R. 'Andrew Patton'

These photos were submitted by Bruce and Marianne Feller. They feature 'Andrew Patton', a recent Furman cross of Scintillation x R. calophytum. It is turning out to be a beautiful specimen with large medium green leaves, a nice growth habit and a truss of white flowers with a deep red throat.

Bruce and Marianne were awarded a first prize in its class for this truss at the New York Chapter flower show. Their photos show the plant growing in their Long Island garden in April and a multiple bud truss the plant produced.

R. 'Andrew Patton'

Meetings

Princeton annual picnic and plant exchange: We have been invited to attend Princeton’s picnic and plant exchange on June 14. This event is held at Mercer County Community College and starts at 10:30 a.m. I will have more information on this at the meeting.

LINKS: If any of you regularly read the postings on the Rhododendron Yahoo Group (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rhodo/) you would have read a very interesting discussion on multiplanting. When Lydia and I bought our house we were happy to have two large rhododendrons alongside the driveway. Lydia, of course, knew why, but it was only recently that I realized these rhododendrons were not one but two or three plants that had been placed close together. Don Hyatt, who has addressed our group in the past, recently showed an example of this with his photo of “Caroline”:

Don planted three yearling plants some years ago, and they grew into this magnificent specimen. He also remarks that “In the wild, plants of the same species are usually found growing together in grand masses. I have seen some impressive sights in our eastern mountains in the US. I am awestruck seeing an entire mountain top in the Roan Highlands turn purple with the native R. catawbiense as thousands of plants all come into bloom at the same time.” Here is his photo:

And as another example, Don says, “a huge population of R. calendulaceum along the Appalachian Trail contrasting against the mountains in the distance is an equally breathtaking sight for me.”

So if you’ve got the kind of garden that calls for a large plant in that particular spot you want to close off, you may get there sooner by planting three smaller rhododendrons together instead of one large plant.

I thank Don for permission to use his photos.

PHOTO WORKSHOP – The Chapter wishes to thank Wing Fong for conducting a workshop to teach those of us who signed up how to apply the “Ken Burns Effect” to our image presentations. It seemed to be a straightforward procedure for Mac owners, but if a PC owner utilized a program such as Proshow Gold, it also is easily accomplished.

REFRESHMENTS - We encourage members to bring refreshments. However, if you intend to do so, please inform Marvin & Leah Klibonoff at 845-354-3421, so that they can coordinate what is brought.

PRE-MEETING DINNER – Please join us for a 12:00 noon lunch at Davey’s Locker on Kinderkamack Road just below the Railroad Station in Montvale. At our pre-meeting lunches, the total bill is divided equally among the group. However, alcoholic drinks are not allowed onto the totaled bill. Please pay for these separately.

TAPPAN ZEE 2008 CALENDAR OF ACTIVITIES:

Meetings at the Park Ridge Methodist Church will be held on the fourth Saturday of the month at 2:00 p.m. Our meetings will start up again in the fall. Please check back on this page at a later date.

ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIPS - Anyone interested in joining neighboring chapters as an Associate Member for a very reasonable $8.00 please contact:

For Princeton: Peg Van Patton, PO Box 339, Skillman, NJ 08558
pvanpatt@ewrsd.k12.nj.us

For New York: Marianne Feller, 88 Old Field Road, Old Field, NY 11733-1646 mFelle@suffolk.lib.ny.us

For directions or any other inquiries call Lydia or Gus Cerini at 845-735-3475

Over 60% of our members now receive this Notice by e-mail. To join them, e-mail Ccerini@aol.com.

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