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Horticulture Presentations

Horticulture Presentations are designed to increase member knowledge regarding plant identification, culture, and uses. Specimens are provided to stimulate interest in the plant and to encourage exchange of plants among club members. 

                              2024 - 2025 Presentations (click the picture to view the Presentation)
Century Plant at LWG
Honeywort -Cerinthe Major atropurpurea
Background plants (Ninebark 'Lady in Red')
Rabbits Foot Fern

2018 - 2024 Presentations (click the picture to view the Presentation)

Bowiea volubilis
Helleborus Niger
Walking the High Line in NYC
Impatiens balfourii
Ilex verticillata ‘Winter Gold’
Phlomis tuberosa (Jerusalem sage)
Magnolia Sieboldii
World Wide Web
Camillia
Liriope spicata
macrophylla x lactiflora cross, a hybrid peony
Amaranthus
Hamamelis Virginiana
Hamamelis x Intermedia
Billbergia Nutans
Mason Bee House
Aesculus x carnea
Calycanthus floridus
Baptisia Australis
Campanula glomerata
Thalictrim
aechmea fasciata
(Tricyrtis hirta) - Toad Lily
Callicarpa japonica (Asia Beautyberry)
Chelone Lyonil (Turtlehead)
Nandina domestica
Cunninghamia lanceolata (Chinese Fir)
Hammamelis (Witch Hazel)
Spring Ephemerals
Keystone Plants
Itea virginica Henry’s Garnet
Aruncus diocious (Goatsbeard)
Digitalis grandiflora (perennial Foxglove)
Hypericum (St. John's Wort)
Sorbaria Sorbifolia (False Spirea)
Pycnanthemum muticum (Mountain Mint)
Sue Soraruf at Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen, standing under the Vanda Orchids!
Cyperus Papyrus
Cymbidium Orchid
Street trees of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Agave
Sanguinaria canadensis multiplex (Double Bloodroot)
Arisaema Triphyllum (Jack-in-the-Pulpit)
Harry Lauder's Walking Stick 'Red Majestic'
Stokesia 'Bluestone' Aster
Eupatorium Rugosum 'Chocolate' (Chocolate White Snakeroot)
Acer Palmatum 'Sango Kaku' (Coral Bark Japanese Maple)
Spigelia Marilandica (Indian Pink)

2017 - 2018 Presentations (click picture to view the Presentation)

Euphorbia
Caryopteris x clandonensis
Maintaining Barns Brinton
‘Loblolly' Pine
Osmanthus heterophyllus ‘Goshiki’
Pelargoniums
Magnolia grandiflora

 2016 - 2017 Presentations (click picture to view the Presentation)

Dahlias and Begonias
Asters
Lobularia maritima (sweet alyssum) ​and Iris domestica
Composting
Jasminum nudifolium
Alsobia ‘Cygnet’

2015 - 2016 Presentations​ (click picture to view)

Asclepias
Callicarpa Americana​
Scabiosa Columbaria 'Butterfly Blue'
Hydrangea Paniculata ‘Limelight
The Vegetable Garden
Conifers
Salix gracilistyla ‘Melanostachys’
Pulmonaria Leaves
Epimedium
Sambucus nigra 'Eva' (Black Lace Elderberry)
2025 Spade and Trowel Club