Welcome New Members . . .
Many Thanks to our Annual Meeting Hostesses:
Rosie Lyons, Bev Groeschell, Nancy Wigdale, Kathy Palmer, Monnine Parnitzke, Judy Moon & Linda Stolz
Rosie Lyons, Bev Groeschell, Nancy Wigdale, Kathy Palmer, Monnine Parnitzke, Judy Moon & Linda Stolz
May Membership Meeting
Summer Blooms Luncheon
Vicki Kunz, owner of La Tulipe in Cedarburg, discussed the "Farm to Vase" movement and created a lovely arrangement using white viburnum, flowering branches, pink peonies, butterfly ranunculus and gorgeous peony tulips. These varieties were grown by flower farmers in Wisconsin. Centerpieces for the luncheon also made use of locally sourced flowers.
Watch for Vicki's new store, a European-style flower and gift market coming to Mequon's Spur 16 development. La Terre will open in late June. |
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Harbor District, Inc. - Revitalizing Milwaukee's Urban Waterfront
At our May meeting, the Green Tree Garden Club presented an $8000 check to Dan Adams, Planning Director for Harbor District, Inc. (HDI) These funds will be used toward providing green space for Harbor View Plaza, located just east of the UWM School of Freshwater Sciences on the Milwaukee Harbor. The Plaza will include a play structure for children, a water play area, green space for all to enjoy and a canoe kayak and launch dock. This project supports the HDI mission of revitalizing Milwaukee’s urban waterfront in a manner that will be successful economically, environmentally and socially for the next century.
For more details, members may visit the Conservation Committee page.
For more details, members may visit the Conservation Committee page.
Highlights from our April Meeting
It's Springtime . . . and the Amaryllis are in Bloom!
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Karen Schmahl has had Apple Blossom and Pink Amaryllis for 10-12 years and shares her secrets to get them to re-bloom every year:
- Place them in a warm - but not hot - sunny spot. Mine are in the green house all year until they bloom and then they come into a southwest exposure garden room for the time they are blooming so we can enjoy them.
- After they are finished blooming, cut off the spent flower stalks at their base and continue to water the bulbs in their pot from summer until fall in their sunny spot. This is called resting the plant, allowing photosynthesis to take place and nourish the bulb.
- In September or October, cut all the leaves down to the base of the bulbs and then begin to feed and water them regularly. I feed once with Osmocote. (I use the green-edged bag for indoor and outdoor flowering plants with middle number of 14 which is the phosphorus number.)
- I continue this all fall and winter until they send up new stalks of flowers in March and April. Then the cycle is repeated. Different types of Amaryllis bloom at different times.
- Enjoy!
