At September’s Garden Club meeting, members participated in the Club’s 2nd annual Lonely Bouquet Day. On this day member’s create flower bouquets, then set these bouquets randomly throughout Ashland to be found by strangers and taken home. The hope is this small act of kindness will add a little happiness to someone’s day.
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Today in the Garden!
Ashland Oregon August Bloomers: Gladiolus, Garden phlox (Phlox paniculata), Malva sylvestris, Asiatic lilies, Snapdragons, Sweet Williams! 
Feast of Will: FLOWERS!
Once again member’s of the Ashland Garden Club created beautiful table arrangements using flowers from their personal gardens for the Feast of Will. Feast of Will is a Lion’s Club’s sponsored event which celebrates the seasonal opening of Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s Elizabethan Theater.
Garden of the Month: June 2017
946 B Street
Lisa and Marc Blackburn purchased the charming house at 946 B Street almost three years ago. Two years ago, they started re-landscaping with help from Jane Hardgrove and Juan Meraz of Bearclaw Landscape Services. Now their garden is the Ashland Garden Club’s Garden of the Month for June 2017.
Lisa Blackburn’s instructions to designer Hardgrove were that she wanted a whimsical, fairy-tale garden that did not feature the usual deer-resistant plants such as rosemary, heather, and lavender. The result is a charming, inviting space with lots of texture and color. A water feature provides pleasant sound. Marc does almost all the maintenance, averaging ten hours a week in the garden and has started getting creative on his own, adding or replacing plants as necessary. He uses a deer-repellant on some plants.
This is a relatively small space shaded in front by ash trees and on the side by a giant cedar. Hardgrove added Japanese maples for color and texture. Among the many plants are hellebore, Japanese anemone, brunnera, choisya, bleeding heart, digiplexis, columbine, hostas, peonies, pieris, black-eyed Susan, salvia, Japanese fuchsia, and goldmound spirea. Golden creeping jenny and stands of ornamental grass (called orange sedge but bronze in color) fill in and provide balance. Private spaces on the side and in back feature azaleas as well as daphne for fragrance, among many other choices.
Stroll by 946 B Street for a treat for sight, sound, and aroma. If you come in the morning, you may find Marc at work in the garden.
Article by: Ruth Sloan
June 4, 2017: Today In the Garden
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- Rosaceae Hulthemia: Raspberry Kiss
AGC member Carlotta Lucas’ garden.
Horticulture Report: Centranthus ruber
Plant Name: Centranthus ruber
Common Name: Jupiter’s Beard ( aka: Red Valerian)
Plant type: Perennial
Height: 1 ft – 3 ft
Spread: 1 ft – 2 ft
Bloom Time: May
Flower Color: ‘Ruber’ – Pale to Deep Rosy Red, ‘Albus’- White
Exposure: Full Sun, Part Shade
Soil Requirements: Well Drained Soil- Prefers Alkaline Soil
Water Needs: Medium
Attributes: Deer Resistant, Drought Tolerant, Attracts Butterflies & other insects,
Showy Flowers, Good Cut Flower, Fragrant leaves.
Note: Easy to grow, Self-seeds freely, Reported as “suspected” on the Oregon invasive plant list!
Uses: Containers, Rock Garden, Mixed Flower Bed
Native to: Europe, Northern Africa, Asia Minor
USDA Hardiness Zone: 5-8