On Wednesday, July 2, 2014, we attended the Garden Walk at Boerner Botanical Gardens.
The topic was Fireworks in the Garden.
The guide was Zannah Crowe, horticulturist at Monches Farm.
She brought 10 plants as door prizes, and I was lucky to win a Gomphrena 'Strawberry Fields.'
We saw many fine examples of plants bringing fireworks to the gardens.
We saw an outstanding bed of Angelonia, an underutilized warm season annual.
The Clematis 'Betty Corning' was in full bloom and an absolute stunner.
Hosta 'Halcyon' is a very attractive blue that is resistant to slug damage.
Wild Senna is a rarely seen gem in the garden.
Astrantia (AKA Masterwort) is another example of an underutlized plant.
Zannah Crowe has an encyclopedic knowledge of plants, and is a very articulate speaker. We very much enjoyed her garden walk.
Counts as 1.5 hours MGV continuing education credit.
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