THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Sunday, May 12, 1996                   TAG: 9605140466
SECTION: HOME                     PAGE: G1   EDITION: FINAL 
COLUMN: REMINDERS
SOURCE: ROBERT STIFFLER
                                             LENGTH: Short :   43 lines

BUTTERFLIES TAKE WING IN EXHIBIT AT THE ZOO

``DANCING BUTTERFLIES,'' an exhibit of free-flying butterflies in a natural habitat, opens Friday May 17, at The Virginia Zoological Park in Norfolk. A 3,000-square foot aviary will be filled with blooming plants and 300 butterflies flying around.

Cost is $3 for adults, $2 for children, in addition to the zoo's regular admission fee. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Tents will be set up with educational material and videos about butterflies. May 25 will be a Butterfly Kids Day. Call 624-9937. A PLANT SALE JUBILEE

Chesapeake Master Gardeners will hold a plant sale during the Chesapeake Jubilee this weekend. (May 18-19) Plant sale hours are 10 a.m. to 7 p.m Saturday and 1 to 5 p.m. next Sunday. The Master Gardeners and their plants will be in the agricultural tent. Call 436-9340. PLANTS FOR WET AREAS

Readers often ask what plants can be grown in wet areas. a list from The Dawes Arboretum includes these:

Trees - red maple, serviceberry (Amelanchier), river birch.

Shrubs - fringetree (Chionanthus), clethra, inkberry, winterberry and bayberry. Perennials - marsh marigold, rose mallow, cardinal flower, bee-balm, and many ferns. ILLUSTRATION: Color photo

ROBERT STIFFLER

Now's the time to plant:

New Guinea impatiens (above) thrive in full sun and come in many

colors. They're available in garden centers.

by CNB