Master Plan: Coastal Gardens and Historic Bamboo Farm

UGA Coastal Gardens and
Historic Bamboo Farm
Master Plan
Produced by the College of Environment and
Design, the University of Georgia
September 2009

Dendrology at Virginia Tech

If you have an unknown specimen, you can try
to figure out what it is by using
Dendrology at Virginia Tech keys.

North American Floristic Regions (Biomes)& Clickable Species Maps
Dendrology at Virginia Tech

Joy of Bonsai 2010

Kawa Bonsai

will be presenting its eighth annual

"Joy of Bonsai"

on January 15, 16 and 17, 2010

Cost of Friday Program $4.00
Saturday and Sunday Cost $10 single day, $15 for two days

To be held at the

Flagler County Extension Office,

Bunnell, Florida

Featuring outstanding Bonsai Artist

Suthin Sukosolvisit

Royal Bonsai Garden

They are short and small but absolutely hard and firm!!!

Nice pictures of Bonsai in Malaysia:

They are short and small but absolutely hard and firm!!!

"Last Sunday afternoon, I visited a Chinese seller at the back of the former Senyum hypermarket in Melaka Raya,just to admire his precious products which are short but firm & hard! They are 300 years old!!! What are that? you may ask….

It’s Bonsai (盆栽) that I am talking about…..don’t think serong!!! "

Fossil finding new life as a landscape tree

Fossil finding new life as a landscape tree

Student helps propagate dwarf version of towering redwood.

Homeowners may soon be able to own a miniature version of a living fossil thanks to a University of Georgia horticulturist and his research team of high school students.







Photo: Stephanie Schupska/UGA





UGA horticulture professor Paul Thomas holds a dwarf dawn redwood seedling.

Kudzu-eating pest found in northeast Georgia

Kudzu-eating pest found in northeast Georgia
Insect is a potential threat to soybean and other legume crops. Researchers from the University of Georgia and Dow AgroSciences have identified a kudzu-eating pest in northeast Georgia that has never been found in the Western Hemisphere. Unfortunately, the bug also eats legume crops, especially soybeans.

Bean plataspids (Megacopta cribraria), an insect native to India and China, has been founded in northeast Georgia counties. The bug is pea-sized and brownish in color with a wide posterior. It eats kudzu but also feeds on legume crops like soybeans.


Photo: Dan Suiter
High resolution photo of a bean plataspid (Megacopta cribraria), an insect native to India and China.

Around the Backyard | www.4greenhouses.com

For just a few dollars you can construct a PVC greenhouse like this one.

Around the Backyard www.4greenhouses.com

Building your own cold frame hoop house.

by: IGCadmin
"For just a few dollars you can construct a PVC greenhouse like this one. I've gotten a few questions lately regarding a DIY residential greenhouse made from PVC pipe and greenhouse poly film. Such projects are great way to provide yourself with an inexpensive greenhouse, and
as long as you don't expect a great deal of permanancy out of them, are a great way to supplement your growing season."

I have built 3 versions of a PVC Hoop House over the last 15 years.

They are great for over wintering Tropical bonsai in zone 8b.

The original house is still in use.

Pictures:
New Hoop House 3.0

Nicodemia: Indoor Oak

Nicodemia
Room Oak
Parlor Oak
Indoor Oak

Buddleia indica (BUD-lee-uh)


Nicodemia diversifolia


Buddleia indica:
Loganiaceae


Family: Loganiaceae


After the American botanist James Logan

Butterfly Bush......

This native to Madagascar is an evergreen shrub with alternate leaves that are reminiscent of oak leaves. Parlor Oak has light to dark brown bark laced with bright stripes. The simple yellow flowers are small and sit together in small clusters on old wood. The fruit of B. indica is a yellow-white, fleshy berry. Nicodemia is one of the old time house plants that was used extensively from the 1920's to 1940's and is receiving serious interest by tropical bonsai enthusiasts. In the summer it can be kept outdoors. In winter, the plant can stay in a cool unheated room. Once the surface of the substrate is slightly dry, the soil should be watered. When the plant is in the winter cold, it should be watered less. Keep the soil barely moist and if you use rainwater, be careful as it could be acidic. Use warm water. Avoid using cold water! It can shock tender roots. Fill watering can with tepid water or allow cold water to sit for a while to come to room temperature before watering. Roots need oxygen to breathe: do not allow plants to sit in a tray filled with water. This will only promote disease. Broom shape and the upright forms can be obtained by selective pruning. The cascade form can be created by wiring or clamps. Parlor Oak can be propagated by cuttings.

NOAA Average First Freeze Savannah, Georgia

When will it be....................
November 21-30
Gotta get ready

Trolley tours coming to Port Wentworth

Port Wentworth showcases its potential for tourism, economic growth

Bill Pfeiffer looks over the brochure for Thursday's tour of Port Wentworth.
Richard Burkhart/Savannah Morning News




Trolley tours coming to Port Wentworth

PORT WENTWORTH, GA (WTOC) - We see the trolley tours all the time in Savannah, but what about Port Wentworth?

Port Wentworth is starting trolley tours of their own. This is the first of it's kind in Port Wentworth. They decided it was time they showed people exactly the rich history Port Wentworth has.

"For too long we've been passed by, we're a drive through market. People on the highway just traveling through, and it's time for the community to ban together and really make us a destination location," said Trisha Growe.

The turnout for the tours have been so great, the city has had to add on additional tours to meet the demand.

Camellia Sinensis blooming

My tea tree is in full bloom, the fragrant flowers are white with yellow stamens.

Camellia Sinensis is the main ingredient for the second most widely consumed beverage in the world. It will still be a couple of years before I can brew my own tea! With smaller leaves and flowers, Camellia sinensis should make a good Bonsai.
The tea plant is native to Southeast Asia. All types of tea (green, black, and oolong) are produced from the Camellia sinensis plant using different methods. Fresh leaves from the Camellia sinensis plant are steamed to produce green tea.
Making Tea and Other Products from Camellia Sinensis

Camellia Sinensis



And in Charleston, SC tea has been grown off and on for about 400 years
Charleston Tea Plantation

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Fall Family Festival returns to Bamboo Farm | savannahnow.com

FallFestival2009

Fall Family Festival returns to Bamboo Farm savannahnow.com

See Y'all there

FallFestival2009

Fall Garden events near Savannah

The Bamboo Farm & Coastal Gardens

The 15th Annual Fall Family Festival
will be held

October 24, 2009
from 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM.
There is a $2.00 parking fee.
Fees for activities vary.

Lectures on Bananas and

Organic Gardening

Bonsai

See you there!

Friends Of Coastal Gardens

Bamboo Farm & Coastal Gardens

2 Canebrake Road

Savannah, GA 31419

Backyard gardening begins with collard greens | savannahnow.com

Fresh produce you grew yourself?

"Nothing like it."

Since 1999, the Johnson brothers have been opening the fields of their Port Wentworth farm on the first Saturday in March to distribute free collard greens to seniors, veterans and all those in need.

Backyard gardening begins with collard greens savannahnow.com

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"German Bamboo"

Pogonatherum crinitum
"German Bamboo"
"Bonsai Bamboo"
"Bamboo Grass"
Jin Si Cao
Jin Si Mao
Cat teasel, Salsola grass, fox tail,

pens to be grass, oxtail grass, Rattus grass.

A delicate grass with tiny, clumping erect Bamboo-like stalks, clothed with sea-green slim leaf blades. Fabulous when displayed as a bonsai.
Looks like bamboo, is called bamboo, but isn't.

Give this Asian native a moist, but well drained soil. Needs a few hours a day of solar light. Fertilize periodically; in the spring use a fertilizer rich in nitrogen and potassium, to encourage the development of new vegetation and of flowerings. Selectively remove “culms” to keep this grass attractive and to encourage new shoots. Protect from Freezing.

Pogonatherum crinitum has long been used as a folk remedy for the treatment of many inflammatory diseases in Taiwan.

Savannah RIVERKEEPER: Coastal Plain Meander

Savannah RIVERKEEPER: Coastal Plain Meander


7th Annual Coastal Plain Meander

sets sail October 2-5th
down the River from

Augusta to Savannah

Savannah Riverkeeper

The Island Explorer will carry her passengers

down the beautiful Savannah River,
where wildlife abounds and humans are few and far between.

Discover the remote, nearby

Brazilian Raintree Chloroleucon Tortum

Chloroleucon Tortum
Brazilian Rain Tree
Jurema

Family:
Mimosaceae
Genus:
Chloroleucon (klor-oh-LEH-oo-kon)
Species:
tortum (TOR-tum)
Synonym:
Pithecellobium tortum
Synonym:
Cathormion tortum
Synonym:
Feuilleea torta

This hardwood tree is native to Brazil, living along the coast between the coastal rainforests and the restingas. (Zone 11)

Brazilian Raintrees produce small white powder-puff blossoms which turn yellowish within a few days. These are followed by curly seed pods.

The leaves close at night or in subdued light and the tree looks dead, the next morning the leaves are open and the tree is alive.

Flattened "muscular" trunks and exfoliating bark, revealing the white inner bark, add an extra special interest to the tree.

This tree needs well drained soils with some organic matter, too much organic in the soil mix can create wet conditions which causes root rot, fungus and branch die-back. The sandy growing environment in Brazil demonstrates how well P. tortum tolerates dry conditions. If the soil does become too dry, the leaves will dry up and fall off; but in 2 weeks it buds out again. And by the 4th week the tree will be covered with new leaves and shoots!


“Clip and grow” is the best method to develop the raintree. Wire is rarely used on the delicate green branches. If you choose to wire, do so loosely or tie the branches down. Raintree branches tend to ‘die-back’ when pruned, so they should be flat cut, not concave cut.

Repot when the roots become pot bound. Repotting should be done in early to mid summer as soon as the low temperatures stay above 50° F and highs are above 90° F.
Fertilizing is also necessary. The Brazilian Raintree is a heavy feeder, fertilize during the growing season to keep your bonsai healthy. The Brazilian raintree is a member of the legume family.









This tree can be grown from cuttings and large branches can be air-layered to form good small trees quickly!
To grow new raintrees from seed, allow the pods to dry on the mother plant; then break the pods open to collect seeds. Sow the fresh seed as soon as possible because the Seeds do not store well. Seeds are small and pale yellow.

If growing this tree indoors, one may need to provide additional lighting.

Grow lights

Jim Moody introduced the Brazilian Raintree to the US bonsai community.

BCI Species Guide