Horticulture Classes
Classes 18-27
Flowering Trees and Shrubs in Bloom
*please note there were no entries for class 21. Hydrangea
18. Cercis (redbud)
Louise Wellemeyer
Stony Brook Garden Club
Plant Material: Cerci Canadensis, Appalachian Red Redbud
Length of ownership: 10 years
Propagated by Exhibitor: No
Growing conditions: Full sun, well-drained soil on edge of the lawn near wood line
19. Cornus (dogwood)
Margo Muratore
Garden Club of Somerset
Plant Material: Cornus florida, Dogwood
Length of ownership: 3 years
Propagated by Exhibitor: No
Growing conditions: Sunny to partial shade
20. Fothergilla
Gretchen Sinha
Garden Club of Madison
Plant Material: Fathergilla gardenii, Dwarf Fathergilla
Length of ownership: 18 years
Propagated by Exhibitor: No
Growing conditions: full sun
22. Magnolia
Louise Wellemeyer
Stony Brook Garden Club
"Stunning specimen with impeccable presentation”
Plant Material: Magnoliax ‘Butterflies’, Butterflies hybrid magnolia
Length of ownership: 14 years
Propagated by Exhibitor: No
Growing conditions: full sun, border bed, well-drained soil
23. Pieris (andromeda)
Janet Laughlin
Garden Club of Trenton
Plant Material: Pieris, Dorothy Wycoff Fathergilla
Length of ownership: 5 years
Propagated by Exhibitor: No
Growing conditions: Morning sun, afternoon shade, northside of garden resides partly under a 75’ weeping spruce tree.
24. Rhododendron (azalea and rhododendron)
Louise Wellemeyer
Garden Club of Trenton
Plant Material: Rhodadendron, Royal Azaelea
Length of ownership: 10 years
Propagated by Exhibitor: No
Growing conditions: Part shade, moist well-drained soil
25. Spira
Lyn Boyajian
Garden Club of Madison
Plant Material: Spirea prunifolia , Bridal wreath spiraea
Length of ownership: 20 years
Propagated by Exhibitor: No
Growing conditions: Full sun, southern exposure, dry soil
26. Viburnum
Mimi Carrington
Garden Club of Morristown
Plant Material: Virburnum Carlessi ‘Diana”, Diana Virburnum
Length of ownership: 7 years
Propagated by Exhibitor: No
Growing conditions: Full sun, southern exposure, 7’ tall, 5’ wide optimum location at the backside of an outdoor kitchen for maximum enjoyment of fragrance.
D. Agnew
Garden Club of Trenton
Plant Material: Virburnum Nudum , Bridal wreath spiraea
Length of ownership: 4 years
Propagated by Exhibitor: No
Growing conditions: Part sun
27. Other
Lyn Boyajian
Garden Club of Madison
Plant Material: Syringa Vulgaris, Common Lilac
Length of ownership: 20 years
Propagated by Exhibitor: No
Growing conditions: Dry Soil, Full sun
Elaine Arciszweski
Garden Club of Madison
Plant Material: Japanese Kerria
Length of ownership: 2 years
Propagated by Exhibitor: No
Growing conditions: Part sun, part shade
Grania Allport
Garden Club of Somerset
Judges comments: “Joyful exhibit, would make Rosie smile!”
Plant Material: Chaenomeles japonica, Japanese flowering quince.
Length of ownership: 24 years
Propagated by Exhibitor: No
Growing conditions: The quince came with the house and is situated in a sunny southern exposure at the end of a garden staircase. It is pruned every year to control its boundaries and flowers beautifully attracting many bees.
Barbara Todd
Garden Club of Somerset Hills
Plant Material: Prunus avium, Sweet Cherry
Length of ownership: 2 years
Propagated by Exhibitor: No
Growing conditions: Full sun
Georgette Sturam
Garden Club of Trenton
Plant Material: Malus baccata, Siberian Crab
Length of ownership: unlisted
Propagated by Exhibitor: No
Growing conditions: Mostly sunny