Friends of the JC Raulston Arboretum Newsletter

Fall 2010 – Vol. 14, No. 2

Words from the Director News Flash from the Director By Ted Bilderback, Director in the center of the Arboretum. Th e Master Plan team used this time to embellish some of the previous design ideas, and we Th e JCRA fi nally got rid of that look forward to a truly magnifi cent Ellipse project in 2011. interim director, plus they got a full Annual Color Trials time director of development! Th e Th e new Annual Color Trials location is a panorama straight inside scoop is that I have accepted off the color chart. Th e sweeping lazy curve of planting beds the off er to be the director of the forms a rainbow of colors across the landscape. For the fi rst JC Raulston Arboretum, and Anne time, we have a container trials area as well, and each color Porter’s responsibilities are also crop entry is watered independently to changing to make her a full-time assure top performance. director of development for the JCRA. We are excited! Our programs and events held during the spring of 2010 were well attended and very Th ese changes provide us with a successful. Th e Friends of the Arboretum point of reference to reach forward Lectures continued to off er great to our future, try some new things, Japanese Garden speakers for enthusiastic attendees. act on some new ideas, and advance the Mark Weathington’s Plantsmen’s mission and the fi duciary stability of the Tours held the fi rst or second JC Raulston Arboretum. Th e “we” in all of Tuesday of each month provided this involves our dedicated staff , plus our entertainment and lots of volunteers’ gifts of time and talents, and the knowledge to an entourage of eager generosity of so many avid gardeners and the learners. Friends of the JC Raulston Arboretum. We estimated that over 2,000 folks Our recent past has been busy! Th e Japanese Garden visited the JCRA during the News renovation and new stone walkways were completed just in & Observer Birdhouse Competition time for a grand opening on May 2 at our Gala in the Garden. held April 10 and 11. In conjunction We were sad that Donald Moreland, Ph.D., passed away just with the Birdhouse Competition, before the renovated Japanese Garden was completed. Before we held our fi rst ever JCRA Plant Sale that raised $14,442 in his passing, Don provided the funds to install the walks in plant sales and brought in 32 new Friends of the Arboretum memory of his beloved wife, Verdie. Th e handcrafted stone memberships. pathways really are beautiful, and form the centerpiece of this tranquil garden. Th e Gala in the Garden was again a very big success for the JCRA. Approximately 600 people attended, not counting Th e new Lath House construction began in August and will be Alice, a white rabbit, and a mad hatter or two. Our total net completed in October. Th e elegant design was created by Frank revenue for the event was more than $80,000—providing Harmon Architects of Raleigh. With the construction of the critical support for the Arboretum’s daily operations, garden Lath House underway, we delayed development of the Ellipse collections, research, and public outreach. Planning and planting for a better world. We also hosted the Landscape Field Day in May and the Color Plant Field Day in June, Ted Bilderback Appointed both well attended by landscape and green as Director of the JC industry professionals. Raulston Arboretum at NC Staff State University Our upcoming schedule includes a new Ted Bilderback, Ph.D. Director lineup of interesting FOA Lectures and Ted Bilderback, Mark Weathington Assistant Director and Plantsmen’s Tours in addition to other Ph.D., has been Curator of Collections Tim Alderton Research Technician exciting programs. Th e International Plant appointed di- Nancy Doubrava Interpretive Specialist Propagator’s Society Southern Region rector of the Christopher Todd Glenn Programs and Education Coordinator meeting is in Raleigh this year, and they JC Raulston Barbara Kennedy Volunteer Coordinator visit the JCRA on October 12 for dinner Arboretum eff ec- Faye Koonce Facilities Coordinator Ida McCullers Housekeeper and a Question Box. tive July 1, 2010. Judy Morgan-Davis Membership Assistant He has served as Anne M. Porter Director of Development It’s sure to be an exciting journey, and we interim director Ann Swallow Plant Records Assistant Valerie Tyson Plant Recorder are glad that you are going with us. since January 1, Board of Advisors 2009. Ted is the fourth director Debbie Hamrick, Chair Helen Kraus, Ph.D. Wisely Watering of the Arboretum since it was estab- Anne Clapp, Vice Chair Ken Kukorowski, Ph.D. Jerry Jackson, Secretary Bryce Lane lished in 1976. Tom Bland, Past Chair Richard Olsen, Ph.D. July 2010 was “Smart Irrigation” Ted Bilderback, Ph.D. Bob Peter month for North Carolina, recog- Ted is a professor in the Department Al Cooke Susan Rollins Dave Duch, Ph.D. Jere Stevens nized by Governor Beverly Perdue of Horticultural Science, where Judy Harmon Bobby Ward, Ph.D. in a proclamation recommended by he began his academic career in David Johnson Ross Williams Cheryl Kearns Mike Worthington the North Carolina Green Industry 1977. He worked closely with J. C. Charlie Kidder Helen Yoest Council. Th e Green Industry’s Smart Raulston in the early years of the

Ex-offi cio Members Board Manager Irrigation program is part of the Arboretum’s development and Ted’s Bradley Holland Anne M. Porter Water Wise Works public education students were responsible for plant- Julia Kornegay, Ph.D. ______campaign partnership with the North ing many of the older specimens in Carolina Department of Agriculture the collections and the older holly JC Raulston Arboretum to place smart controllers in public border. NC State University Campus Box 7522 gardens across the state. Raleigh, NC 27695-7522 Ted served as a nursery Extension • 4415 Beryl Road Th e JC Raulston Arboretum has just specialist from 1987 to 2009, work- Raleigh, NC 27606-1457 received a 30-station smart control- ing in close collaboration with the ler valued at $4,000 to be installed in nursery industry. He continues to (919) 515-3132 • fax (919) 515-5361 the Annual Color Trials. Th is is the serve as an educational adviser to www.ncsu.edu/jcraulstonarboretum second smart controller provided to the North Carolina Nursery and Arboretum Open Daily the JCRA as part of the public edu- Landscape Association. His research April-October – 8:00 AM–8:00 PM cation campaign. led to the development of cost-eff ec- November-March – 8:00 AM–5:00 PM tive and environmentally-conscious Bobby G. Wilder Visitor Center Smart controllers determine plant cultural practices for growing nurs- Monday-Friday – 8:00 AM–5:00 PM water requirements based upon ery stock, with emphasis on contain- Saturday* – 10:00 AM–2:00 PM Sunday* – 1:00 PM–4:00 PM plant types, soil types, and soil infi l- er substrates, irrigation practices, *Weekend hours are based on volunteer availability tration, plus fi ve environmental fac- and plant and substrate nutrient lev- Christopher Todd Glenn, Editor tors, including: precipitation, solar els. His research investigations have [email protected] radiation, temperature, humidity, included 24 graduate students and

Photographs by Jeanne Andrus, Tim Alderton, and wind velocity. Today’s weather resulted in 57 scientifi c papers and Linda Bilderback, Nancy Doubrava, determines tomorrow’s irrigation a total of 541 published articles. His Christopher Todd Glenn, Cindy Heinlein, Annie Hibbs, needs. Th ey save water by applying Extension programs introduced new Barbara Kennedy, Becky Kirkland, and Mark Weathingtong it only when it’s needed. Smart con- technologies to the nursery industry trollers are “Water Wise” and they through county horticulture agents ©S© SSeptemberepepttembmmbberer 201020120 0J0 JJCCCR RRaulstonaululstostonAn ArboretumArbobbooretreettumum “Work” by using environmental con- via distance education courses and ditions and plant water needs rather to the nursery industry through than an arbitrary clock setting. many workshops and popular nurs- ery publications. Th e JCRA extends a big thanks to the North Carolina Green Industry Ted is married to Linda Bilderback Council for making this possible. and they have two adult sons.

2 Horticulture in the Newly Renovated Japanese Garden By Mark Weathington, Assistant Director side of the country. Based on the amount creeping Rhododendron ‘Fuzzy’ may be and Curator of Collections of variegation, we’re guessing this is a slow the choice for you. Th is Polly Hill hybrid grower. between R. nakaharae and R. oldhamii Th e May grand opening of the fully reno- grows to less than 1’ tall, but spreads to 4’. vated Japanese Garden, which was funded One of the more unusual types of var- Every leaf and stem is covered with dense by the late Donald Moreland, Ph.D., in iegation, much loved by the Japanese hairs and the late fl owers open orange-red memory of his wife, Verdie, was greeted and less well known here, is often called with a deep red blotch. with excitement by staff , members, and ghost variegation or viridescence. Plants garden visitors alike. While retaining showing this characteristic emerge white As Don Moreland often said, the Japanese much of the feel of the original design, and become green over the course of the Garden should be a place of serenity many new features were added to cre- summer. Th e new Pittosporum tobira where the plants can stand out as part of ate an entirely new garden. Th e long ‘Mountain of Snow’ is a wonderful ever- a harmonious whole. Although he wasn’t boardwalk was mostly removed, leaving green shrub showing this unusual pig- able to see the grand opening, we think only a viewing platform. An incredible mentation. Th e glossy, dark green foliage he would have been very pleased with the nobedan-style stone pathway leads from provides the ideal backdrop for the pure, fi nished result. this platform and allows for many views creamy white new growth. As the summer and vignettes as it runs along the east side heats up, the foliage becomes more and Acer palmatum ‘Ryusen’ of the garden. Of special excitement is more green until fi nally becoming pure the development of the southern portion jade, just like the snow melting from the of the garden which had been fi lled with top of a mountain. We’re always excited seedling mahonia and liriope. Th e NC by new enkianthus, which are truly among State University chapter of Pi Alpha Xi, the aristocrats of shrubs with loads of a horticultural honor society, generously urn-shaped spring fl owers and brilliant donated funds to create a new gate in this fall color. We were especially thrilled to area for an exit from the Japanese Garden fi nd the latest selection, Enkianthus cam- to the Asian Valley. panulatus ‘Kisoji no Haru’. Th is form is so new that there is some disagreement over New renovations mean new plants, and whether it is wide spreading or narrow. the Japanese Garden is full of some excit- Based on what we can tell, it looks to be ing additions to the JCRA. We’re always a compact, upright grower, though. Th e Pittosporum tobira ‘Mountain of Snow’ interested in truly novel Japanese maples, fl owers are deep brick red and exception- and one of the most exciting new forms in ally showy. Another great shrub is the var- recent years is the fi rst ever strict weep- iegated Japanese beautyberry Callicarpa ing, non-dissectum form called Acer pal- dichotoma ‘Shiji Murasaki’. Unlike other matum ‘Ryusen’. Th is plant would happily beautyberries, this form rarely sets fruit, form a ground cover if it were not staked but the heavily speckled and splashed upright. Th e cascading eff ect of the green foliage carried on pink stems is truly spec- foliage, which turns burgundy in fall, is tacular. We’ve grown ours in full sun and quite graceful and it serves to anchor the it takes the bright light with no problem. spirit bridge and it becomes a focus in Th is plant is fl oating around under several the foreground of the garden. Another names, but we think this is correct. tree which we are excited to be able to Callicarpa dichotoma ‘Shiji Murasaki’ display is the outstandingly variegated Ground covers also have their place in the Styrax japonicus ‘Frosted Emerald’. Who Japanese Garden and we think Juniperus needs fl owers with foliage like this? Big conferta ‘All Gold’ is one that will become splashes of brilliant white on a background a widely popular plant. Th e spreading foli- of deep green make this tree a show stop- age is fairly vigorous and as its name says, per. In full sun, the foliage is splashed and it is all gold. Shore juniper is one of the dappled while more shade brings on even more shade tolerant of ground-covering larger patches of white. Th is is a West junipers and is salt tolerant, making it Coast plant and probably needs some pro- an excellent choice for the coast. If you tection from the more intense sun on our prefer fl owers on your ground covers, the 3 Earthly Treasures By Tim Alderton, Research Technician Crinum-lilies stamen arrangement (Habranthus have three short and three long stamens while In 2007, we began to plant the Geophyte Crinums are a group of about 180 Zephyranthes have six stamens of equal Border just to the east of the A. E. Finley of large Amarylids that are found through- length) and how the fl ower is held on top Rooftop Terrace. Th is area had been left out the tropics and subtropics, with the the scape (Habranthus are held at a slight bare for some time and it was great to largest concentration being from southern angle). Th e species originate from south- have a new garden designed by Doug Africa. Numerous hybrids and selections ern United States south to Argentina. Ruhren. Since that fi rst planting, the have been made for hardiness, fl ower col- Th ey are called rain-lilies due to the fact plants have had some time to settle in and or, foliage color, and fragrance. Crinums that many respond to spring and summer fi ll the once barren area. I have learned a are known for out-living their owners and rains by giving us a fl ush of fl owers within bit about growing many geophytes since can be found growing near the locations days of a heavy rain. Some, though, are then and thought that I might tell you of long-gone farmsteads in the Southeast. more seasonal in their fl owering time. All about a few groups of note from the sum- Hybrid crinums grow throughout the bor- have low-growing, thin to strappy leaves mer Geophyte Border. der, providing intermittent fl owers starting that range from dark green to blue-green as early as late March and continuing until in some species. Th e border includes Dahlias October and sometimes early November. about 25 diff erent species and . Flowering begins as early as late March Dahlias are a group of about 35 species All crinums in the border are of hybrid and may continue until as late as October. of herbaceous plants in the Asteraceae origin; the following are just a few of Th e fl owers range in size from less than family, largely from Mexico, along with a note. One of the most common of these, one-half inch to about 4” across and in- few species in the mountains of Central Crinum ×powellii, is a hybrid of C. bul- clude whites, creams, yellows, pinks, and America and Colombia. Close relatives bispermum and C. moorei. Th e cross has even orange. include Coreopsis, Cosmos, and Biden. been repeated many times and has re- Th ey are known for their large, colorful sulted in plants with varying fl ower size, Of those in the border, the earliest one infl orescences and are included in the bor- longevity, and colors of pink to white; to fl ower is Zephyranthes drummondii, der because of their large tuberous roots some have been given names. Th e beginning as early as late March and con- that help them cope with cool, hot, or dry main show of fl owers held on 3’–5’ stalks tinuing sporadically until mid-summer. periods. A few species grow in the border, comes in late spring to early summer, with Th is is one of the largest fl owered species, including Dahlia imperialis and Dahlia sporadic fl owers throughout the summer with white blossoms measuring 3”–4” coccinea, but we grow several other hy- and fall. Crinum ‘Alamo Village’, one of the across. Th e nearly evergreen, blue-green brids. Bronze to black foliage adds to the earliest and longest fl owering cultivars in foliage adds to the display and gives it a show of many of the hybrids in the border, the border, perfumes the border with pale presence throughout the year. Shortly making the colorful single-to-full double lavender, open-faced fl owers. Scapes reach after Z. drummondii starts, Zephyranthes infl orescences stand out. only about 2½’–3’ tall, allowing plants to primulina pushes its pastel yellow fl owers be closer to the front of the border and ap- from between thin, dark green leaves. It A few cultivars of note include Dahlia preciated more closely. If you like foliage, is one of the freest fl owering and depend- ‘Knockout’, a 4’ tall, beautifully cut black- Crinum ‘Sangria’ provides burgundy leaves able, throwing out fl owers April to frost. foliaged cultivar with clear, single yellow that act as an exclamation point in the Habranthus robustus, another large-fl ow- infl orescences that are sometimes blushed mix of otherwise green leaves. Pink fl ow- ered species, begins in May and will repeat with bronze; Dahlia ‘Bishop of Llandaff ’, ers poke out from the bold foliage as well. several times over the summer months. It a 3½’ tall, glossy black-foliaged cultivar Th is hybrid, which included the tender holds large, 3”–4”, zygomorphic (bilaterally with semi-double red infl orescences; burgundy-leaved C. procerum ‘Splendens’ symmetrical) fl owers above gray-green Dahlia ‘Classic Giselle’, a 5’–6’ tall, bronze- as its seed parent, gets its hardiness from foliage. Early to mid-summer brings the foliaged cultivar with single infl orescences an unknown C. bulbispermum hybrid. My widest variety of species and cultivars in of burgundy fading on the edges to pale favorite in the border is C. ‘White Queen’. fl ower. Zephyranthes ‘Labuff arosea’, wild purple; and Dahlia imperialis, a 6’–12’ tall Th is very large, slowly multiplying crinum collected by John Fairey of Peckerwood, giant grown for bold foliage only, showing makes up for its slow growth by decorat- has fl owers that range from white large clusters of lavender infl orescences ing itself with very large, pendulous, white to shades of pink. Selections of Z. in late October and November only if we bells. Luther Burbank created this mag- ‘Labuff arosea’ in the border include Z. have a late fi rst frost. I have found that the nifi cent beauty. ‘Confection’, with 4” fl owers having petals cultivars with bronze to black foliage tend it can’t hold up, so they droop at the tips; to hold up through the heat of the summer Rain-lilies Z. ‘Itsy Bitsy’, with thin, white petals on a and do not go dormant. Th e green culti- fl ower that is 1½” across; and Z. ‘Lily Pies’, vars often will die back in the heat of mid- Th ere are two very closely related genera with large, white petals fading to pink at summer, taking advantage of those tuber- in the border commonly called rain- the tips. One of the last to begin fl ower- ous roots, then recover in the late summer lilies, Habranthus and Zephyranthes. ing each year is Z. candida. Native to to early fall to give a good show. Th e two genera are distinguished by the Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, and Paraguay, 4 this species begins fl owering in late July or parent into accepting pollen that is not Crinum ‘White Queen’ early August with fl ushes of fl owers that compatible have been used to create these cover the foliage. beauties. Th ank goodness breeders have been able to accomplish this. Th e results -lilies have been spectacular, vigorous, strong- growing cultivars that are often tolerant of If you like cut fl owers that last and last and more cold, heat, and dry soils and still give last; try growing some , common- beautiful fl owers. Th ey fl ower for us here ly called pineapple-lilies. Th ey are natives during June and July, providing color for of fl oristically rich southern Africa. Th ere weeks. Th ey are great for cutting as well, are about eight diff erent species and culti- so they can be brought into the house to vars growing among the other geophytes be enjoyed. in the border. Cousins of the hyacinth, Zephyranthes ‘Lily Pies’ they contain alkaloids that protect them Six-foot-tall stalks of yellow trumpets cov- from being eaten by most herbivores, in- er the top third of one of the early fl ow- cluding our favorite, the vole. Th e fl ower ering cultivars called Lilium ‘Yelloween’. stalk looks like a tall hyacinth with a tuft of Beside it is one of the tallest-growing, late- foliage on top. Th ese strange plants can be fl owering cultivars called L. ‘Scheherazade’, propagated by leaf cuttings, making them off ering a cream fl ower with a broad, deep easy to multiply. burgundy stripe on each recurved petal atop the plants. Other colors of rosy pink Th e earliest to fl ower is Eucomis autumna- can be seen on L. ‘Robina’, which has wide lis. It begins fl owering in June and remains fl owers much like its Oriental lily relatives. attractive throughout July. Th e 15” tall in- Other colors are in the “antique” shades, fl orescence poke up from between the suc- including L. ‘Red Hot’ with fl owers that Eucomis comosa ‘Peace Candles’ culent strap-like foliage and are covered in are yellowy cream fl ushed with rose. Great white fl owers that age to green. Eucomis advances are being made in this group of comosa is represented by two cultivars in lilies, so keep an eye out for these in the border, both growing to about 2’ tall. catalogs. Try some! One is a light pink cultivar, Eucomis como- sa ‘Peace Candles’; the other is the ever- Th ese are just a few of the plants in the popular burgundy-leaved and burgundy- Geophyte Border that you might want to fl owered form that was found in the 1980s grow in your own gardens. Many more growing at the North Carolina State earthly treasures can be found if you take Fairgrounds, Eucomis comosa ‘Sparkling the time to look at the border on your next Burgundy’. Both begin fl owering in late visit. June and continue through July. If you don’t have space, the diminutive is for you. It tops out at just JCRA to Host a Planned Giving Workshop about 6”–8”. It has purple-splotched leaves and a little purple pineapple growing from Sonia Murphy, College of Agriculture If you are not able to attend this work- the rosette of leaves. Now, if you have lots and Life Sciences’ director of gift plan- shop, Sonia is always available to an- of space, Eucomis pole-evansii may be ning, will lead a special workshop titled swer your gift planning questions by what you want. It is reported to grow to as “Your Estate—Your Plan—Your Legacy.” contacting her at (919) 513-0637 or much as 4’–6’ tall, but 3’ is normal. All of [email protected]. these do well in full sun or light shade in Th e workshop will be held on Tuesday, well-drained soil. November 2, 2010, at 10:00 AM to If you would like to see what others 12:00 PM, in the Ruby C. McSwain have done, please visit http://cals.giftle- Oriental-trumpet Lilies Center’s York Auditorium. It is a free, gacy.com, where real donors talk about no-obligation workshop, off ering good their planned gifts and what it means Oriental-trumpet lilies are planted along information, with lunch provided. Also, to them. the back of the border to provide height, when you present your JCRA member- color, and fragrance. Th ese lilies are the ship card, Sonia will give you one of For more information on this or other result of breeding that uses techniques her “famous” notebook organizers! (If giving opportunities, please contact that are beyond basic hand pollination. you’ve attended one of Sonia’s work- Anne Porter at (919) 513-3826 or anne_ Oriental lilies and trumpet lilies are far shops, then you know what we are talk- [email protected]. Or, visit http://www. enough apart genetically that crosses ing about. If you’ve not attended, then cals.ncsu.edu/advancement/. won’t take or survive on their own. As a this is your perfect opportunity to fi nd result, methods such as embryo rescue out.) and other methods that trick the seed 5 Development Planting the Seeds for Development By Anne M. Porter, Director of Development Members Corner JCRA members, we want to hear from you and see your plant “babies” all grown up, Membership Makes a Difference Featuring pictures, stories, and testimoni- so please send your pictures, stories, and/ als from JCRA members who are getting or testimonials to Anne Porter or Judy We sincerely thank you for your invest- the most out of their membership. Morgan-Davis today at anne_porter@ ment in the JC Raulston Arboretum. Your ncsu.edu or [email protected]. membership gifts are critical to the suc- From Bobby Wilder cess of the JCRA, as they directly support Members Making News its daily operations, its collections, and When we re- Fairchild its mission of research, education, public turned to Miami Tropical Th e JCRA is extremely fortunate to have outreach, and green industry partnership. after spending a Botanic so many talented friends and donors. If While many public gardens charge an week cruising the Garden you are a “member making news” or know entrance fee, the JCRA is open free to the Caribbean, we of one, please let us know, so we can share public 365 days a year. Not only are you decided to visit your good news with our JCRA friends. and your family able to enjoy the beauty the wonderful and tranquility of the gardens, but your Fairchild Tropical Did you know that Ted Bilderback, support is also helping to provide this Botanic Garden. Ph.D., has been named director of the outstanding community resource to all Since we had our JC Raulston Arboretum? Now this is one visitors—touching friends from around JCRA member- member making some very happy news! the world! ship cards, we We are all thrilled by your new, offi cial ap- took advantage of pointment, Ted! What’s In It for You? the AHS’s recip- rocal admissions program benefi t and Have you tuned in to Helen Yoest’s new • More than thirty quality Friends of the received free admission—a $15 value for radio talk show on WebTalkRadio.net? If Arboretum Lectures and informative each of us! I highly recommend check- not, you really should! Here are the URLs Plantsmen’s Tours throughout the year ing out the AHS Web site when you are for Helen’s interviews with two other • Discounts and special off ers from local traveling. JCRA benefi ts can save you JCRA members making news—Bobby businesses and nurseries money, and you might even fi nd a new Ward’s Chlorophyll in His Veins: J. C. • Armloads of cool plants at the members garden to visit for free! Raulston, Horticultural Ambassador: only Annual Plant Distribution http://bit.ly/db4MzI and Roy Dicks’s • Privileges of the American Horticultural From Jeanne Andrus Rhapsody in Green: http://bit.ly/aVEv3e. Society’s Reciprocal Admission Program Well done, Helen! (Th is outstanding program confers to At the 1998 members’ plant give-away, JCRA members benefi ts at other partici- I picked this Emmenopterys henryi And speaking of local celebrities.… pating gardens around the country. Visit (Chinese emmenopterys). It was about http://www.ahs.org/events/reciprocal_ nine years before it bloomed the fi rst Anne Clapp has been a radio personality events.htm for more details.) time, but look at it now—spectacular! for more than twenty years, permanently co-hosting the Weekend Gardener on What’s In It for Your World? Jean and Tom Andrus’s Emmenopterys NewsRadio 680 WPTF with Mike Raley henryi (July 2010) since March 1992, on Saturday mornings A living outdoor museum, providing a from 8:00 AM to 11:00 AM. greener, cleaner, more beautiful world. Th e late J. C. Raulston, founder of the Mike began hosting the show in 1985 Arboretum, said it best—“Plan—and Plant when it started as a 30-minute “call-in” for a Better World.” program. It became a one-hour show a year later and then increased to two hours Your membership is helping to do just in 1991. Mike and Anne teamed up to do a that! three-hour show beginning in 1998.

Just imagine the possibilities if each cur- Bill Friday, Ph.D., is a regular listener of rent member brings a new member. So the Weekend Gardener, so Mike and Anne share this little piece of horticultural heav- were asked to be guests on his Carolina en, and bring a new visitor to the JCRA People TV show. Th e show was fi lmed at and encourage them to join today! the JC Raulston Arboretum and was great promotion for the Arboretum. 6 Keep up the great work, Anne and Mike, Southern String Band and keep sending your listeners to visit the Just in Case… JCRA. With rising costs and increasing (Visit the online version of this newsletter expenses, JCRA membership fees for Anne’s complete story.) may be forced to increase.

Jerry Glenn received the President’s So just in case that happens, you Council on Service and Civic Participation might consider joining for two Award and the Unsung Hero Award years when it is time to renew for his volunteer work at the Northern again. It’s so easy when you use our Wake Senior Center and the JCRA. secure online giving option. Just Congratulations, Jerry! visit the JCRA’s Web site and click on “Your gift makes a diff erence!” Gala in the Garden Th e Gala also gave Chancellor Randy Th e 2010 Gala in Wonderland was indeed Woodson, Dean Johnny Wynne, and Ted Save the Date for the May 1, 2011, a wonderland experience. Th anks to hon- Bilderback the opportunity to thank and Gala in the Garden orary chairs, Nina and Jerry Jackson, and pay tribute to some very special donors event chair, Sylvia Redwine, plus all the who have supported the Arboretum’s It’s never too soon to mark your social dedicated and talented members of the Master Plan initiative, including: horti- calendars for the most popular garden Gala Committee, guests were transported culture alumni Mitzi Hole and Michael party in Raleigh! For more than 15 years, to an enchanted world of botanical beauty. Stallings, who have given generously in the Gala has always been held on the fi rst Th e Gala is the Arboretum’s main fund- support of the new Lath House; the late Sunday in May, so mark your calendars for raising event of the year; and the support Charles Larus, whose gift created the new Sunday, May 1, 2011, at 3:00 PM! generated is critical to the daily opera- Charles T. and Ethel T. Larus Endowment tions and success of the JCRA. Th e 2010 for the JC Raulston Arboretum; and the Gala netted more than $80,000, thanks to late Donald Moreland, who helped sup- the generosity of our sponsors and all the port the Japanese Garden renovation in guests who attended this year. memory of his late wife, Verdie Moreland. Th e garden reopened on the day of the Jerry and Nina Jackson Gala.

Volunteering Volunteer News By Barbara Kennedy, Volunteer Judy Allen, Gardening Coordinator Judy Bradyhouse, Gardening John Buettner, Special Events Our spring events kept our staff and Young Cho, Gardening volunteers very busy. Beginning with A Heather Curcio, Gardening Walk in the Winter Garden and ending Cathy DeWitt, Visitor Center Gala in the Garden with Gala in the Garden, our volunteers Sylvia Drew, Flower Arranging kept things humming smoothly. In Sarah Harris, Special Events between, we had our fi rst ever plant sale, Barbara Harvey, Gardening the N&O Birdhouse Competition, and Brennie Holloman, Special Events our FOA Lecture series. We now have Mitchell Johnson, Gardening over 200 volunteers who help us keep the David Josephus, Master Plan Arboretum looking beautiful and helping Melanie Kelley, Gardening with our events. Jane Keziah, Visitor Center Paula Lumb, Gardening New Volunteers Trish MacPherson, Gardening Martha Millichip, Gardening In the last six months, we have welcomed Cormac Nagan, Arborist 29 new volunteers. We are delighted to Geraldo Serrano, Gardening have such a hardworking, dedicated group Mary Lou Shanklin, Lecture Support of volunteers. Ellen Stoltzfus, Special Events 7 NONPROFIT ORG U.S. POSTAGE PAID RALEIGH, NC Campus Box 7522 PERMIT NO. 2353 Raleigh, NC 27695-7522

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Jay Stoltz, Gardening Th e Construction Team is a new group Th e Winter Garden is maintained by Erica Strein, Arborist of volunteers who work on repairing the Raleigh Garden Club. Pictured here Tina Stricklen, Gardening fences, building walkways, and are Alberta McKay, Judy Allen, Helen Padma Tummala, Gardening other projects. Dave Duch and Walt Yoest, Laura Wright, Barbara Harvey, Erica Winston, Gardening Th ompson are working in the Japanese Judy Bradyhouse, and Melanie Kelley Bobbie Woods, Gardening Garden. Next up is the Necessary! after a morning of work. Laura Wright, Gardening

Wish List

Do you have an extra pair of pruners you don’t need or a shovel you never use? Th e volunteers are in need of garden tools if you would like to donate any. We need pruners, weeders, trowels, rakes, shovels, and fi ve-gallon buckets.

Volunteers at Work Our volunteers in the Finley-Nottingham Many of our volunteers help with our Jeff Evans and Harriet Bellerjeau gave a Rose Garden, CJ Dykes, Anne Clapp, lectures by checking guests in and setting presentation at the Volunteer Brown Bag and Gail Beasley, come every week to out refreshments. Lynn Canada, Vandy Lunch on the progress and plans of the make sure the roses are doing well and Bradow, and Mary Lou Shankin get Master Plan Committee. looking beautiful. ready to welcome guests.

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