Physical Club Meetings Cancelled Until Further Notice

In October 2019, Sherry Brownlee discussed how lichen feeds insects, small mammals and butterfly larvae,

and is also an indicator of how clear of pollution the air is. 

Some lichen grow with moss but are not moss; nor is lichen a plant. Lichen is a symbiotic relationship between algae and fungi.

There are many colors and about 20,000 species. The most common is the green we see growing on tree trunks and branches.

In November, Sherry displayed samples of fall leaf color taken from trees in her garden.

These included Sourwood, Red Maple, Kousa Dogwood, Bottlebrush Buckeye and native Blueberries.

For January 2020, Sherry emphasized 'Structure in the Garden', describing several backbone plants used in her garden.

She said that broadleaf evergreens and conifers make up the spine of a garden.

 In February, Sherry asked the group if they were keeping data about their plants, indicating that Fine Gardening readers submit suggestions for storing tags and recording information. She showed some pages of a 3-ring binder she keeps on her hundreds of plants,

noting how plastic sheets used for baseball card collecting make handy storage for tags.