Madeira Geranium available

The Shilin Gardens surround the official residence of past President Chiang Kai-shek and his wife Soong Mei-ling (Madame Chiang) in Taipei, Taiwan. The gardens contain ponds, rose gardens, fruit trees, orchid houses and native forest. The home itself is now a museum.

The hot summer days are starting to stress hydrangeas that get near full sun but they are still a wonderful eye full.  If you desire fewer, but larger, blooms the secret is to remove all but one or two buds from each stem in the springtime.  The available energy for blooms will be concentrated on these fewer outgrowths.

To celebrate our club’s 30th Anniversary we have set up a gardening book lending library at Walter Andersen’s nursery in Poway.  Enjoy. Many thanks to the management and plant experts at Water Andersen’s.