Saturday - May 13, 2006 (Option #2)
Tour B:
Baltimore Gardens and the U.S. National Arboretum
The alternative tour for Saturday requres greater travel distances since we will
head north to the Baltimore region
to visit Harry Weiskittel's Marshy Point Nursery and the woodland native plant garden of Dr.
Jerry Hudgens, and then will return to Washington D.C. to see selected features at the
U.S. National Arboretum including the Azalea display and the Bonsai Collections.
U.S. National Arboretum
The U. S. National Arboretum is
noted for its azalea plantings, herb garden, bonsai collections, and many other attractions.
The azalea collection on Mount Hamilton pictured to the right includes some of the original plantings of
the hybridizer of the Glenn Dales, Ben Morrison, in addition to the Frederick P. Lee
Memorial garden. There are numerous trails that wind through the plantings, and
new hybrids are being added to the collection.
The Arboretum is home to the National Bonsai and Penjing Museum, one of the largest
collections of these dwarf trees in North America. To the left is one of the many Bonsai
trees in the collection.
There are other excellent exhibits
at the National Arboretum too, including Fern Valley with its native plant collection,
the Gotelli Dwarf Conifer Collection, the Asian Valley with wonderful plants from the
Orient in a landscape setting, and the National Herb Garden. If time allows, we will try to
see some of these features, too.
Marshy Point Nursery
Marshy Point Nursery is the Harry Weiskittel's wholesale operation on the scenic
shores of the Chesapeake Bay. Harry has a lovely display garden filled with new
hybrid rhododendronsa and selected azalea seedlings including introductions from his own
hybridizing program.
Below are some pictures from Marshy Point.
Display Garden
|
Nursery Production
|
Boat Dock
|
Hudgens Garden
In nearby Churchville, MD, Jerry Hudgens and his wife have built a charming 4.5 acre
woodland garden. The lovely landscape borders on a rushing stream, and they
have tried to focus on the effective landscape use of native plants to compliment
a lovely collection of azaleas and rhododendrons. Below are some pictures of
wildflowers you will find in the Hudgens
garden.
Back to the Main Tour Page
|
