Join us at the Lilburn Library parking lot on April 27th from 9AM to 2PM for our annual sale! As always, lots of plant diversification, from herbs to perennials to annuals to native plants to shrubs and trees. Members will be on hand to help you and answer your questions! Hope to see you there! Related Images:
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2024 February Meeting
Connie Gray, Program Coordinator and Board Member of the Athens-East Piedmont Chapter of the Georgia Native Plant Society will share her knowledge on “Ferns” at our February 19th meeting. Her handout is great information. Join us at noon at Bethesda Senior Center. Please bring a dish to share if you’d like to join in our 11:30AM potluck. Related Images:
Shrinking Violets are a BLAST!
The poet that called the wood violet “shrinking violets” did not know how appropriate that name was for this little ground hugger. Yes, it is considered a modest flower in that it is small and close to the ground, but when its seed pods shrink, and they do, they go ballistic! The seed pods shrink to release their seeds, but in doing so, the seeds are propelled to a distance away from the parent plant, a reproductive strategy. No worries about when the children will leave home; they are literally thrown out! The interesting thing about these seed pods is that they are from underground flowers. Yes, I said underground. The photos above are of the seed pods of the underground flowers. They emerge from the ground on stems about two inches long and shoot seeds out to establish a new colony away from the parent! Violets have developed several…