THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Sunday, September 10, 1995 TAG: 9509060110
SECTION: HOME PAGE: G1 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: ROBERT STIFFLER
LENGTH: Short : 36 lines
FALL IS ONE of the best times of year for planting perennials in Southeastern Virginia, which is why the Virginia Living Museum will hold its third annual fall wildflower sale this coming weekend.
``In the fall, the soil is still warm, and newly planted specimens have time to establish themselves before they go dormant,'' says Janis Miller, the museum's horticulture curator. ``When spring comes, they are then ready to grow. If planted now, they require less care and watering when the hot, dry days of summer arrive.''
Horticulture experts will be on hand to offer planting advice at the sale, which will be from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and noon to 3 p.m. Sunday.
The sale features a variety of healthy, greenhouse-grown wildflowers. Many are late summer and fall blooming plants, found in the Virginia Living Museum's botanical gardens. Visitors are encouraged to see the museum's fall wildflower meadow in bloom and them make their selections.
Wildflowers in the sale include Great Aster, Cardinal Flower, Blazing Star, Green Coneflower, False Dragonhead, Blue Lobelia, Purple Coneflower, Ironweed, Seashore Mallow, New England Aster, Spiderwort and more.
Admission to the sale is free. For information, call 595-1900, Ext. 25. ILLUSTRATION: Color photo
VIRGINIA LIVING MUSEUM
Seashore Mallow is one of many wildflowers to be offered at the
plant sale.
by CNB