Gardening Tips

Visit the Wallis Arboretum’s Butterfly, Entrance, Children’s and other gardens throughout. Come enjoy. Share the adventure with children.

Birds – Filling bird feeders can be messy. Measure how much each feeder will hold fill several self-sealing bags, or gallon milk jugs and mark for which feeder. As a feeder needs filling use one of the pre-measured containers.

Garden

• Remove rose blackspot foliage from the plant and surrounding soil. Spray foliage top and underneath, and replace the soil of container grown roses. Destroy foliage and soil. Start a blackspot program.
• Divide hosta and plant in afternoon shade location. Varieties that are deep green and have a blue cast need dappled or full shade.
• Plant marigolds, lavender and other highly scented plants to deter deer and rabbits.
• Hummingbirds love pineapple sage’s red flowers and sweet fragrance.