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North Country Gardeners North Country Gardeners Burnett, Sawyer, & Washburn Co. UW-Extension Cooperative Extension Issue 20, March 2010 In This Issue Greetings! ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Greetings! Another gardening season will soon be upon us. Winter snows will soon be yielding to patches of bare ground and smell of earth will be back in the air. This is the time of year when Watch for AAS Winners at the the green thumbs begin to throb as we think about ordering seeds and other garden supplies, Spooner Display Gardens starting seeds, doing some late winter pruning, and putting thoughts to paper as we plan our An Update on Leadership Washburn gardens. County Another sign of spring is the annual offering of workshops and educational seminars. The Ornamental Grasses in Winter first being the New Ventures Garden Seminar on March 20 at Northwood School in Minong. For many years now Julie Hustvet has put together one of the premier spring garden seminars. This Wisconsin Invasive Species Identifi- all day event is sponsored by Northwood Community Education and the Spooner Garden Club cation and assisted by North Country Master Gardeners. The Barron County Master Gardeners annual North Country Master Gardeners Garden Expo is April 17 at the WITC Conference Center, another excellent educational event. Association Volunteer Requirements Those looking for some hands-on spring pruning advice can attend a grape pruning work- Tour Committee Report shops on April 10 or a small fruit and grape pruning workshop on April 19. Those wanting to try their hand at grafting can register for the apple grafting workshop on April 19. If you want to Milestone Volunteer Hours build your own compost bin and learn the tricks to home composting, sign up for the composting 2009 North Country Master workshop at Hunt Hill on May 8. There is also rumor that there maybe a rain barrel workshop Gardeners Accomplishments offered through 4-H in Hayward. And for those in the Hayward area there are limited spaces if Summary you want to sit in on session or two of the Master Gardener Volunteer Training held most Tuesday Ongoing Volunteer Opportunities nights at the Hayward Workforce Development Center. Shrub & Tree Maintenance If you are aware of any other educational events in the area please let us know and we would be happy to help promote them. April 30 is Arbor Day Finally we would like to thank volunteers for contributing to this newsletter. We hope you Calendar of Events find this information interesting and useful. Your comments and suggestions are always Growing Forsythia in Northern WI welcome. Got Dirt? Gardening Initiative If you have any questions about any of the upcoming workshops or volunteer opportunities, Continues to Sprout please give us or any of the North Country Master Gardener Association Committee Members a call or email. As always, we thank you for your continued interest and support of UW-Extension and the UW-Extension Master Gardener Volunteer Program. University of Wisconsin-Extension Area Agricultural Agents Office Spooner Ag Research Station Happy Gardening, W6646 Highway 70 Spooner, Wisconsin 54801 Kevin Schoessow Russ Parker (715) 635-3506 or ○○○○○ UW-Extension Ag Development Agent President [email protected] North Country Master Gardeners Association Toll Free 800-528-1914 Watch for AAS Winners at the selections will work will in specific ar- throught the season. Mature plants reach 20 eas. There are 7 display gardens located in to 22 inches and attract butterflies. If planted the Spooner Display Wisconsin: Green Bay Botanical Gardens, near the edge, plants will cascade over the Gardens Boerner Botanical Gardens in Hales Corners, container. Hancock Horticultural Gardens, Rotary Bo- Sandy Hoecherl Snapdradon F1 Twinny Peach tanical Gardens in Janesville, Vincent High Master Gardener Volunteer A snapdragon with lovely peach tones but School in Milwaukee, University of Wiscon- without the ability to snap because the flower sin Spooner Research Station and University is a double butterfly form. In 2003 the Spooner Research Station of Wisconsin West Madison Research Sta- became a designated All America Selections tion. Viola Endurio Sky Blue Martien Display Garden. Each year the demonstra- A hardy viola that will flower well after tion gardens at Spooner include this year’s Minnesota has one trial garden and 5 frost when planted in autumn and once All America Selections as well as selections AAS display gardens located at the Minne- again in spring after snow has melted and from the last 10 years. This is a good way sota Landscape Arboretum in Chaska, Uni- soil has warmed. It grows to 6 inches tall for local gardeners to see how these selec- versity of Minnesota in Grand Rapids, Lyndale and 10-12 inches wide. It is also perfectly tions will grow in our area before they try Park Gardens in Minneapolis, University of suited to window boxes and handing gar- growing the selections themselves. Minnesota in Morris and University of Min- dens, as well as balcony and patio planters. nesota Display and Trial Garden in St. Paul. All American Selections were started in 1932 to recognize and promote newly de- The winners are generally introduced in An Update on Leadership veloped varieties that display real improve- the fall of the year. The winners for 2010 Washburn County ments in flowers and vegetables available include eight flowers and two vegetables. The to the consumer. Real improvemnts in- selection committee has introduced these Amber Anderson clude qualities such as earliness to bloom flowers: Master Gardener Volunteer or harvest, disease or pest tolerance, novel Echinacea purpurea PowWow Wild colors or flavors, novel flower forms, total Since September of 2009 I’ve been par- Berry yield, length of flowering or harvest of over- ticipating in the program Leadership This purple coneflower differs from all all performance. Generally, an entry needs Washburn County. others for flower color, branching and plant to have at least two significantly improved size. This is a Zone 3 perennial that will This program is to develop current and qualities to be considered by the judges for bloom the first year is seeds are started by the future leaders in our community by offering AAS designation. AAS winners, past and end of January. The plant reaches of height a high quality training program emphasiz- present are often designated in catalogs with of 20 to 24 inches and blooms continually ing leadership skills and focusing on cur- a red, white and blue logo with AAS across without deadheading. rent issues facing our region. the label. Both vegetables and flowers can be selected but both may not be selected in Marigold F1 Hybrid African Monthly topics include Economic De- a specific year. The flowers selected are gen- Moonsong Deep Orange velopment, Education and Youth issues, Gov- erally annuals, but perennials are some- Bright orange in color, Moonsong Deep ernment, Health Care, and Agriculture/For- times selected. Orange is easy to grow in a 5 to 6 inch pot. estry and Natural Resources. The sessions The flower size from 2 ½ to 3 ½ inches is are very informational as well as motivat- The organization selects winners fully double. Tolerate heat and long day ing to be involved in the community. through the use of trial gardens. Trial gar- growing conditions. Plants will reach about dens grow the possible selections and vote Not only am I learning from the pre- 12-15 inches and have bright green foliage on possible winners. At the end of the sea- senters and session planners but I’m also throughout the season. son, trial gardens score each of the possible learning through my fellow students with selections. Wisconsin has one trial garden- Gaillaria F1 Mesa Yellow 10 others participating in this program. I the Boerner Botanical Garden which tests Mesa Yellow is the first hybrid blanket was lucky to be chosen by the Leadership possible flower selections. There are no trial flower with a controlled plant habit and pro- Washburn County Board with only 11 appli- locations for vegetables in Wisconsin. lific flowering. The 3-inch daisy like flow- cants picked. The program runs for 8 months ers and globe shaped seed heads offer a supe- with graduation in May. Display gardens are used throughout rior presentation of color which contines the US and Canada to help determine if There has been a little over 75 graduates silvery fall flowers, too. Sorghastrum nutans throughout the years with the firstt session (Indian Grass) also has good fall color and starting in 2002. A SPECIAL THANKS to North upright attractive flowers in winter. Country Master Garde ner Volunteers for spon- If we combine grasses with some of the soring me for this great program! If anyone sturdier perennials that will stand up in the is interested in applying for the 2010-2011 snow, it makes for an easier time for both session, please contact Beverly Stencel, Advi- gardeners and wildlife during our long win- sor to the Board as well as the session planner ters. Oh yes, and they even help you stay warm @ 635-4444. because you can measure the snowfall with- out going outside by just looking at how Ornamental Grasses in high it goes on the flower stalk! Winter Wisconsin Invasive Species Identification, Classification Kris Henning Master Gardener Volunteer and Control Rule – NR40 Sue Reinardy Wintertime in the northland is pretty Master Gardener Volunteer bleak for a gardener. We can’t dig in the fro- zen ground, we can’t smell fragrance in On September 1, 2009 Wisconsin’s new rule on invasive species went into effect. The rule icicles, and there are no green leaves to look creates a science –based classification and regulatory system for invasive species. at in the white landscape.
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