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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY Where Passionate Gardeners Meet to Share Knowledge and Learn from Each Other SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY Where passionate gardeners meet to share knowledge and learn from each other. socalhort.org June 2014 Newsletter OUR NEXT MEETING SCHS WELCOMES NEW SHARING SECRETS QUESTION IN THIS ISSUE MEMBERS Thursday, June 12 May Meeting Recap The Sharing Secrets question for by Steven Gerischer.................. 2 Friendship Auditorium Pam Aitcheson June is: ”How has the lack of a Sharing Secrets (May)...............2 Laura Hall pronounced winter chill affected 3201 Riverside Drive, Los your garden?” You can answer on Green Sheet by James E. Henrich, Angeles CA 90027 our MemberLodge website or e- photos by Paul Martin...........3 & 4 mail your response to: Horticultural Happenings 7:00 pm. Social Hour. [email protected] by Friday, Please welcome our new by Yvonne Savio..........................5 Meeting begins at members when you see them at June 13. our meetings. Upcoming Programs...................6 8:00 pm. !! Hartmut Wisch: California, especially L.A. County, in search Hollywood Double- Feature of interesting insects that associate with Coffee in the Garden. Introduction to Native Bees of native plants. California Sunday, June 8. In June we will have a double feature of Thursday, June 12, 2014 Coffee in the Garden with two gardens, both in the Hollywood Hills. We will visit the garden of Gail Cottman and also the garden of Judy Horton. Gail Cottman says of her garden: Set in a frame work of tiled thrones, benches and ceramic art, my garden expands up a hillside in Beachwood Canyon. It contains various succulent sections with whimsical sculptures, a hummingbird retreat with grevillias, salvia’s, honeysuckle and my favorite plant – Cantua, the sacred flower of (Photos: Rosemary Ecker) the Incas. David Austin roses surround my heirloom tomatoes, bordered by herbs, a Join us for an up close (very up close!) look variety of chard, kale, onions, a large bay at our native bees and the plants and flowers leaf tree and numerous lemon trees. Started they use for pollen as well as nesting in l991, my garden features many trees and Introduction to Native Bees of California with materials, and even places to meet a mate! plants purchased from Gary Hammer, Hartmut Wisch. Not all bees you see are whose passion for gardens became honeybees! This program celebrates our contagious…in my case, perhaps even native bees – some 1600 different species – ANOTHER BOOK SALE! obsessive. But gardening, cooking, music, with superb images of all six recognized art and hummingbirds into my life…it is families and fascinating commentary on such a magnificent obsession. these gentle, diverse and remarkable A long time member of SCHS, Eileen Fiumara, Judy Horton Garden–When landscape creatures that co-evolved with our native recently passed away. Her library of gardening designer Judy Horton moved into a 1925 flora and are our main pollinators. Hartmut books was donated to the society and will be cottage in the Hollywood Hills, the garden available for sale at the June meeting. All discovered a love for macro photography consisted of a lawn, a young sycamore tree, and a fascination with the diversity of our proceeds go to supporting SCHS. All books will be pre-priced and cash and checks only a camellia and a ficus hedge. "I needed to insect fauna after 35 years as a naturalist- will be accepted. make quick and drastic changes," said guide, taking European visitors through Horton, who proceeded to remake her If there is anyone willing to volunteer to run western North America. Native bees are his landscape to deliver pleasing views from the the sales table during the meeting, please house's windows and doors. special interest. He is a contributing editor at contact me, Steven Gerischer at: bugguide.net. Hartmut, along with his camera [email protected] or call me at (323) 257-3629. and net, travel far and wide throughout 2MAY MEETING & MORE May Meeting SHARING SECRETS In May, we asked you to answer “Which SCHS INTERN PRESENTATION Recap plants do you grow to attract birds to your garden ?” and here are some of your The 2013 SCHS intern awardee, Cynthia responses. Read more on our SCHS Robinson gave us a presentation of her The May meeting of the Southern California MemberLodge website, schs.memberlodge.org. work at Los Angeles County Arboretum and Horticultural Society was a presentation by Botanic Garden at the May meeting. Her SCHS members, Eric and Ann Brooks, titled: I adore Hummingbirds and have planted project to determine which cloud forest Gardening is for the Birds. The Brooks showed many different Salvias as well as others for plants would be appropriate for the us how they have translated their love of us both to enjoy. refurbished greenhouse at the Arboretum birding, and all things avian, into a passion was fascinating. Cynthia used Google Maps for attracting birds to their garden. The –Aprille Curtis to produce an overlay onto information photographic (and even video) about botanical specimens and where they documentation of the many bird species that Anigozanthos, Kangaroo Paws attract lots were collected to determine if certain plants regularly visit their garden was impressive. of hummingbirds. I like to sit and watch were from cloud forest regions. This was an The plants and trees Eric and Ann have them after doing some gardening. inventive use of new technology to further cultivated in their landscape were often the study and understanding of how these chosen for their usefulness in feeding, –Irma Arvizu botanically rich areas work. sheltering and in other ways, supporting the Thank you Cynthia! birds that call our area home–or are just Prostrate rosemary brings house finches, passing through on their annual migrations. American goldfinches and warblers in droves. I have also seen the elusive Orchard Silent Auction Donations, and The dedication Eric and Ann bring to the Orioles around an Iochroma, but maybe on Note regarding Horticulturist of task of attracting birds was highlighted by their way to the orange tree? I don't really the Year Award Dinner. the large display of feeders, birdhouses, know what brings the Orchard Orioles but watering gadgets and other paraphernalia they are in my yard and are the hot bird they had on display at the front of the hall. It right now. Our Horticulturist of the Year Award Dinner was remarkable to see how many different honoring Don Hodel, will be held on a strategies there are for helping attract, feed –Jill Vig Saturday (September 13) instead of the and support the populations of birds that usual second Thursday of the month–look we can see in California. (This state has the I am very fortunate to live right next to the for details in the upcoming announcement. largest number of species recorded of all the Santa Monica Conservancy, so many bird In the meantime we are seeking interesting United States–just the other day a Caracara species have visited my home. I currently and exciting donations for the silent auction was spotted on Santa Cruz Island–a species have two new families of house finches that to raise funds for SCHS and the work we do of bird of prey usually found south of our have set up house under the eaves of my (including funding our speakers and our border with Mexico and into Central home. In addition, there are two pairs of internship program). If you have favorite America) red-tail hawks that fly around hunting shops or service providers who might be during the hot weather we're currently willing to donate time, or gift certificates, or Feeding wild birds can bring many unusual having. even a planted pot from your favorite species into your yard, allowing you to get a nursery, ask them if they would be willing closer look–but as Eric and Ann showed us, There are many colorful varieties of to support us. If you have anything to water is key. Any kind of water birds can get hummingbirds that reside in the area and donate or need a question answered please at, from the simplest dish to elaborate are attracked to the following plants in the contact Steven Gerischer at: offshoots of an irrigation system dripping garden: Salvia greggii 'Alba' which blooms [email protected]. Or call at: (323) into a bird bath, water will bring birds out to most of the year, Galvezia speciosa 'Bocarosa' 257-3629. play, bathe and drink–sometimes in great - Island Snapdragon, a very floriferous numbers. There were many valuable points native small shrub and Leonotis leonurus - in the presentation for anyone wishing to Lion's tail - which blooms in the late spring see more birds in their garden. and summer; and Agapanthus "Getty White' with it's huge white flowers that are just We would like to thank Eric and Ann Brooks starting now. for showing how to go to the birds! (A special thanks as well to our ever handy AV –Magda Krachmalnick tech, Al Steen for shepherding the talk through some technical glitches–thanks Al!) My go-to plant for hummingbirds is Salvia Thank you to all who helped set up, run and ‘Waverly’, so easy to grow. Iochroma in my clean up after, the meeting. garden is a hotbed of aerial dogfights between competing pairs of hummingbirds. Now that we’ve done the birds, the bees are The local Mockingbirds are certain I grow " next. Please join us for the June 12 meeting blueberries specifically for their benefit (but of SCHS as we welcome Hartmut Wisch and right now a chance seedling of Ochna his : Introduction to Native Bees of California. serrulata is producing its black berry-like seeds and the Mockingbirds are distracted! –Steven Gerischer –Steven Gerischer 3 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY MARCH 2014 socalhort.org PLANT FORUM NOTES GREEN SHEET Compiled by James E.
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