Gardeners in and around Connecticut have an early-February opportunity to stir their gardening juices. The Connecticut Horticultural Society is hosting Spring into the Garden, a day-long symposium filled with garden talk, garden photos and gardening ideas.
It's the end of the year and nearly the beginning of the next. Time to reflect on time passed and make future plans.
As we near the end of a snowy, snowy winter, Connecticut gardeners could really use the gardening boost offered by attending the Garden Conference at UConn in Storrs. I've attended this conference many times in previous years and always came away with renewed gardening energy and a good amount of useful information.
The Connecticut Nursery and Landscape Association (CNLA) recently called for a voluntary ban of 25 cultivars of Japanese barberry (Berberis thunbergii). The parent species – in photo to the right - has overtaken much of Connecticut forestland and large stands of the thorny green woody shrub appear to act as optimal host areas for Lyme-disease carrying ticks. As reported by CNLA, the 3-year phase-out includes the 25 cultivars that are most prolific at seed production. Another 18 cultivars – those at the bottom 10% for seed production – are not included in this voluntary ban. Click here to read the full CNLA report and the list of banned and permitted barberry cultivars.
Attention homeowners, landscape pros, gardeners, and anyone else interested in managing invasive plant species in Connecticut. Note the date listed below – October 14, 2010 – when the Connecticut Invasive Plant Working Group presents an all day symposium on managing invasive plants.
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