Without spending lots of money on plane tickets, see plants from Russia, Georgia, and many other places. Mariel combines these rare and unusual plants with more common plants to create amazing perennial borders. Learn about what plants have grown well in the St. Louis area, where those species grow and how this garden fits into the plant conservation goals of Missouri Botanical Garden. Look closer and gain a new appreciation of the Garden’s plant collection.
APRIL 19, 7:00 PM CBEC Rm
Mariel Tribby -
Twenty plants for rock gardens in the Midwest
Perennials:
Agastache rupestris - threadleaf giant hyssop
Asclepias tuberosa - butterfly weed
Baptisia australis - blue false indigo
Coreopsis verticillata ‘Grandiflora’ and other cultivars
Echinacea - coneflowers
E. paradoxa - yellow coneflower
E. angustifolia - narrow-leaf coneflower
Heuchera sanguinea - coral bells
Iberis sempervirens - candytuft
Iris - standard dwarf bearded cultivars
Juniperus conferta ‘Blue Pacific’ - shore juniper
Manfreda virginica - American agave
Oenothera macrocarpa - Missouri evening primrose
Phemeranthus calycinus - fameflower
Penstemon cobaea - dew flower
Penstemon digitalis and cultivars such as ‘Husker Red’ ‘Dark Towers’ - beardtongue
Bulbs
Iris reticulata and cultivars
Narcissus ‘February Gold’, ‘Tete-A-Tete’ and other cultivars of miniature daffodils
Crocus vernus and cultivars - Dutch crocus
Colchicum ‘Poseidon’ and other cultivars - autumn crocus
Allium ‘Millenium’ - ornamental onion
Grasses
Bouteloua gracilis - blue grama
Schizachyrium scoparium ‘The Blues’ - little bluestem
For the brave
Opuntia macrorhiza - prickly-pear
Opuntia humifusa - prickly-pear
St.
Louis-area soils are predominantly clay, which can easily compact and
have poor drainage. By working in a moderate amount of organic material,
as well as coarse sand and pea gravel, soil drainage can be improved.
Native plants that are adapted to our clay soils will perform well.
The
heat and humidity of St. Louis summers is punishing. A site with
afternoon shade will give plants a respite. Mulching will help to cool
the soil, keep down weeds and keep moisture off leaves, an important
step to reduce fungal disease caused by high heat and humidity.
Winters
in St. Louis are cool to cold, with periods of mild weather. Because
the ground goes through freeze and thaw cycles, newer plants with
less-developed root systems can be heaved out of the ground. Plant as
early as possible in fall to allow for maximum root development and
mulch once the ground has cooled to add more protection.
Rain
falls throughout the year, with heaviest rainfalls tending to be in the
spring and summer. Some of these can be very strong thunderstorms. Snow
usually falls from December to February and melts within a week or two.
Tentative 2017 Schedule
Saturday, February 18, 2017
1:00 PM MoBot Garden Staff Setup Garden Room
Saturday, March 18, 2017
1:00 PM MoBot Garden Staff Setup Garden Room
Wednesday, April 19, 2017
07:00 PM MoBot Garden Staff Setup CBEC #126 Sumac Room
Sat, May 13. PLANT SALE - MOBOT
Wednesday, August 16, 2017
07:00 PM MoBot Garden Staff Setup Garden Room
Wednesday, September 20, 2017
07:00 PM MoBot Garden Staff Setup Garden Room
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
Our plant sale is under a month away! We will start setting up at 7 am on Saturday, May 14, in the Orthwein Hall at Mobot. The sale runs from 9-5. If anyone needs help with digging up plants, please let us know.
Greg will give a tour of the rooftop garden at the Children's Hospital on Saturday, June 4. We will meet at 8:15 am. Please RSVP to mtribby@gmail.com by April 29 so we know how many parking passes to obtain.
We'll send out further instructions closer to the dates
Speakers for August and September:
August 17: Bob and Marge Williams -
A Texas travelogue: Big Bend National Park and Guadalupe Mountains National Park
Mariel will present on September 21:
Gardens Inspired by Gertrude Jekyll and the Cottage Garden Style
Tentative 2016 Gateway NARGS Chapter Events
Wed, Feb 17 Bruce Buehrig, Conifers in Perennial Gardens 7:00 PM MBG Botanical Room Bruce, Chick and Lois
Wed, Mar 16 Anne Kirkpatrick - Hydrangeas
7:00 PM CBEC Rm. 125 Sandy
Wed, Apr 20 Christine Walker, Cold-Hardy Cacti
7:00 PM CBEC Rm. 125 Mariel and Greg
Sat, May 14 Plant Sale 7:00 AM -5:00 PM
May Children’s Hospital Rooftop Garden Tour TBD
Sat in June Ben Chu’s Garden TBD
Wed, Aug 17 TBD 7:00 PM MBG Garden Room
Thurs, Aug 25 Sensational Summer Nights at Garden 5:00 - 8:00 PM MBG
Wed, Sep 21 TBD 7:00 PM MBG Garden Room
October Bellefontaine Cemetary Tour TBD
Wed, Feb 17 Bruce Buehrig, Conifers in Perennial Gardens 7:00 PM MBG Botanical Room Bruce, Chick and Lois
Wed, Mar 16 Anne Kirkpatrick - Hydrangeas
7:00 PM CBEC Rm. 125 Sandy
Wed, Apr 20 Christine Walker, Cold-Hardy Cacti
7:00 PM CBEC Rm. 125 Mariel and Greg
Sat, May 14 Plant Sale 7:00 AM -5:00 PM
May Children’s Hospital Rooftop Garden Tour TBD
Sat in June Ben Chu’s Garden TBD
Wed, Aug 17 TBD 7:00 PM MBG Garden Room
Thurs, Aug 25 Sensational Summer Nights at Garden 5:00 - 8:00 PM MBG
Wed, Sep 21 TBD 7:00 PM MBG Garden Room
October Bellefontaine Cemetary Tour TBD
PLANNING MEETING FOR - 2016
A main topic of discussion for the year-end meeting
was next year's plant sale. The consensus was to schedule one date at
the Botanical Garden, with the Ferguson Farmers' Market as a backup if
needed. The plant sale will count as one of our six meeting dates at the
garden. Mariel has emailed Adam with the potential dates of May 14 and 21.
The
plants for the sale will come mainly from divisions from members'
gardens. We can help each other dig up and pot plants in April.
We
will also try to share a room with another plant society, possibly the
daylily society, to draw more visitors and fill the space. Mariel
mentioned this to Adam as well.
Mariel is in
the process of having a logo created that will feature Missouri evening
primrose and can be used on flyers and the blog to promote the group.
We
have many ideas for tours and speakers for next year. Our first speaker
will be Bruce, on Conifers in Perennial Gardens. Talk ideas
included mushrooms, gutter gardens, hydrangeas, a garden q&a
session, as well as a cottage gardening talk in the fall. Some of the
tour ideas include the Children's hospital rooftop garden in late May,
Bellefontaine Cemetary trolley tour, Ben Chu's garden in June (Japanese
Garden supervisor at Mobot) and tours of the new glade garden at Mobot.
Dues for next year will be $10 and can be paid at the February meeting.
Susan Van de Riet
http://stlouisnativeplants.
September 16 - 7 pm Susan Van de Riet
Forest Park Forever gardener "If you Plant It, They Will Come: Attracting Wildlife with Native Plants"
Garden Room
Forest Park Forever gardener "If you Plant It, They Will Come: Attracting Wildlife with Native Plants"
Garden Room
Update on the planning for a plant sale next May and we will try to choose a Saturday for our October field trip.
Justin Lee
Greenhouse propagation at
Missouri Botanical Garden
MEETING AUGUST 19 - 7 PM
http://www.
Bavarian Garden tour
(new rock garden at MoBot)
The rescheduled Bavarian Garden tour took place on a cool Monday evening.
On our recent tour, Mariel talked about the construction and history of the garden, shared photos of it being built and talked about the materials used in the garden. The boulders are Missouri sandstone and Mariel used haydite as an aggregate to improve drainage in the soil and also to topdress around the crowns of the plants. Mariel pointed out some of the interesting plants in flower. Many members recognized plants in the Bavarian garden as being different species of plants they have in their own gardens, such as Hypericum and Heuchera. Mariel talked about the challenges of the garden, in particular the soil staying too wet and the southern exposure of much of the garden being too harsh for many alpine plants, which prefer some protection from the hot afternoon sun.
Greg took all the pictures.
If you have any questions please don't hesitate to ask Mariel and Greg!
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