Tag: propagate

  • Monday, October 2, 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm – How To Propagate Natives Webinar

    Many propagation classes focus exclusively on how to propagate plants and neglect to explain which species will give new propagators the best results. For instance, if you try sowing 100 seeds of Chimaphila maculata, you’ll be lucky if two germinate. However, 100 seeds of Agastache foeniculum may yield more than 90 seedlings. Join Dan Jaffe of The New England Wild Flower Society online on Monday, October 2 from 6:30 – 7:30 to learn which plant species to propagate as well as how to do it. $10 for NEWFS members, $13 for nonmembers. Image from www.tipdisease.com. Register at http://www.newfs.org/learn/our-programs/live-webinar-how-to-propagate-natives

  • Thursday, August 12, 11:00 am – Creating a Butterfly-Friendly Environment

    Since you will already be at Highfield Hall, 56 Highfield Drive in Falmouth on Thursday, August 12 listening to Warren Leach, stick around, since at 11:00 am  Judy Larocque, Garden Tutor, Judy’s Garden, will speak on Creating a Butterfly-Friendly Environment. Judy’s horticultural education began at the New York Botanical Gardens.  Since then she has worked at a number of well-known garden centers, including Lexington Gardens and Mahoney’s Garden Center, and teaches on gardening topics regularly at both the Falmouth and Sandwich Community Schools.  She will offer helpful tips on identifying butterflies in your back yar  – how to attract them and how to help them propagate. Judy will also cover the three part environment they need to thrive: for the catepillar stage, for nectar and rest, and for laying eggs.  Be prepared to be surprised as to which plants are most amicable to butterflies for each of these stages.  $5 suggested donation.  Log on to www.highfieldhall.org for more information.

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