This months guest speaker is Fundy Gardeners very own Merv Cormier. Speaking on the Birds in My Garden.Merv is a very talanted birder and photographer.
Seed Sale
The Oxalis will be $1.00 for both bulbs and plants (they are hatchlings). The Jade Plant will be $5.00.
Iinformation sheets will be at the meeting
Good Luck Shamrock
Oxalis deppei: Iron Cross Oxalis
Iron Cross or False Shamrock, unlike many types of oxalis, is not invasive. It was introduced to European gardening in Victorian times. The cultivar name is derived from the maroon cross formed at the center of the four bright green-rimmed velvety leaves. Throughout summer and into early autumn it has big bright pink flowers.
Even if it never flowered the foliage is so gorgeous it belongs in the garden. That it also flowers for quite a long time just adds to its excellence. The flowers are almost crimson they are so darkly pink.
Lift in the fall.
Height: 6-8 inches
Colour: Rose Pink
Light: Sun
Crassula ovata: Jade Plant
Commonly known as jade plant, friendship tree, lucky plant or Money Plant, Crassula ovata is a succulent plant with small pink or white flowers. Normally a house plant, it can be planted outside and cuttings can be taken in the fall to bring inside and grow for next year.
Jades are evergreen plants with thick branches and smooth, rounded, fleshy leaves that grow in opposing pairs along the branches. Leaves are a rich jade green; some varieties may develop a red tinge on the edges of leaves when exposed to high levels of sunlight.
Height: Small shrub
Colour: Pink or white flowers
Light: Sun to light shade
Bloom Time: Usually summer
