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Central Carolinas Chapter Azalea Society of America Winter Newsletter 2014 UPCOMING EVENTS: January 26, 2014 – Workshop: Growing azaleas from seed. @ 2pm UNCC March 2, 2014 – Special Guest Speaker Don Hyatt @ 3pm UNCC March 28-30, 2014 – Convention. Charleston, SC. April date TBA – Plant sale. Location TBA CHAPTER OFFICERS: President – Chris Wetmore [email protected] Vice President – Don Halsey [email protected] Treasurer – Jim Wetmore Introduction Hello Central Carolinas members, associate members, and any potential members that may be reading this newsletter! We have had a couple email newsletters but this is the first official newsletter. If you are a potential member we hope you consider joining our chapter. While many of us like azaleas our interest does not end there. It carries into camellias, Japanese maples, rhododendrons, woodland plants such as trilliums, day lilies, and much more. Interests of our current members ranges from the typical gardener to those interested in various ways of propagation (creating more plants for free), and even hybridization (creating new plants). Some of us know only the common names and some of us can speak the Latin names. We all hope to learn from each other and do not be intimidated if you feel you do not know much. Chances are you know more than you realize. Some of you may be wondering what that orange thing is in the top left corner of this page. I thought the same thing about 5-6 years ago. Well it is a deciduous azalea. I knew a good bit about plants but had never seen an orange azalea. Yes, azaleas can be orange. They can also be yellow. If you are more advanced in your knowledge we hope you consider joining our friendly group and help teach those interested in learning more. Chapter History… A lot has happened in a short amount of time. Our first interest meeting was October 6, 2013. The second meeting on November 10, 2013 covered some business items as we discussed requesting affiliation with the Azalea Society of America (ASA). On December 12, 2013 our request was approved to become an official chapter of the ASA. On December 27, 2013 we received an offer from Larry Mellichamp, Director of the UNCC Botanical Gardens, for us to hold our meetings at the McMillan Greenhouse and adjoining classroom facility. Meeting Place and Time For the foreseeable future our meetings will be held at UNCC. They will typically be every other month, on a Sunday, and around 2pm. We will attempt to hold meetings at consistent times but because we are new times may vary in the first year. There may be more activities in the spring and summer due to plants being in bloom. Attendance is not mandatory but encouraged as we hope you will enjoy the meetings. Plenty of parking is available but requires explanation. This will be explained at the first meeting. Just make your way to the McMillan Greenhouse at 2:00pm on January 26 and you will be directed where to park. Click here for directions. Join us: Come to one of our meetings. If you decide you would like to join, membership is $30 annually. You receive a free azalea, quarterly issues of The Azalean magazine, chapter newsletters, and access to plants not commercially available at discounted prices. Meetings can range from general discussions, workshops, guest speakers, cuttings exchanges, and field trips to nurseries or parks and gardens. You will also have access to private member gardens.
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Central Carolinas Chapter Azalea Society of America
Winter Newsletter 2014
UPCOMING EVENTS: January 26, 2014 – Workshop: Growing azaleas from seed. @ 2pm UNCC March 2, 2014 – Special Guest Speaker Don Hyatt @ 3pm UNCC March 28-30, 2014 – Convention. Charleston, SC. April date TBA – Plant sale. Location TBA
CHAPTER OFFICERS: President – Chris Wetmore [email protected] Vice President – Don Halsey [email protected] Treasurer – Jim Wetmore
Introduction
Hello Central Carolinas members, associate members, and any potential members that may be reading this newsletter! We have had a couple email newsletters but this is the first official newsletter. If you are a potential member we hope you consider joining our chapter. While many of us like azaleas our interest does not end there. It carries into camellias, Japanese maples, rhododendrons, woodland plants such as trilliums, day lilies, and much more. Interests of our current members ranges from the typical gardener to those interested in various ways of propagation (creating more plants for free), and even hybridization (creating new plants). Some of us know only the common names and some of us can speak the Latin names. We all hope to learn from each other and do not be intimidated if you feel you do not know much. Chances are you know more than you realize. Some of you may be wondering what that orange thing is in the top left corner of this page. I thought the same thing about 5-6 years ago. Well it is a deciduous azalea. I knew a good bit about plants but had never seen an orange azalea. Yes, azaleas can be orange. They can also be yellow. If you are more advanced in your knowledge we hope you consider joining our friendly group and help teach those interested in learning more.
Chapter History…
A lot has happened in a short amount of time. Our first interest meeting was October 6, 2013. The second meeting on November 10, 2013 covered some business items as we discussed requesting affiliation with the Azalea Society of America (ASA). On December 12, 2013 our request was approved to become an official chapter of the ASA. On December 27, 2013 we received an offer from Larry Mellichamp, Director of the UNCC Botanical Gardens, for us to hold our meetings at the McMillan Greenhouse and adjoining classroom facility.
Meeting Place and Time
For the foreseeable future our meetings will be held at UNCC. They will typically be every other month, on a Sunday, and around 2pm. We will attempt to hold meetings at consistent times but because we are new times may vary in the first year. There may be more activities in the spring and summer due to plants being in bloom. Attendance is not mandatory but encouraged as we hope you will enjoy the meetings. Plenty of parking is available but requires explanation. This will be explained at the first meeting. Just make your way to the McMillan Greenhouse at 2:00pm on January 26 and you will be directed where to park. Click here for directions.
Join us: Come to one of our meetings. If you decide you would like to join, membership is $30 annually. You receive a free azalea, quarterly issues of The Azalean magazine, chapter newsletters, and access to plants not commercially available at discounted prices. Meetings can range from general discussions, workshops, guest speakers, cuttings exchanges, and field trips to nurseries or parks and gardens. You will also have access to private member gardens.
About UNCC Botanical Gardens
Photos on this page are from UNCC Botanical Garden website.
About UNCC Botanical Gardens
The meeting place is a huge perk for us as we will have an area to hold workshops and just outside is the 3 acre Susie Harwood Garden and the 7 acre Van Landingham Glen. McMillan Greenhouse has orchids, carnivorous plants, desert plants, and many other tropical plants.
Admittance at the UNCC Botanical Gardens is free of charge.
The Van Landingham Glen is a woodland garden showcasing over 1,000 species of plants native to the Carolinas. It also features hybrid rhododendrons and native azaleas. The many wonderful native azaleas and rhododendrons are present thanks to UNCC staff and the Rhododendron Society Chapter that used to meet at UNCC.
The Susie Harwood garden features many hardy ornamental plants with year round interest. There is a small pond, waterfalls, a winter garden, an Asian garden, and a garden featuring native plants for the home landscape is currently being installed.
The gardens are open 7 days a week and are a wonderful place to take a stroll. My wife, Beth, and I have visited several times over the past few years to walk the meandering paths. You can find out more about the UNCC Botanical Gardens at http://gardens.uncc.edu/ .
Hours for outdoor gardens: Open 7 days a week during daylight hours.
Hours for Greenhouse: Mon-Sat: 10am-3pm and Sun: 1-4pm
What’s Inside:
• About UNCC Botanical Gardens – pg. 2 • Info about future meetings - pgs. 3 & 4 • Brief Summary of 2014 Convention – pg. 3 • Photos from 2013 Convention in Athens, GA – pg. 3 • Info sheet and registration info for 2014 Convention
in Charleston, SC – pgs. 5-6 • Coming in the spring newsletter: A Chapter handbook
on native azaleas as well as a general overview of evergreen azaleas and hybrid deciduous azaleas.
Meeting on January 26, 2014
We will be hosting a workshop on growing deciduous azaleas from seed. We will be explaining technique perfected by J Jackson and Lindy Johnson of Appalachian Native Plants. They have developed a technique which maximizes root growth, which they call rapid propagation. We will have seed and a demonstration on how to sow the seed. From this point we will explain how to grow on the azaleas. This will include technique on care for the seedlings and things such as fertilization. A few members will grow this seed on for the chapter. These plants may be used in a future plant sale or given to members in a year or two. Perhaps we may even take a field trip to their nursery in the future. For more information on Appalachian Native Plants visit http://www.appalachiannativeplants.com/.
2014 ASA Convention in Charleston, SC
The annual ASA convention will be held in Charleston, SC of this year. The information sheet on this convention and the registration packet are on pages 5-7 of this newsletter. The convention this year will cost a little more than the average convention because of Charleston being a tourist town. Highlights of the convention include public and private garden tours, very inexpensive plant sales of varieties not commercially available, meeting other plant enthusiasts, and learning more about growing azaleas!
Photos from 2013 ASA Convention in Athens, GA
We are pleased to announce we will have Don Hyatt giving a presentation on America’s Treasure: Our Native Azaleas! The rich flora of North America boasts seventeen species of native deciduous azaleas. Although some have been grown widely in Europe or used in hybridizing since the 1800’s, these native azaleas are becoming increasingly valued as adaptable landscape plants in our own country again.
In this multimedia presentation, Don Hyatt will try to give attendees an appreciation for the range of flower color and form of our native azaleas as they exist in the wild. He will discuss a few tips on how to tell the various species apart as well as specific cultural requirements to assist home gardeners. He will also try to give people an appreciation for the scenic wild places where these species often grow.
Don’s presentations are typically fast paced and informative. Although illustrated with many lovely photographs, don’t be surprised by the occasional humorous anecdote or Photoshop image. Don hopes his enthusiasm for native plants and wild places will encourage others to join with him in preserving this beauty for future generations.
Please note the meeting time for this meeting will be 3pm. This is due to another group meeting earlier.
Biography:
Donald Hyatt has been gardening at his family home in McLean, VA, since early childhood. He holds a BS degree in Horticulture with a double major in Biochemistry, and a Master’s degree in Computer Science, all from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. The shady garden he has created over the past 60 years emphasizes azaleas, rhododendrons, and wildflowers.
Don has received a number of awards for his work with rhododendrons and azaleas including both the Silver Medal in 2002 and the Gold Medal in 2012 from the American Rhododendron Society. He received the Distinguished Service Award from the Azalea Society of America in 2009. He has served on the national Boards of both organizations and is the current Director for ARS District 9.
Although professionally a mathematics and computer science teacher in Fairfax County, VA for 33 years, Don has maintained a life-long interest in plants of all kinds. Now retired, he enjoys having more time to pursue his varied horticultural interests including gardening, photography, botanical illustration, and the study of native plants in the wild. For more information, check out his personal website: www.donaldhyatt.com.
Meeting on March 2, 2014
Don Hyatt presenting America’s Treasure: Our Native Azaleas
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Doin' The Charleston - Azalea Style March 27-30,2014 Charleston, South Carolina
Welcome to the 2014 Azalea Society of AmericaNational Convention in Charleston, South Carolina!
Historic Charleston, SC, named the #1 travel destination in the country, is thesite of the 2014 Azalea Society of America National Convention. The Doin' TheCharleston - Azalea Style headquarters will be the Charleston MarriottRiverview Hotel, overlooking Brittlebank Park, the Ashley River, and the JoeRiley Baseball Stadium, not far from downtown.
Spend time under stately live oaks hung with Spanish moss, visit the intimategardens of the old homes and the historic plantations. Gaze at the plethora ofazaleas as the Lowcountry seduces you.
Your hosts for the event are the members of the Rev. John Drayton Chapter ofthe Azalea Society of America based at Magnolia Plantation & Gardens.
2014 Azalea Society of America National Convention ®4893C Savannah Hwy, Charleston,SC 29470 [email protected]
During your time in Charleston, you'll visitMagnolia Plantation & Gardens, MiddletonPlace, Cypress Gardens, historic downtownCharleston and see many beautiful displays ofazaleas.
Lecturers include Tom Johnson, Director ofMagnolia Plantation; Ernest Koone from Lazy KNursery in Pine Mountain,GA, and famed for itsnative azaleas; Mary Roper, Garden Director atAsticou Azalea Garden in Maine, and Robert"Buddy" Lee, inventor of the Encore Azalea.
(c) Pamela Levi/Summer Marsh Photography
(c) Pamela Levi/Summer Marsh Photography
Azalea Convention Agenda http://www.nationalazaleaconvention2014.org/
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Registration Form for the 2014 National Azalea Society of America Convention
Hosted by the Rev. John Drayton Chapter of Charleston, SC, in Charleston, March 28-‐30.
Convention registration is open to all ASA members, non-‐members and guests to promote the goals of the Azalea Society of America. The registrar must receive this registration by February 1st to take advantage of the early registration fee of $65. After February 1st, registration with late fee will be $85. The registration fee includes the opening reception with two drink tickets, breakfast on Friday and Saturday, a great goodie bag of gifts, and the Friday evening meeting. Refunds for cancellations are 100% before February 1st; 50% refund from February 1 – 28; and no refunds after February 28. The convention will be held at the Charleston Marriott Hotel at 170 Lockwood Blvd., Charleston, SC 29403. The special rate of $179 includes free parking. Reservations should be made with the hotel at 800.968.3569 under the Azalea Society of America. Charleston books up fast in the spring so register soon…the rate will only be held until March 6th. Name: __________________________________________________________________________
Address: _____________________________________ City: ______________ State: ___ Zip: ________
Telephone: ____________________ Email: ________________________________ Non Member: ____
Chapter: ________________________________________ Officer: _____________________________ EVENT PRICE NUMBER TOTAL ATTENDING Registration Fee: Required for any function $65.00 __________ $ _______________
Late Registration Fee February 1 to March 18 $85.00 __________ $ _______________
Friday Tours (includes lunch) $75.00 __________ $ _______________
Saturday Tour Historic Downtown $95.00 __________ $ _______________
Saturday Tour Cypress Gardens $55.00 ___________ $ _______________ (both tours include lunch)
Saturday Evening Banquet $50.00 ___________ $ _______________
Join ASA Membership Fee $25.00 ___________ $ _______________
Pre-‐order Convention T-‐Shirts (indicate size) $10.00 ___________ $ _______________
TOTAL ENCLOSED $ _______________
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If you are interested in participating in either of the optional tours on Thursday, please check below. If we have enough people, we will contact you prior to the convention.
Historic Charleston Foundation Glorious Garden Tour # _______ Wadmalaw Island Tea Plantation Tour # _______ If you plan to enter the Plant or Photo Competition, please check here:
Plant _____ Photo ________
Please list any special needs (meals, etc.) _________________________________________________
Names for badges: 1 ________________________________ 2 _______________________________
3 ________________________________ 4________________________________
Please make checks payable to Rev. John Drayton Chapter/Azalea Society of America
Mail to: Any questions please contact:
Suzi DuRant Suzi DuRant or Lynda Creek 4893C Savannah Hwy. 780 Sonny Boy Lane Ravenel, SC 29470 Johns Island, SC 29455 843.889.9212 843.559.5248 [email protected] [email protected]
www.nationalazaleaconvention2014.org
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