HOLLIES & MORE

We have several species of hollies at the Arboretum.  These are some way they are different:  leaf shape and color, berry color and quantity,  evergreen or deciduous.  Here are some samples (with a Nandina tossed in).  Click here for a brief fact sheet about HOLLIES IN THE LANDSCAPE

Top (left to right):

1.  Ilex x attenuata 'East Plataka'

2.  Ilex opaca (American Holly)

3.  Ilex x attenuata 'Fosteri'

4.  Ilex cornuta 'Needlepoint'

5.  Ilex cornuta 'Burfordii Nana'

Bottom (left to right):

6.  Ilex x attenuata 'Savannah'

7.  Ilex serrata x verticillata 'Sparkleberry'

8.  Nandina domestica 'Fire Power'

9.  Ilex vomitoria 'Pendula' Weeping Yaupon Holly

10.  Ilex x 'Mary Nell'

THANK YOU

Thank you to everyone who came out to the Arboretum Saturday to learn about 'Gardening in the South'.  Thank you also to Wild Birds Unlimited and Carolina Seasons Nursery who sponsored the event, helped promote it, and sold tickets for us.  Mark Weathington inspired us to try new things while holding fast to the philosophy of planting the right plant in the right place!  Thank you to our Speaker Committee (Joanne, Rosanne, and Susan) for again pulling this event together.

Rosanne, Mark, Susan
(not pictured:  Joanne)

GARDENING IN THE SOUTH

Since it is too cold to be out in your garden (and there isn't much to be done this time of year anyway), come out to the Arboretum this Saturday and get some ideas for what you might do to enhance your garden.   Doors open at 9:00 AM.  Master Gardeners will be serving coffee, tea and breakfast snacks.  Carolina Seasons Nursery will have a display of plants for sale.

WINTER PLANTS OF INTEREST

On a very, cold windy day, MGV Joan steadfastly roamed the Arboretum gardens to select ten plants to display.  Here is what she found:

1.  Woodwardia areolata (Netted Chain Fern)

2.  Ilex serrata x verticillata 'Sparkleberry' (Winterberry Holly)

3.  Helleborus x ericsmithii  'Shooting Star' ( Lenten Rose)

4.  Nandina domestica 'Seika' Obession

5.  Ilex x 'Mary Nell' (Holly)

6.  Scutellaria multiglandulosa (Small's Skullcap)

7.  Foeniculum vulgare (Bronze Fennel)

8.  Rosmarinus officinalis (Rosemary)

9.  Jasminum nudiflorum (Winter Jasmine)

10. Mahonia baelei (Leatherleaf Mahonia)

Photos by J. Christianson

SAYING GOODBYE

Today is our Extension Agent Eric's last day in Pitt County.  We thank him for the work he did for the Arboretum and the Master Gardener Program.  His cheerful attitude and high energy level will be missed.   We wish him the best of everything as he continues his career in the Triangle area.

GET YOUR TICKETS NOW

Seating is limited!  Join the other gardeners who share your desire to learn

more about gardening in the South.

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Start your new year on a promising note.

Spend the day browsing through the stack of seed catalogs that arrived in the mail this past month.  Read, relax, dream.

Remember, Master Gardener Volunteers can guide you in the gardening process.

Office Hours: Monday and Thursday, 10:00 AM to Noon
at the Ag Center, 403 Government Circle

By phone anytime (leave a message and they will call you back during the times listed above)  252-902-1705

By email pittcomgv@gmail.com

Be brave!  Try something new this year!