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July 2020
August 2020
Memphis Horticultural Society – The Genus Sarracenia (Carnivorous Plants) with Patrick Thompson
Patrick Thompson is arboretum specialist at The Donald E. Davis Arboretum at Auburn University. One of the Arboretum's core plant collections is Pitcher Plants. Alabama is the center of diversity for North America’s family of Pitcher Plants, the Sarraceniaceae. These are some of the tallest and showiest of all carnivorous plants. They are also some of the most imperiled. With the cutting of the longleaf pine forest and removal of fire from most of their original native range, Pitcher plant populations…
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Memphis Horticultural Society – Great American Gardens with Bryce Lane
Join us to hear Bryce H. Lane, Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor Emeritus, Lecturer Emeritus with the Department of Horticultural Science, NC State University. Bryce’s presentation is "Great American Gardens.” Bryce grew up in Western Massachusetts, where he discovered his passion for plants and telling others about them, working at a local garden center through high school and college. After earning his BS in Plant Science from the University of Massachusetts in 1979 and an MS in Horticulture from Ohio State…
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