Highlights: September 2006 Show

Flowers After 5
Guest: Tom Brinda, Assistant Director
Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden
804.262.9887
www.lewisginter.org

Summer evenings are a great time to enjoy your garden.

When designing a garden for the evening, consider grey colored foliage, such as lavender and lambs ear. Also, white and yellow flowers tend to stand out in the evening garden.

Hardscapes and small water features can add an interesting dimension to the garden anytime of day, but particularly in the quiet of the evening garden.

Fragrant plants such as herbs, gardenia and roses often seem even more striking in the garden after 5.

For more information on special features at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden contact Beth Monroe, Public Relations Manager.

Viburnums
Guest: Joe Edwards
High Peak Farm
1232 High Peak Lane
Shipman, VA
804.263.4793

Viburnums are a large group of shrubs, ranging in size from just a few feet tall to as much as twenty feet.

They may be deciduous or evergreen, depending on the variety.

Viburnum are native to Virginia and consequently are well adapted to the climatic conditions here. They are also quite pest resistant.

Viburnum are popular for many of their characteristics including fragrant spring blooms, attractive fruit and vibrant fall color on the deciduous varieties.

Micheal Dirr, the woody plant expert and author of the Manual of Woody Ornamentals has said that no garden is complete without at least one viburnum.