Hydrangeas, Shrub Pruning, Vermicomposting, Black Magic Ivy Geranium
Linda Orton, president of the Mid-South Hydrangea Society sent out a great newsletter this month. I wish they were closer because their quarterly meetings always look so enticing. The Mid-South Hydrangea Society is located in Memphis Tennessee. Their quarterly newsletter is worth at least $10 a year and members get to attend the members-only annual tour. This year's tour is June 7 th and I can't wait to go. Orton said she had resolved in 2007 to limit her plant purchases to only those that would fit into her garden. (Don't we all make that promise to ourselves every year?) The newsletter covered an international hydrangea tour and a pruning chart from Walter Reeves' website. If you have any pruning still to do (;-) check out his guidelines at this link for what to prune month by month. Another version is at this link . They are both Adobe pdf . If you want to join, contact membership chair, Linda Lanier at hydrangealady@comcast.com . A thousand vermicompost worms a...