GARDEN VISIT/POTLUCK Date: Sunday September 30th, 2012 . Please email me for address. Arrive 10:00 AM (Please park across road on Sedgwick. Walk around garden, socialize, etc. Garden is doing well, including various palms and elephant ears. potluck 12 noon POT LUCK: Please bring a lunch dish (with serving utensil) to enjoy and share. Lunch dishes can include anything from cheese & crackers, pasta, tossed salads,hummus, fruits, veggies, or other covered dishes. Bring a chair if you have one (extra chairs here if needed). Plates, plastic silverware, napkins, cups, and iced tea & water will be provided. There will be afternoon visits to nearby public plantings of hardy palms, crape myrtles, etc. This will be an enjoyable day filled with gardens, good plant talk, and delicious food. Feel free to bring a friend.

This sounds great! I would love to learn more about Those palms you have. I have a friend who just sent me acai seeds and after reading the info on it I felt like it's going to be almost impossible to grow but if you can do it maybe there's a little hope for me too. (Probably in a pot)Anyway could you tell me where you're located? I'd like to find out how far you are before I can commit myself. I don't drive because of my vision so I'll have to hitch a ride. Thanks I look forward to hearing back from you. Deanna

Since people will probably want them, I'll bring all Christmas fern (Polystichum acrostichoides) divisions and Spicebush (Lindera benzoin) volunteers that I can. So far I've only seen 2 spicebushes, but I'm hoping I'll come across more. Please let me know about the other plants though, since I may or may not bring enough for you otherwise (Lisa, Ellen, and sugar_magnolia, I'll bring the plants you mentioned for yourselves--creeping phlox , Japanese maples, and evergreen azaleas respectively). You dont need to reply for those unless youre not interested). Dana, let me know what youre interested in. (in case itll make you feel better, if you used to use the name danaNJ, Im still enjoying some of the plants you gave me 2 summers ago! Go ahead though, even if you're not.) Will bring if requested: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Blue Cardinal Flower aka Great Blue Lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica) - swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata)- could bring 1 or 2. - butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa)- could bring 1 small plant - My same mystery hosta with medium green leaves with light variegation in middle - Rose 'Tamara' - hosta Undulata (Mediovariegata) - garden phlox - A low growing yew (Taxus) - creeping phlox (Phlox stolonifera) - ferns (New York fern? lady fern?), get to be about a foot or 2 tall. Light green, graceful looking. Winter Sowing results. I will bring if requested (first year I tried this. All look the same. I apologize in advance if Im giving you weeds): ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Red Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis) - Monkey Flower (I think. Mimulus ringens or Mimulus alatus?) The following 2 plants grow fairly rampant for me: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - spiderwort (Tradescantia virginiana) - Sedum Autumn Joy Volunteers. (For azalea and blackhaw, dont know yet if they have their own roots) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - azalea - mother plant about 3' H x 4' W, white flowers - Japanese Maple - Blackhaw (I think. Viburnum lentago) Plants and/or seeds I'd like ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Joe-Pye Weed (Eupatorium dubium, E. fistulosum or E. purpureum) - barren strawberry (Waldsteinia fragarioides) - just about anything native I don't have, especially for moist shade

GARDEN VISIT/POTLUCK Date: Sunday September 30th, 2012 . Please email me for address. Arrive 10:00 AM (Please park across road on Sedgwick. Walk around garden, socialize, etc. Garden is doing well, including various palms and elephant ears. potluck 12 noon POT LUCK: Please bring a lunch dish (with serving utensil) to enjoy and share. Lunch dishes can include anything from cheese & crackers, pasta, tossed salads,hummus, fruits, veggies, or other covered dishes. Bring a chair if you have one (extra chairs here if needed). Plates, plastic silverware, napkins, cups, and iced tea & water will be provided. There will be afternoon visits to nearby public plantings of hardy palms, crape myrtles, etc. This will be an enjoyable day filled with gardens, good plant talk, and delicious food. Feel free to bring a friend.