Washington Gardener Enewsletter - March 2011

MARCH 2011 Welcome to the Washington Gardener Enewsletter!

This enewsletter is the free sister publication of Washington Gardener Magazine. Both the print magazine and online enewsletter share the same mission and focus — helping DC-MD-VA region gardens grow — but our content is different. In this monthly enewsletter, we address timely seasonal topics and projects; post local garden events; and, a monthly list of what you can be doing now in your garden. We encourage you to subscribe to Washington Gardener Magazine as well for indepth articles, inspirational photos, and great garden resources for the Washington DC area gardener. Without your support, we cannot continue publishing this enewsletter nor Washington Gardener Magazine! Our magazine subscription information is on page 9 of this enewsletter. If you know of any other gardeners in the greater Washington, DC-area, please forward this issue to them so that they can subscribe to this free enewsletter as well using the form on page 9 of this enewsletter to subscribe to our print magazine. You can also connect with Washington Gardener online at: • Washington Gardener Blog: www.washingtongardener.blogspot.com • Washington Gardener Discussion Group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WashingtonGardener/ • Washington Gardener Twitter Feed: www.twitter.com/WDCGardener • Washington Gardener Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/washingtongardenermagazine • Washington Gardener Web Site: www.washingtongardener.com Sincerely, Kathy Jentz Editor/Publisher Washington Gardener Magazine

Reader Contest

For our March 2011 Washington Gardener Reader Contest, Washington Gardener is giving away a signed copy of The Nonstop Garden: A Step-by-Step Guide to Smart Plant Choices and Four-Season Designs by Stephanie Cohen and Jennifer Benner. The Nonstop Garden, published by Timber Press, gives gardeners all the information they need to create a productive, beautiful garden from the ground up. This easy-to-use guide is split into four main parts: the nuts and bolts of designing a mixed garden, the garden’s main attractions (trees and shrubs), the garden’s supporting cast (bulbs, annuals, edibles, and vines), and finishing touches (ornamentation, containers, and garden structures). To enter to win a signed copy of The Nonstop Garden (valued at $20), send an email to WashingtonGardener@rcn.com by 5:00pm on March 30 with “Nonstop Garden” in the subject line and tell us: what is your favorite early spring blooming plant. In the body of the email, please also include your full name and mailing address. The winner will be announced and notified by April 2.

Current Issue

Our Winter 2010-11 magazine issue is now out, mailed, and in area book stores such as Politics & Prose. To subscribe today and start with this issue, see page 9 of the enewsletter. The cover story is on Paths & Walkways. We explore the effect and impact of different path styles on your garden and your garden’s visitors. Looking over hundreds of photos of garden paths to pick out our cover image made for a bad case of cabin fever. It was hard not wish spring was here this very minute. You’ll also find in this issue: • A DayTrip to the Cylburn Arboretum in Baltimore, MD • Elegant Edgeworthia (Paperbush) • Create an Easy, Fragrant Indoor Spring Garden with Bulbs • Growing and Cooking Kohlrabi • Native Partridgeberry • Houseplant Repotting Tips • Best Blueberry Varieties for the MidAtlantic • Fighting Scale Insects • A Profile of the three Local Chapters of the Azalea Society • 10 Top Plant Picks for 2011 • An Interview with Famed Herbalist Jim Duke and much, much more... To subscribe, see the page 9 of this newsletter for a form to mail in or go to www.washingtongardener.com/index_ files/subscribe.htm and use our PayPal credit card link.

Quick Links to Recent Washington Gardener Blog Posts • Video Wednesday: Cherry Blossom Peak Prediction • Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day: Almost Spring! • First Daffodils of the Season • School Vegetable Gardens Finally Permitted in Montgomery County, MD • Carla Hall Inspires Gardeners to Cook Creatively See more Washington Gardener Blog posts at WashingtonGardener.Blogspot.com.

March Garden To-Do List Spotlight Special Hydrangea quercifolia ‘Munchkin’ (NA 73936; PI 658494) ‘Munchkin’ was developed from seedlings obtained from a 1997 open-pollination of oakleaf hydrangea cultivar ‘Sikes Dwarf.’ Its compact form and dense plant habit make it ideally suited for use in small residential landscapes. ‘Munchkin’ is one of the first two hydrangea cultivars developed from the U.S. National Arboretum’s shrub breeding program in McMinnville, TN. ‘Munchkin’ is the result of approximately 12 years of controlled pollinations, selection, and testing by Arboretum Research Geneticist Sandy Reed, and is one of the first releases from the hydrangea genetic improvement program. Prior to its release, ‘Munchkin’ were evaluated by cooperators throughout the U.S. The U.S. National Arboretum does not have stock plants of ‘Munchkin’ available for general distribution, but the plants should be available in the retail market in 2011. Meanwhile, you can see these plants growing near the Administration Building at the National Arboretum in Washington, DC. ‘Munchkin’ is located under the large crape myrtle near the kiosk for tram tickets. Plant Facts: Hardiness: USDA Zones 5-8. Height and width: 3 feet tall and 4.5 feet wide at 9 years. Habit: Small, deciduous, rounded shrub. Foliage: Dark green in summer; mahogany-red in fall. Flowers: In early summer, ‘Munchkin’ produces abundant, 6.5 inch long inflorescences that are held upright above the foliage. Flowers open white and gradually turn medium pink. Use: Foreground planting in the shrub border, deciduous hedge, mass planted in large areas. 2

Here is our comprehensive garden task list for gardens in the greater DC metro region for March 16-April 15. Your additions to this list are most welcome: • Avoid walking on and compacting wet soil in the garden. • Prune grapevines. • Put up trellises and teepees for peas, climbing beans, etc. • Plant peas, potatoes, beets, turnips, radish, cabbage, mustard greens, onion sets, carrots, and kale. • Set out traps for mice, moles, and voles. • Get a soil test. • Soil preparation -- add lime, compost, etc. as needed. • Mulch beds with a light hand. • Start or update your garden journals. • Clean out any old debris from last season from your growing beds. • Turn your compost pile. • Repot root-bound houseplants and start fertilizing them. • Clean leaves and debris from your water garden. • Do not be alarmed if your pond turns green from algae bloom, this is natural until your water plants fill the surface area. Add a barley ball to combat it for now. • Cut back ornamental grasses. • Water during dry spells. • Cut your Daffodils for indoor bouquets, but do not combine daffs with other flowers in one vase. They give off a toxic substance they may kill your other blooms off prematurely. • Weed by hand to avoid disturbing newly forming roots. • Walk your garden -- look for early signs of fungal disease. • Divide perennials and herbs. • Fertilize new growth. • Plant and prune roses. • Transplants small trees and shrubs. • Buy or check on your stored summer bulbs (such as dahlias and caladiums). Pot them and start to water, if you want to give them an early start on the season. • If you started seeds last month, thin them and start the hardening off process. • Start some more seeds -- try flowering annuals like impatiens and petunias. • Prune fruit trees as their buds are swelling. Check for dead and diseased wood to prune out. Cut a few branches for indoor forcing, if desired. • Build a raised bed for vegetables. Add lots of manure and compost. • Buy an indoor plant to liven up your office space. Try an orchid or African violet. • Cut back and clear out the last of your perennial beds. • Feed birds and provide nesting materials (try dryer lint) as well as houses for the start of their family season. • Plant a tree for Arbor Day. Arbor Day comes on different dates in different states. In our area it is the first Wednesday in April for Maryland, Virginia has it on the second Friday in April, and DC has it on the last Friday in April. In addition, many local groups and towns have their own celebrations. • Read a good gardening book or magazine. • Cut some branches (forsythia, quince, bittersweet, redbud, willow, etc.) for forcing indoors. • Have a wonderful 2011 growing season!

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DC-Area Gardening Calendar~Upcoming Events~March 16-April 15, 2011 Beltsville Garden Club

Cafeteria, James E. Duckworth School 11201 Evans Trail Beltsville, Maryland www.beltsvillegardenclub.org • Wednesday, March 23, 7:30pm The speaker for this month is Susan Bell. Her topic will be “Adding the “WOW!” Factor to Small Garden Spaces.” Susan’s lifelong passion for gardening and design led her to the Master Gardener program and then to Landscape Design at George Washington University. Nine years ago, Susan started her own business as a licensed landscaping contractor in MD and DC. Her company, Hilltop Gardens performs garden makeovers and seasonal maintenance that makes homes stand out. Refreshments will be served after the meeting. Bring a plant or plant related material for the club’s door prize table. The public is welcomed and admission is free. For more information, contact Louise DeJames at 301.890.4733.

Brookside Gardens 1800 Glenallan Avenue Wheaton, MD 20902 301.962.1400 www.brooksidegardens.org

•Saturday, March 19, 10:00am-4:00pm and Sunday, March 20, 10:00am-3:00pm. ORCHID SHOW & SALE Sponsored by the Friends of Brookside Gardens & the Brookside Gardens Orchid Club. Top regional orchid vendors will be showing and selling a wide variety of exotic orchids. Information on growing and caring for orchids as well as repotting services will be available. Enter the raffle to win a free orchid! Membership applications to join Friends of Brookside Gardens, and the Orchid Club will be available. FREE admission. Visitors Center, Brookside Gardens. • Saturday, March 26, 9:00am-5:00pm, and Sunday, March 27, 9:00am-3:30pm IKENOBO AND IKEBANA EXHIBITION Sponsored by the Ikenobo Ikebana Society of the Metropolitan Washington DC Chapter and the Ikenobo Ikebana Society Baltimore Group. An exhibition of the 500 year old art of Ikenobo, one of the oldest schools of Japanese Ikebana flower arranging. FREE. Visitors Center, Brookside Gardens. • Wednesday, March 23, 1:00-4:00pm PAPERCRETE TROUGHS Lead by Ellen Hartranft, Brookside Gardens staff. Create a beautiful, lightweight trough for your garden. Take it home with you the same day you create it and then register for course #133149 to plant it with a variety of succulents under the 4

guidance of garden trough expert Betty Mackey. Fee includes all materials. Course number 132899; Fee: $55, FOBG: $49; registration required at www.parkpass.org.

Casey Trees

3030 12th Street NE Washington, DC 20017 202.833.4010 www.caseytrees.org • Saturday, March 26, 9:00am-1:00pm TREE PLANTING AT CONGRESSIONAL CEMETERY Historic and hallowed grounds undergoing renovations where an allee of new trees will line newly cobbled roads. 50 of us will be planting 28 trees! This Ward 6 planting site is accessible by Metrorail (Potomac Ave or Stadium-Armory Stations) or Metrobus (82, 96). Plenty of on-street parking is available. 1801 E Street SE, WDC 20003 Make a Difference. Sponsor this Community Tree Planting event or make a gift of any amount towards the planting of trees Congressional Cemetery. RSVP required

Environmental Film Fest www.dcenvironmentalfilmfest.org

•March 15-27, various dates/times 19TH ANNUAL ENVIRONMENTAL FILM FESTIVAL IN THE NATION’S CAPITAL The Enviro Film Fest will present 150 documentary, narrative, animated, archival, experimental and children’s films selected to provide fresh perspectives on environmental issues facing our planet. The critical connections between energy and the environment are a major theme of the 2011 Festival, which features cinematic work from 40 countries and 78 Washington, DC, United States and world premieres. Fifty-five filmmakers and 94 special guests will discuss their work at the Festival. Area gardeners will be especially interested in A Community of Gardeners, which celebrates seven urban community gardens in Washington, DC, and America’s Sustainable Garden: United States Botanic Garden introduces its newest outdoor garden, The National Garden. Four films on the Chesapeake Bay include The Runoff Dilemma, examining the effect of agricultural nutrient runoff on the Bay

Green Spring Gardens 4603 Green Spring Road Alexandria, Virginia 22312 703.642.5173 www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/gsgp/

• Saturday, March 19, 10-11:30am URBAN SMALL SPACE GARDENING Whether you have a townhouse garden or a small lot in the city, we’ll talk about creative ways to cope and maximize the space. Kathy Jentz, Washington Gardener

Magazine’s Editor/Publisher, provides a glimpse at lovely gardens in the area, including Alexandria, Georgetown, Capitol Hill and Falls Church, to provide you with ideas for your garden. $18. Register by calling Green Spring Gardens at 703642-5173 or on-line at fairfaxcounty.gov/ parks/gsgp/education.htm. • Saturday, March 19, 1-3:30pm AN AFTERNOON WITH JULIA CHILD Award-winning actress Mary Ann Jung performs as Julia Child, the witty Queen of Cuisine! As we celebrate National Women’s History Month, meet the wonderful woman who entertained us as she changed culinary history. Bon appétit! Program only: $10; Program + tea: $32. Call the Green Spring Historic House at 703-941-7987 to register. • Saturday, March 26, 10am-12:30pm NEW TRENDS IN FLORAL DESIGN Tired of winter? Bring a touch of spring to your home while we tweak the traditional rules to create unique floral designs. Northern Virginia Community College instructor and professional floral designer, Bruce Nash, demonstrates new techniques and stunning possibilities and then you create your own to take home. Floral materials and containers provided. $30 registration and $20 supply fee. Call Green Spring Gardens at 703-642-5173 to register. • Saturday, April 2, 9:30-11am OH DEER: DETERRING DAMAGE IN THE GARDEN Take home deer management strategies from Green Spring Garden horticulturalist Nancy Olney and gardener Laura Moroz. Learn about home remedies, barriers, deer resistant plants and successful repellants that will help you defend your garden from unwanted deer browsing. $15. Register by calling Green Spring Gardens at 703642-5173 or on-line at fairfaxcounty.gov/ parks/gsgp/education.htm.

Riversdale House 4811 Riverdale Road Riverdale Park, Maryland 301.864.0420 www.pgparks.com

• Saturday, April 9, 2:00pm TASTING THE PAST AT RIVERSDALE Riversdale House Museum is the c. 1801 home of Charles Benedict Calvert, an agricultural reformer and founder of the Maryland Agricultural College, now known as the University of Maryland College Park. Join our foodways historian and Riversdale Kitchen Guild for a culinary journey that will take your taste buds back in time to the middle of the nineteenth century. The program will include a short talk about

DC-Area Gardening Calendar~Upcoming Events~March 16-April 15, 2011 heirloom corn and wheat followed by a guided tasting of historic nineteenth century recipes made with the heirloom grain varietals. In addition, guests can visit the nineteenth century open hearth dependency kitchen where a member of the Kitchen Guild will be cooking dishes using the heirloom grains. The cost is $12 for residents of Prince George’s and Montgomery Counties and $15 for non-residents. Advance registration is required by Friday, April 1, 2011. Capacity is limited, so call early to ensure a spot! Call 301-864-0420 or email Riversdale@pgparks.com to register.

Tudor Place Historic House and Garden 1644 31st Street, NW Washington, DC 20007 202.965.0400 www.tudorplace.org

• Thursday, March 31, 6:00-8:00pm TUDOR NIGHTS: BLOSSOMS AND BUBBLY Take a stroll through the spectacular Yoshino Cherry Blossoms during the full bloom. Inside the Historic Mansion, enjoy an up-close look at Tudor Place’s collection of early 20th century Japanese fans. The featured cocktail will be a Cherry Mimosa. Registration required.

United States Botanic Garden Conservatory 100 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 202.225.8333 www.usbg.gov

• Friday, March 18, 12:00noon-1:00pm BOOK TALK: “CHLOROPHYLL IN HIS VEINS” Bobby Ward, author of Chlorophyll in His Veins: J.C. Raulston, Horticultural Ambassador, will speak on the life of J.C. Raulston, founder of the North Carolina State University Arboretum, and some of the plants Raulston introduced to provide diversity in our landscapes. Location: Conservatory Classroom FREE: Pre-registration required, visit www. usbg.gov or call (202) 225-1116 • Sunday, March 20, 2:00-3:00pm LOSING PARADISE? ENDANGERED PLANTS HERE AND AROUND THE WORLD TALK Losing Paradise? Endangered Plants Here and Around the World, a traveling exhibition developed by the American Society of Botanical Artists (ASBA), explores the conservation efforts of scientists and illustrators around the globe to preserve threatened and endangered plants. The exhibition was at the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History from August through December 2010. This slide show of a selection of some of the artworks in the show, the stories behind

them and the plants they depict, will be narrated by Alice Tangerini, staff illustrator in the Department of Botany at the Smithsonian Institution. Her artwork was selected as one of the illustrations in the exhibition. Location: Conservatory Classroom FREE: Pre-registration required, visit www. usbg.gov or call (202) 225-1116 • Thursday, March 24, 10:00am-12noon HORTICULTURAL THERAPY: APPLYING PRINCIPLES FOR STRESS REDUCTION Speaker: Lana Dreyfuss, LCADC, CRC, HTR, Past President for the American Horticultural Therapy Association. Celebrate National Horticultural Therapy Week with the USBG! Horticulture therapy is not only about having a “green thumb.” Lana Dreyfuss will explain the field of horticultural therapy — its principles, practices and techniques for managing a group for horticulture activities. Research shows that the field of horticultural therapy can reduce stress and diminish the symptoms of past trauma through its activities. This program is designed specifically for those who wish to learn about the profession of horticultural therapy and incorporate horticulture into the activities of their facility. The session will end with a hands-on activity. Location: Conservatory Classroom Friends: $15, Non-members: $20 Pre-registration required, visit www.usbg. gov or call (202) 225-1116

US National Arboretum 3501 New York Avenue, NE Washington, D. C. 20002-1958 202.245.2726 www.usna.usda.gov

• Saturday, March 26, 8:30am-3:00pm 25TH ANNUAL LAHR NATIVE PLANT SYMPOSIUM AND PLANT SALE Speakers include: ~ Allan Armitage, renowned researcher, award-winning writer, speaker, and teacher ~ Cole Burrell, author, garden-designer, lecturer, founder of Native Landscape Design and Restoration ~ Scott LaFleur, director of New England Wildflower Garden, conservationist, native plant advocate ~ Sylvan Kaufman, ecologist, evolutionary biologist, owner of Sylvan Green Earth Consulting ~ Carole Ottesen, garden designer, photographer, author of books on native plant gardening ~ Jeremy West, manager, Natural Resources Conservation Service’s National Plant Materials Center NOTE that this year the symposium and plant sale will be held at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (BARC) as

the arboretum’s administration building is under renovation. Registration information will be available February 1 at www.usna. usda.gov. Symposium participants get early access to the native plant sale. The general public may attend just the plant sale for free afterwards.

WASHINGTON GARDENER MAGAZINE PHOTO SHOW • Friday, April 8, 6:30-8:00pm You are invited to view the winning images of the 5th annual Washington Gardener Photo Contest at an art show in downtown Silver Spring, MD. All 17 stunning photos were taken in DC-area gardens. Both inspirational and educational, this show represents the best of garden photography in the greater DC metropolitan region. The opening reception is Friday, April 8 from 6:30-8pm at the Adams Bank Lobby in the World Building on Georgia Avenue in downtown Silver Spring, MD. The reception is open to the public and is free to attend. After the opening, you may come by and view the photos any time during the normal bank lobby hours (M-F 9am-4pm, Sat 9am-12noon). The show runs through May 25. The winning photos are also published in the Spring 2011 issue of Washington Gardener Magazine along with additional details on the entrants and their images. You can subscribe to the magazine for just $20 a year and start with this current issue or you can purchase the single issue at the opening reception. You may also buy the single issue at local Borders, Barnes & Noble, or B. Dalton book stores and several independent stores including Politics & Prose and the USNA Arbor House. Washington Gardener Magazine is already announcing a 6th Annual Washington Gardener Photo Contest. Start gathering your images now and throughout this year. Most all of the entry rules will remain the same as this year’s contest. We will again accept the entries during the first three weeks of January 2012.

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To submit an event for this listing, please contact: Wgardenermag@aol.com and put “Event” in the email subject head. Our next deadline is April 12 for the April 15 edition of this enewsletter featuring events taking place from April 16-May 15.

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Early Spring Veggies by Kathy Jentz If you think the vegetable growing season starts with the tomato seedlings you plant outside in late spring, think again. Now is the perfect time to get acquainted with and grow the numerous early season crops we can cultivate in the Mid-Atlantic’s cool, wet spring months of March and April. © National Garden Bureau

Many delectable edibles prefer these mild days and practically melt when our hot, humid summers arrive. Tradition says to plant peas on St. Patrick’s Day and this week is a perfect time to set up a vegetable patch or planting boxes full of cool-season edibles.

Start the following plants from seeds and sow successive crops for fresh veggies on your table in just a few short weeks. Direct sow beets, carrots, celery, chard, dill, endive, fava beans, garlic mustard, Jerusalem artichokes, kale, kohlrabi, leeks, lettuce, green onions, summermaturing varieties of bulb onion seed and sets, mustard greens, parsley, peas, peanuts, potatoes, radishes, rutabaga, shallots, spinach, strawberries, swiss chard, and turnips. You can also purchase started seedlings of broccoli, brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, and kohlrabi to get a head start on our too-short cool growing season so that they mature before the heat abruptly moves in. Plant asparagus and rhubarb now and you’ll be rewarded with harvests of these perennial edibles for several springs to come. This is also the time of year to gather fiddle head ferns, wild leeks, and dandelions. Make a wild green salad or just use them to garnish another prepared dish. Indoors, you can sow eggplant, peppers, herbs, and tomatoes for transplanting into the garden in early to mid May. Pansies and violas can also be direct sown now to beautify your veggie patch. You can pick a few of these edible flowers to decorate your salads as well. Enjoy these days of mild weather and soft rain. Most of all get out there and get growing! 6

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Magazine Excerpt: Baltimore’s Historic Cylburn Arboretum by Cheval Force Opp

Located in Baltimore’s city limits, Cylburn Arboretum’s historic grounds nestle in a neighborhood of rolling hills and elegant homes. A horticultural bee-hive all year, a winter’s dusting of snow on the three miles of trails gives sparkling passage among towering trees, shapely shrubs, and generous gardens in the winter climate. Originally a private estate, Cylburn was founded in 1954 by the Board of Recreation and Parks as the Cylburn Wildflower Preserve and Garden Center. Volunteers designed trails and gardens and developed the Cylburn grounds for environmental education and horticulture. In 1982, the Preserve was renamed Cylburn Arboretum. Enter at the new Vollmer Visitors’ Orientation and Education Center, past plantings of regional native plants. The glasswalled, two-level building serves as a striking introduction for visitors and houses offices for the Horticultural Society of Maryland and the Federated Garden Clubs of Maryland. Built into the side of a hill and topped with a green roof, the 10,000square-foot, multi-function structure incorporates geothermal heating and cooling. An eco-touch is the Maryland native woods, interior paneling. Home to Baltimore’s first composting bathrooms, the center boasts saving the city more than 63,000 gallons of water a year. Take time for the 15-minute video on the arboretum to learn about upcoming events, birds, wildlife, plants, and volunteer opportunities. Be sure to pick up maps of the trails, gardens, and features. When you are ready to visit the gardens, go out the back door and stop at the table display containing a miniature replica of the building’s green roof, complete with plant and roof layer descriptions. It is a clever way to “see” a green roof without having to climb up on the roof yourself. Continue up the wide, smooth black-top pathways that allows easy access by disabled and slow walkers like me. Admire plantings as you follow the rise through unique, mature trees. Pause at the three gardens ... Want to learn more about visiting Cylburn Arboretum? Read the rest of this DayTrip column in the Winter 2010-11 issue of Washington Gardener Magazine.

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