Sunday, April 27, 2014

Sunday, April 13, 2014

Zannah Crowe at Boerner

Today (Sunday 04-13-2014) I attended the meeting of the Daylily Society of Southeastern Wisconsin at Boerner Botanical Gardens.

The presenter was horticulturist Zannah Crowe of Monches Farm.

The topic was "Perennial Plant Combinations."

Terrific presentation.  Zannah Crowe has an encyclopedic knowledge of plants combined with an artist's eye for garden design.

Very informative and well worth attending.

Counts as one hour of MGV ongoing education credit.

Luxembourg Gardens in Franklin, WI

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Luxembourg-Gardens/160656390621352

I attended opening day for the new season on Thursday April 10, 2014.

I bought one flat of mixed color Pansies and two Hellebores.

It was a relief to learn that they were not permanently closed as incorrectly reported on the above linked Facebook page.

Thursday, April 10, 2014

Composting

On Tuesday 04-08-2014, I attended the meeting of the Greater Milwaukee Rose Society at Boerner Botanical Gardens.

The presenter was Master Composter Robert Balderson.

The topic was "Composting and Your Roses."

He explained the UW-Extension guidelines on composting, and then supplemented that material with his own experiences in vermicomposting.

A good refresher, and well worth attending.

Counts as one hour MGV ongoing education credit.

Tuesday, April 8, 2014

Real Spring

Real spring has finally arrived.

I picked a dozen earthworms off the driveway this morning, and moved them to worm-friendly composty garden soil.

Roy's Grass

http://www.perennialplant.org/index.php/education/plant-of-the-year

We have one and I would love to have more.

Tuesday, April 1, 2014

Mouse Melons

http://www.motherearthnews.com/real-food/mouse-melons.aspx#axzz2xeyzXFfI

Sounds like a fun vine to grow on the new fence.

Mulberry

http://www.musserforests.com/prod.asp?p=REMU

Red Mulberry

Morus rubra

Native, Zone 5, produces abundant fruit, would love to have one.

Maybe order 5 seedlings and one will survive?

Tamarack

http://www.forestfarm.com/product.php?category=19&id=2720

Prefers a boggy site in full sun, which we do not have, so it would be an interesting experiment.

Diana

http://www.monrovia.com/plant-catalog/plants/3506/diana-japanese-larch/

A deciduous conifer with contorted branches.  Zone 4. Very unusual.  Would love to have one.