The Green Thumb Garden Club will look ahead to the red blooms of spring at its Feb. 14 meeting at Collegedale City Hall.
Certified arborist Jon Nessle, an East Brainerd resident and owner of Ornamentor landscaping and tree service, will give a presentation titled Nature’s Sculptures – Pruning Ornamental Woody Plants.
“Pruning and caring for your shrubs in the wintertime makes them better bloomers in the summertime,” said club president Donna Shelman, who lives in Apison.
But there are always exceptions, she said. Though many gardeners deadhead their coneflowers, mums or daisies in the fall, Shelman leaves hers seedy until February.
The Green Thumb Garden Club will meet Feb. 14 at 7 p.m. at Collegedale City Hall. From left are president Donna Shelman, of Apison, and Cherry and David King,.“I’m a birder so I leave them up until now,” she said.