the tree. Dogwoods need water during drought. Old or injured specimens are subject to insect borer damage. Eastern redbud (Cercis canadensis) Redbuds can get up to 30 feet tall. The clusters of purplish pink small flowers appear before leaves emerge. Heart-shaped leaves turn yellow in fall. Plant redbuds as specimens, in masses, or naturalized at the edge of woods. They are hardy in sun or part shade and tolerate a wide range of soils. Common Lilac (Syringa vulgaris) Lilac is one of the best known and most widely planted of all the introduced, flowering shrubs. Lilacs are worth having in your yard or garden for their once-a-year display of incredibly fragrant flowers. For the classic lilac fragrance, plant Common Lilac or one of its hybrids. Lilacs get up to 9 feet tall. Lilacs perform best in well-drained soils in full sun. Plants should receive at least six hours of direct sun each day for maximum bloom. Proper pruning is necessary to keep lilacs attractive and to promote flower production. After the plant becomes established, about one-third of the old stems should be removed each year. Older lilac stems may be attacked by borer insects. Flowering Magnolias (Magnolia soulangiana) These magnolias look like beautiful pink clouds in the spring. The only drawback is that the flowers can be damaged by spring freezes. You might enjoy the scented flowers so much that you are willing to take the risk of flowers turning brown after a spring freeze. There are cultivars that bloom later in the spring with pink, purple, or yellow flowers. Some magnolias can get to 30 feet tall. Plant in protected parts of your yard away from southern exposures. These are only some of the many trees and shrubs, native and introduced, that offer beautiful spring color. Contact Extension Master Gardener Hotline for more information:816-833-TREE (8733) – 24-hour voicemail mggkc.hotline@gmail.com Flowering or Saucer Magnolias provides spectacular color in the spring.
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