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VFARS LECTURE SERIES AT JENKINS ARBORETUM

The Valley Forge Chapter of the American Rhododendron
Society Lecture Series at Jenkins Arboretum & Gardens will feature “From
Joan Adcock’s Garden Through the Southern Appalachian Highlands” on Sunday,
January 19 at 2pm.  The speaker is Jim Gears.



 Jim Gears will first take us on a tour of Joan Adcock’s
garden. Joan, often called Georgia’s Azalea Lady, has accumulated thousands of
native azaleas over a period of 25-plus years. She has an extensive collection
of R. flammeum and R. flammeum hybrids. After touring
Joan’s garden, we will then proceed with Jim as he travels through the natural
areas in Georgia and Alabama, ending at the Great Smoky Mountains National Park
during the peak of the spring wildflower bloom. The rich botanical flora in
this region is a perfect complement to the magnificent mountain scenery there.
Get ready to walk among stands of orange and yellow Flame Azaleas, R. calendulaceum,
along the Appalachian Trail near Roan Mountain. Stroll through acres of
brilliantly colored hybrids on top of Gregory Bald in the Smokies. Some of the
species seen in abundance are Trilliums, Phacelia, Hepatica, Hexastylis
arifolia
, Hexastylis shuttleworthii, and Iris cristata. The
presentation will concentrate on wildflowers that we can grow in our gardens
here in Pennsylvania, and are great companion plants for rhododendrons and
azaleas. Many are available at the annual Valley Forge Rhododendron Society
Plant Sale at Jenkins Arboretum & Gardens.



 

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Jim Gears has been a member of the American Rhododendron
Society since 1983. He is a past president of the Valley Forge Chapter of the
ARS and also owns Pennsbury Gardens, a small specialty nursery offering a
uniquely diverse selection of quality plants, many unavailable elsewhere.



 

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Free of charge. All are welcome. No pre-registration is
required.



 



For more information and/or directions, check our website www.jenkinsarboretum.org



 

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