What a fantastic evening to kick off our in-person meetings for the year! Over 170 keen gardeners–including members and their ‘Sprung’ friends–enjoyed speaker Jeff de Jong who delivered a practical, humourous and incredibly informative talk along with lots of visual inspiration. Jeff shared a wonderful handout listing almost 60 ‘Plants that Earn their Keep’. We’ve included the list and a few photo highlights below.
Also many thanks to the plant vendors who brought so many lovely plants to sell at the meeting and to our new AV technicians that kept the meeting running smoothly—all very much appreciated!
Plant photos included below are: Astrantia major, Cyclamen hederifolium, Japanese Painted Fern, Julia Child Rose, Liatris spicata, Podophyllum ‘Spotty Dotty’
Plants that Earn their Keep by Jeffry de Jong
Perennials
Agapanthus ‘Rotterdam’
Allium siculum bulgaricum
Allium ‘Millenium’
Astrantia major
Aralia cordata ‘Sun King’
Baptisia australis
Baptisia sphaerocarpa
Brunnera macrophylla
Cyclamen coum
Cyclamen hederifolium
Dierama pendulum
Disporum cantoniense
Epimedium latisepalum
Ferns: Autumn Fern Dryopteris erythrosora, Athrium niponicum ‘Silver Falls’, Japanese Painted Fern, Biechnum spicant
Farfugium japonicum’ Aureomaculatum’
Fuchsia magelianica ‘Aurea’
Geranium ‘Rozanne’
Gladiolus x dalenii ‘Boone’
Hakonechloa macra
Helleborus orientalis
Iris sibirica
Libertia grandiflora
Nepeta 'Walker’s Low
Oenothera lindleimer, Gaura
Paeonia sp.
Itoh Peony
Persicaria amplexicaulis ‘Golden Arrow’
Perovskia atriplicifolia
Podophyllum ‘Spotty Dotty’
Rodgersia podophylla
Salvia argentea
Senecio candicans ‘Angel Wings’
Sisyrinchium striatum
Woody Plants
Acer palmatum ‘Manyo no sato’
Berberis thunbergii
Calluna vulgaris
Cornus mas
Cryptomeria japonica
Drimys lanceolata
Edgeworthia chrysantha
Elaeagnus x ebbingei ‘Gilt Edge’
Eucryphia lucida
Garrya elliptica
Grevillea victoriae
Myrica californica
Olearia x haastil
Pieris japonica
Rhododendron sp.
Julia Child Rose
Spiraea japonica ’ Gold Flame’
Styrax japonicus
Vaccinium ovatum
Bulbs
Crocosmia
Emily McKenzie
C. x crocosmiiflora ‘George Davidson’
Liatris spicata
Lilium spp.
submitted by: Lorna Doucette