ARBORETUM TOUR

GLORIOUS GRASSES

&

FABULOUS FALL FLOWERS

Pink Muhly Grass at Pitt County Arboretum

 

Join the Master Gardener Volunteers

for a FREE WALKING TOUR

of the

Pitt County Arboretum

403 Government Circle, Greenville

Click here for MAP

THURSDAY, October 2nd

Starting at 10:00 AM

Meet under the Shelter in Front of the Ag Center

October's tour will focus on

Ornamental Grasses & Fall Blooming Flowers

Tours last about 1 1/2 hours and are held

RAIN OR SHINE!

FALL VEGETABLES

With the help of the new Master Gardener Class, several rows of cabbage, broccoli, and onions were planted this week in the Vegetable Garden.  The remaining beds will be planted with a cover crop of crimson clover next month.

QR CODES

When you are doing a self-guided tour of the Arboretum, you will find educational signs along the way.  Each sign will give you a brief summary relating to the garden it is placed in.  For instance, the Butterfly Garden sign shows steps to create your own Butterfly Garden as well as pictures of common butterflies found in Pitt County.  The Herb Garden sign gives you tips on how to successfully grow herbs in our climate and displays examples of annual and perennial herbs to try.  Two new signs are being installed soon to bring the total number to 13.   Something new has been added to all of our educational signs at the Arboretum:  QR CODES.  Just scan the code with your smartphone for links to more gardening aids.  This code below is the link to the Pitt County Arboretum site.

FRUITS ARE RIPENING

In our Small Fruit Garden we are growing several fruit trees.  Picking fruit from your own garden can be rewarding.  However, fruit trees require more care than ornamental trees.  Proper pruning, fertilizing, pollination, knowing which insects and diseases to watch out for are some of the chores that need to be tending to.  A good start before planting would be to read:

 PRODUCING FRUIT TREES FOR HOME USE

'Fuyo' Japanese Persimmon

Pomegranate

Brown Turkey Fig

UPDATE ON VERTICAL PALLET GARDEN

Back in the spring the Master Gardeners presented a class to demonstrate how to recycle an old pallet into a vertical garden.   Here is an update photo.  As was emphasized in the class this was an experiment.  Some plants have done well (the herbs, ornamental pepper, grasses, sedums).  Other plants have either failed or just not done as well as hoped (dianthus, scutellaria, calibrachoa).  Some of the plant failures were due to other plant successes:  growing so big and shading out their neighbors.  The herbs were especially vigorous and needed regular shearing.  Fall into winter plantings are now being considered.