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2020 ARS-NY Virtual Garden Tours

Due to the corona virus pandemic this year we only had three garden tours for our members. Many of us decided to err on the side of caution and did not attend. With meetings being cancelled we missed out on the opportunities of sharing our experiences this Spring season with each other. I've asked for and received photos from some of our members showing what has occurred in their gardens.

I hope you enjoy these virtual garden tours and hope that you are inspired to send photos if you haven't already done so. -Jim Fry

Tom & Ann Marie Appell's garden:

Camellia Japonica Kurume Azalea Hinomayo

kaempferi Lilac Time and Coral Bells Exbury Azalea Old Gold

Rosemarie & David Papayanopulos Garden

Into each life a little rain must fall. The rain isn't so bad, but falling trees is another matter!

After all the noise of the chainsaws are finished and the weather gets a little warmer we have blooms!

Michael & Gail Jordan Garden:

Loderi Game Chick Faggeter's Favorite (left) Loderi King George (right)

Virginia Richards Cotton Candy

Loderi King George augustinii OSU form

R. vaseyi R. Sugar Pink

R. Mrs. Kaye Player Hilda Niblett

Crepe Myrtle

Jim & Carol Fry's Garden:

My big tree story was in July of 2019, but I spent most of the winter and early Spring cutting and splitting logs. In March I decided to clean out some azalea beds growing out in Cutchogue. Six beds resulted in about 400 plants that were replanted into pots. The plants were rather neglected and will require several years for them to grow into anything decent looking. The small chipper I acquired made me lots of wood chips for all those pots. The plants (most of them anyway) had fairly decent rootballs so the chips made a nice filler between the ball and the pot. So far, they're still doing well, throwing a lot of new growth and not being overly watered.