[Vision2020] Arboretum Tour

[Joy Fisher]

Sunday May 16th at 1:00 p.m.
Meet at the barn at the south end of the Arboretum,
1200 Palouse River Drive

Please join the Arboretum Associates and Arboretum Horticulturist, Paul
Warnick, for guided tours of the developing Display Gardens at the south end
of the Arboretum.  The Iris garden which was planted last fall is just
coming into bloom, native wildflowers and other perennials will be flowering
in the xeriscape garden, the new heather garden is planted, and the
daylilies and willows are all be starting to grow.

The tour will demonstrate the different low water usage turf grasses in the
xeriscape garden, along with strategies to have continuous flowering using a
variety of low water usage perennials.  We will show the different types of
Iris which will flower from early spring into the middle of the summer.
There is even a group of bearded Iris which are able to re-bloom under the
right conditions in August.  Various Heathers will have flowers virtually
every month of the year, along with colorful foliage making a showy display
year round.

The tour should demonstrate some colorful spring flowers along with plants
and methods to have colorful flowers and foliage year round


Joy Fisher
President, Arboretum Associates