SUMMER 2014 Your Summer Schedule COASTAL GARDEN CLUB Summer Schedule No Coastal Garden Club membership meetings are scheduled for the summer. The next club meeting is September 22, 2014. THINGS TO DO After this cold, cold winter, it s great to finally welcome summer. If you haven t made plans, here are some things to do: Propagate Your plants may be perfect for you right now, but don t forget we (the members) are going to have to provide all of our plants for the plant sale next year. Our wonderful Joan Scharenbrock has finally decided to take it easy, and she and her husband won t be donating plants. So now s the time to increase the number of your plants so they ll be well established when it s time to dig them up next April. There are many ways to propagate - seeds, root division, cuttings - do some research to see what the best method is to use on your particular plants. The internet or our wonderful books at the library should have all the answers. Volunteer We always need help pulling weeds at the butterfly garden at Rourk Park. Plant Think about using native plants as you continue to develop your yards and gardens. Share Fresh vegetables are always cherished by those of us who don t have the space or sun to grow veggies. If you re lucky enough to have a great cutting garden, PAGE 1
SUMMER 2014 PRESIDENT S MESSAGE Spring was a little late coming to our area but it was lovely, just in time for our successful Garden Tour. We will have a flower show in early May 2015 and the committee is already at work planning it. Our flower arranging classes will be geared toward the flower show. We are adding a new project this October Plant it Pink. Karen Beiger and Peggy Harrison are chairing this committee and hope to get the merchants in Shallotte to join us. At its June meeting, the board agreed that we continue the collection of non-perishable Incoming officers for 2014-15 food in support of Shallotte Presbyterian Church and their participation in the food bank. Don t forget to bring your goodies to the meetings The dog days of summer are almost upon us. Please remember to keep yourselves as well as your lawns and gardens hydrated Enjoy your summer. Nancy Outgoing 2014-15 officers and committee chairs This is what happens when Nancy gives Rowena a Sponge cake to share with the members PAGE 2
General Mee)ng: MEETING CALENDAR FOR 2014-15 9/22/14 @ 10am no flower arranging class 10/27/13 @ 9:30am Nov no mee<ng due to scheduling conflicts at the Church 12/8/14 @ 9:30am (note early mee<ng) Following dates to be confirmed with the Church aier Labor Day 1/26/15 @ 9:30am 2/23/15 @ 9:30am 3/23/15 @ 9:30am 4/27/15 @ 9:30am 5/18/15 @ 10:00am no flower arranging class Board Mee)ngs Room 7: 6/2/14 @ 9:30am 8/18/14 @ 9:30am 10/6/14 @ 9:30am 11/3/14 @ 9:30am December no mee<ng Following dates to be confirmed with the Church aier Labor Day 1/5/15 @ 9:30am 2/2/15 @ 9:30am 3/2/15 @ 9:30am 4/6/15 @ 9:30am 5/4/15 @ 9:30am 6/1/15 @ 9:30am PAGE 3
Thank you all for dead-heading the flowers at the garden so they will keep blooming and keep the bees and butterflies happy The schedule has a few holes, so do feel free to stop by anytime and snip away Weeding is also welcome You may go at any time during your week, either alone or with your partner - you decide what works PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDARS, AS YOU WILL NOT BE NOTIFIED AGAIN June June 1-7: Cherie Lynch-Conway, Sandy Forde June 8-14: Jeanne Reopel, Janet Dancy June 15-21: Janine Piburn, Dottie Isgrig June 22-28: Pam Foertsch, Kathy Barbour June 29-July 5: Carole Tiskiewic, Sherry Jeffries July July 6-12: Cherie Lynch-Conway, Carol Kendall BUTTERFLY GARDEN SCHEDULE July 13-19: Marge Layden, Becky Hucks July 20-16: Rowena Sewell July 27-Aug. 2: Joan Eccard August Aug. 3-9: Suzanne Roseberry, Susan Bridges Aug. 10-16: Lisa Jennings Aug. 17-23: Gail Aaron Aug. 24-30: Rowena Sewell Aug. 31-Sept. 6: Becky Hucks September Sept. 7-12: Joan Eccard Is this yours? It was left at the butterfly garden around the first week of June. Call Janine at 704-947-0777 or email me at janinepiburn@hotmail.com to PAGE 4
DEER DETERRENTS How often have you heard the deer ate my down to nothing or my were there last night and they are gone this morning? Deer are certainly lovely creatures but a nuisance to any gardener in this and many other areas. There are some deterrents we can use but nothing is 100 percent fool proof. I know from gardening in Connecticut that deer love daylilies, so before I planted them I bought four metal poles (4 to 5 feet high) and lots of deer netting. I then erected the poles at each corner of a rectangle large enough to give the plants room to grow and completely enclosed with deer netting. All these supplies can be purchased at Lowe s. I also have deer netting on all my azaleas. Other options include an egg formula you spray on 3-Tbs Murphy s oil soap, 3-Tbs ammonia, 1 egg and 1 gallon of water. I understand this works for a while but deer get used to it. Our neighbor encloses a bar of Irish Spring soap in a woman s silk stocking and hangs this from tree limbs. She says this works. Another neighbor has crows * (motion sensor water jets) inserted around the yard. Then there is the solar powered colored lights placed in the ground that change color. They may be purchased at Amazon.com. Another interesting concept to keep the deer away is to have photo cell units attached to trees.** The light charges during the day and blinks red at night. Deer resistant shrubs depends on availability of more delicious plants and the age of the deer. Young deer haven t learned the etiquette of avoiding the bad tasting plants. We occasionally use Deer Off spray (available at Green Resource on Rt 17). This is a foul smelling concentrate solution you just add water. Another chemical is Plantskydd for $25 from Amazon and claims to work up to six months. The only problem with using spray-on solutions is when it rains you have to repeat the process. Several websites recommend alternating different chemical solutions. These are a few ideas we have found semieffective. If you have some more let us know. *Scarecrows $54 from Amazon **Nite Guard solar predator control lights ($19.18 from Amazon). Janet Lewis PAGE 5
INVASIVE PLANTS This information was taken from the North Carolina State University website titled Invasive, Exotic Plants of the Southeast at http:// www.ncsu.edu/goingnative/ howto/mapping/invexse/ index.html. They ve provided a list of selected invasive, exotic species that are causing particular problems for native plants or wildlife in the Southeast. Without natural checks, an exotic species can invade the native habitat, crowd out native plants, and reduce the diversity of foods available to birds and other wildlife. When at all possible, these plants should be SUMMER 2014 removed from the landscape and replaced with native plants. Use this list to identify the invasive, exotic plants in your landscape. Descriptions and photographs can be found online. Invasive plants can be controlled by a variety of methods e.g., pulling or mowing or herbicides. TREES Common Name Scientific Name Tree-of-Heaven Ailanthus altissima Mimosa Albizia julibrissin Chinaberry Melia azedarach Princess Tree Paulownia tomentosa Callery 'Bradford' PearPyrus calleryana Chinese Tallow Tree Sapium sebiferum VINES Common Name Scientific Name Porcelain-berry Ampelopsis brevipedunculata Oriental Bittersweet Celastrus orbiculatus Sweet Autumn Virginsbower Clematis cuspidatum Winter Creeper Euonymus fortunei English Ivy Hedera helix Cypressvine Morningglory Ipomoea quamoclit Japanese Honeysuckle Lonicera japonica Kudzu Pueraria lobata Chinese Wisteria Wisteria sinensis NATIVE PLANTS North Carolina State University has a great article titled Going Native: Urban Landscaping for Wildlife with Native Plants. Go to http://www.ncsu.edu/goingnative/ to discover why landscaping with native plants is better for wildlife and for the environment. HERBS Common Name Scientific Name Queen Anne's Lace Daucus carota Cogongrass Imperata cylindrica Sericea Lespedeza Lespedeza cuneata Japanese Grass Microstegium vimineum Chinese Silvergrass Miscanthus sinensis Japanese Knotweed Polygonum cuspidatum Johnson Grass Sorghum halepense SHRUBS Common Name Japanese Barberry Autumn Olive Russian Olive Thorny Olive Bicolor Lespedeza Japanese Privet Chinese Privet Scientific Name Berberis thunbergii Eleagnus umbellata Eleagnus angustifolia Eleagnus pungens Lespedeza bicolor Ligustrum japonicum Ligustrum sinense The website will help you discover the native plants you can use as alternatives to exotic plants. It even helps you create your own native plant landscape - from the design phase to where to find native plants. PAGE 6
A TASTE OF SOUTHERN GARDENS Garden Tour May 16, 2014 - for more photos, please go to our club website www.coastalgardenclub.org. These photos were shot by David Jeffries and Frank Aaron, husbands of members Sherry and Gail, and Janine Piburn. We look forward to a slideshow in the fall that will highlight the beautiful gardens on our tour. PAGE 7
MAY MEETING A Certificate of Appreciation was given to the Rev. John Causey of the Shallotte Presbyterian Church. Passing the gavel - Rowena hands over the president s gavel to Nancy. Casey Reeves from the Shallotte Presbyterian Church received a Certificate of Appreciation for her help during the past year NEW MEMBERS Please welcome new members Diane Blaney (husband, Doug) and Gloria Croake (husband, Jack). They joined the club at the May meetng. Summer Birthdays Katie Bodner 8/4 Pam Foertsch 8/20 Jo Grow 8/19 Lisa Jennings 7/1 Linda Knerr 7/15 Claudia Peruggi 7/7 Janine Piburn 8/24 Suzanne Roseberry 8/20 Diane Blaney and Gloria Croake BABY BLOOMER Connor Michael Houchen born May 11, 2014 (Mother's Day) 8 pounds 10 ounces 21 inches long Parents: Kelley and Corey Houchen from Winterville, North Carolina no siblings except for his furry dog sisters Roxy and Chloe who love him dearly Proud Great-grandma: Ann Sullivan (club member) OUR ERROR In the May edition the name of baby bloomer Evan Wesley McGuire s proud grandma was missing. Our apologies to club member Janet Lewis for this oversight. PAGE 8