Sep. 9: Dr. Robert E. Lyons, director of the Longwood Graduate Program of Public Horticulture at the University of Delaware, presented a terrific program on breeding breakthroughs in petunias, zinnias and impatiens and a rundown on "edgy" plants, both woody and herbaceous:o Woody Plants (note that all may not be hardy in the northern zones)
§ Edgeworthia chrysantha/papyrifera
§ Betula nigra ‘Summer Cascade’
§ Ulmus alatus ‘Lace Parasol’
§ Gardenia augusta
§ Emmenopterys henryi
§ Daphniphyllum macropodum
§ Lindera salicifolia
§ Abelia chinensis
§ Wisteria frutescens ‘Amethyst Falls’
§ Ternstroemia ‘Variegata’
§ Ternstroemia ‘Burnished Gold’
§ Heteropterys glabra
· Herbaceous Plants (A – annual/tender perennial; P = perennial)
o Ipomoea batatas (Ornamental Sweet potato) A
o Helianthus hybrid (perennial sunflower) P
o Rudbeckia hirta ‘Indian Summer’ P (et al.)
o Muhlenbergia capillaris P
o Hemerocallis hybrid (altissima hybrids) P
o Cissus discolor A
o Manihot esculenta A
o Kaempferia A
o Solanum quitoense A
o Solanum quitoense (thornless form) A
o Solanum pyracanthum A
o Spilanthes oleracea A
o Cosmos sulphureus A
o Cosmos caudatum (?) A
o Leonitis leonurus A
This was the first meeting for new president Elvira Sisolak, who introduced program chair Alex Belano, who introduced program committee member Ed Peterman, who introduced his former professor Robert Lyons.
The club bid farewell to Ellen Davis. It was her last meeting before retiring to California.
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