Wonderful World of Succulents

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1 Southern Appalachian Plant Society May SAPS Board of Directors President: Hugh Conlon Vice President: Mary Ward Secretary: Marcia Vandermause Treasurer: Joy Moore Program Chairman: Nina Hedrick Editor THE WHEELBARROW Mary Zamiska Tomato Fest Chairman: Dennis Marshall Website Manager: Carol McCreary Membership Chairman: Jim Hill Discount Vendors: Eva Johnson or Members-at-Large: Celia Cox Earl Hockin Jane Mullins Anne Williams Wonderful World of Succulents Presented by Sylvia Elwyn Teaches landscape design, hypertufa making, and container design at the North Carolina Arboretum in Asheville Thursday, May 16 7:00 p.m. Jonesborough Visitors Center 117 Boone Street in Jonesborough Succulents are interesting, drought tolerant plants that add drama to the landscape and are fun to grow. Although many peo- ple think of growing succulents in mild, arid climates, there are actually a number of these wonderful plants that are hardy in cooler temperatures. In this presentation, Sylvia Elwyn will help you explore the world of succulents, with particular emphasis on those that are cold hardy in our area. Through lecture and slides, Sylvia will share her knowledge of suc- culent species and varieties, and how they can be used in home landscape design. She will also introduce tender suc- culents that can be grown in containers or used as annuals.

2 May Events: Thursday, May 2 7:00 p.m. Herb Saplings Meeting Exchange Place Herbal Cleaning Products with Jerri Sunderland. Bring an herb snack to share if you can. Friday, Saturday and Sunday, May 3, 4, and 5 Asheville Herb Festival WNC Farmers Market in Asheville Offering by far the best selection of herb plants in the Southeast or Saturday, May 4 9:00 a.m. 4:00 p.m. Big Springs Master Gardener Association Annual Spring Plant & Heirlooms Sale Greene County Fairgrounds Unique plants locally grown by Greene County experts, MG clinic or mteague@utk.edu May 11-12, th Annual Blooms Days UT Gardens Knoxville Take a walk through the gardens at their peak of bloom, sit in on educational sessions, enjoy musical performances, sample some tasty food and shop for garden gifts 30 + local and regional vendors. $6/ person per day, children 12 and under are free. Monday, May 13 4:00 p.m. SAPS Board Meeting Netherland Inn Saturday, May 18 10: a.m. 4:00 p.m. Greeneville Garden Tour $12 in advance $15 day of event or Ardinna Woods Arboretum and Butterfly Garden Jonesborough, TN Sunday, May 5 2:00 p.m. Botany Walk with Jamey Donaldson, ETSU Herbarium Curator Saturday, May 25 1:00 5:00 p.m. Garden Gala Destination Day with Frances Lamberts and Others Friday, June 7 1:00 p.m. Botany Walk with Frosty Levy, ETSU Botany Department For more info, contact Frances Lamberts at No formal SAPS program is scheduled for June, but there will be a garden tour bus trip to Knoxville. For more info, please contact Hugh Conlon at The trip is scheduled for Saturday, June 8. Sign-up deadline is Friday, May 3 at 5:00 pm RUN, DON T WALK get your spot reserved NOW! Cost includes tour, transportation, lunch, and bottled water. SAPS members pay only $45 non-saps members pay $59. Vegetarian lunch available upon request. To all the volunteers that showed up at the Weed and Feed event at Netherland Inn on April 21 st A BIG THANK YOU! The place is lookin good! Thanks also to Martins' Greenhouse in Rogersville for donating three flats of flowering annuals to help beautify the grounds at the Inn. Urban Homestead in Bristol is having a Spring 2013 End-of-Season Bare Root Clearance Sale of their heirloom apple trees. For more info contact Tim Hensley, or visit

3 Our program speaker for May is Sylvia Elwyn, who will speak on "The Wonderful World of Succulents." Sylvia Elwyn is a frequent and popular speaker at the NC Arboretum in Asheville. She previously taught gardening classes at Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College, and the Reuter Center at UNC- Asheville. Her container design was featured in Fine Gardening Magazine in Sylvia and her husband, Rich, are both avid home gardeners. Their home landscape received a local landscape award, and has been featured in the Asheville Citizen Times. Sylvia and Rich also have a home landscape in Sarasota, Florida. They grow succulents in both of their landscapes! Freelance Writer, Debra McCown, recorded some of the events at the tomato plant sale held before last month s SAPS meeting in Kingsport. Johnny Suthers satisfied customer Nancy Scott selling tomato plants New addition to the SAPS vendor card: SAPS Board Member, Eva Johnson, is pleased to announce that another plant vendor has agreed to participate in our Vendor Card program. We welcome them to our program and urge members to patronize our participating vendors. Teresa Ann's Colonial Heights (near Food City) Phone: or (all anytime!) 10% off on perennials and shrubs only! Open 8:00 am-7:00 pm Monday-Saturday; 12:00 pm-6:00 pm on Sunday

4 Volunteers are needed to help plant and maintain the vegetable garden at Exchange Place in Kingsport. The garden is large. The focus is on growing heirloom vegetables using techniques appropriate to the 1800s. Volunteers who help with the planting and maintenance of the garden get to enjoy the harvest. So if you are looking to grow more veggies and/or learn more about heirloom veggies, this is your opportunity. Or, if you are a Master Gardener looking to log in some volunteer hours, this is also an opportunity for you. You don t have to be a Master Gardener to help out. We usually work Tuesday mornings, but individuals are welcome to work at a time convenient for their personal schedule. If interested please contact: Earl Hockin. ehockin@yahoo.com or CANNING COLLEGE UT Extension Washington County is offering two Canning Colleges this year. Each Canning College will consist of four sessions. Individuals will learn how to can jams and jellies, water-bath canning, pressure canning, and pickling. Your $60 fee will include all four classes, a food preservation book, all materials, and at least one home canned item each class to take home. Preregistration is required. No refunds. Canning College 1 will be held June 3, 10, 17, and 24 from 5:30pm to 8:30pm at Carver Park in Johnson City. Register before May 31 st. Canning College 2 will be held July 8, 11, 15, and 18 from 5:30pm to 8:30pm at Carver Park in Johnson City. Register before July 5 th. For more info, contact Elizabeth Elizondo at the Washington County Extension Office ( ) or eelizond@utk.edu. May 10 & 11 Herbs & Herb Lore Workshop The Doak House at Tusculum College Greeneville TN Selecting and Growing Culinary Herbs, from 3:00-6:00 p.m. on Friday, May 10, and Medicinal Herbs from 10:00.am. 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 11. To reserve a space in one or both of the workshops, contact Leah Walker at the Doak House Museum at or to: lwalker@tusculum.edu. Household Hazardous Waste Collection Days Household Hazardous Waste Collection Days are scheduled this spring in NE Tennessee. Items that are accepted include household chemicals, paint thinners, cleaners, pesticides, pool chemicals, flammables, fertilizers and insecticides. May 4 Washington County, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Daniel Boone High School, 1440 Suncrest Dr., Gray. Contact Charles Baines(423) May 11 Sullivan County, 9am - 1pm. Sullivan Central High School, 131 Shipley Ferry Road, Blountville. Contact Buck Johnson 423/ May 18 Carter County, 9am - 1pm. Carter County Recycling Center, 411 Cherokee Park Drive, Elizabethton. Contact Benny Lyons

5 Jonesborough 17 th Annual Garden Gala Expect the Unexpected Surprises from Nature Saturday, May 25 Tours: 12:30 5:00 p.m. Lectures: 9:00 a.m.-noon Sponsored by Tuesday Garden and Schubert Club of Jonesborough For reservations, call or visit As always, volunteers from SAPS are welcomed as hosts and hostesses in the gardens and other volunteer staffing areas. Their knowledge and bright smiles are essential to the success of the gala. If you would like to volunteer, please contact Pam Pope at or The shifts are 12:30-2:45 and 2:45-5:00 pm, which will give you a couple of hours to visit the gardens either before or after your shift. Master Gardeners of Roane County Annual Plant Sale Saturday, May 4 Ladd Landing, Kingston TN The 8 th annual Master Gardeners of Roane County Plant Sale will be held from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm on Saturday, May 4 th, at Ladd Landing in Kingston. This is a public opportunity to obtain plants, knowledge and information from locally trained volunteers through the Tennessee Master Gardener Program of Roane County and the University of Tennessee Extension. A wide variety of perennials, annuals, native plants, house plants, shrubs, grasses, vines, herbs, trees, vegetables and yard art will be available. The Master Gardener Program s main goal is to increase the availability of horticultural information and to improve the quality of life with community garden/ landscape programs. The Master Gardeners of Roane County members strive to be educators, advisors, and helpers in the community. Gardens By the Month Last killing frost date usually May 15. Plant carrots and vegetables that enjoy cool weather. Tomatoes love carrots and marigolds Roses love garlic. Plant several kinds of beans, then dry or can the extras. As tall bearded iris stop blooming, the Japanese iris (Ensata) bloom. If you don t have any, try to purchase at least one plant. Peonies are growing and blooming. Be sure to stake those that flop from the weight of blooms. Try at least one tree peony. This is a fun time. Go to seminars, plant, see what is new, keep the garden tidy. Grow something to enter at the Appalachian Fair in August. Okra is a wonderful vegetable. Plant a short row and try it. Courtesy of SAPS member, Jeanne Cope The Joyful Gardener

6 The Wheelbarrow Southern Appalachian Plant Society c/o Mary Zamiska, Editor 6 Hannah Court Johnson City, TN Nonprofit Organization U.S. Postage Paid Kingsport, TN Zip Code Permit No. 41 Shady Oaks Garden Tour Above and Beyond Gardens of Johnson City Saturday, June 8 10:00 a.m. 2:00 p.m. Get your tickets for our most interesting biennial garden tour!! There will be formal gardens, small condo gardens, community gardens, and more! Your ticket may be purchased from Heather Bagnell ( ) or any other Shady Oaks Garden Club member for $10. This ticket has the addresses and how to directions for each of the seven gardens on the tour. Tickets may also be purchased the day of the event at Girls Incorporated, 227 Library Lane, Johnson City, TN. There will be refreshments and a plant sale there, as well. A free pair of garden gloves will be available to each ticket holder. Hope to see you there! (Sunday, June 9, is the HEAVY RAIN DATE)