Southwest Garden Group

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Southwest Garden Group

Members: 36
Latest Activity: Sep 5, 2021

For anyone interested in gardening, experienced or beginner. Meet occasionally to see another's garden, and share tips and a glass of iced tea. Or visit a place of interest.

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Magnolias, Highland Park

Started by Mark Sweetland. Last reply by Marian Boutet May 30, 2021. 1 Reply

Check out these photos from visit on 4/14.Continue

Magnificent Magnolias

Started by Mark Sweetland Apr 5, 2021. 0 Replies

Join us as we tour magnolias at Highland Park.  This will be on Wed. April 14th at 3 PM.  Meet across from the Lamberton Conservatory.We plan to walk the whole loop from there to the top and back to cars.  You can go as far as you want, or just see…Continue

Kenwood Community Garden

Started by Mark Sweetland. Last reply by Mark Sweetland Sep 16, 2017. 2 Replies

Here are some Sept. photos from the Kenwood Community Garden, co-sponsored by the SW Garden Group.…Continue

MOTHER'S DAY GARLIC FROLIC AT RAPIDS CEMETERY

Started by Marian Boutet. Last reply by Mark Sweetland May 26, 2017. 4 Replies

Treat your Mom or Grandma to a unique Mother's Day outing this year. The Civil War era Rapids Cemetery is holding it's first Garlic Frolic…Continue

Tags: garlic, cemetery

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Comment by Marian Boutet on February 14, 2013 at 6:32pm

Impatiens and Downy Mildew

This will be a good year to try other annuals.  Impatiens is being devastated by downy mildew, a fungal disease that first causes yellowing of leaves and ends with the collapse of the whole plant.  There is no practical treatment for plants in the ground, but if you just have to have them you may get away with keeping them in hanging pots and watering carefully so as not to wet the leaves.  The good news:  New Guinea impatiens are not affected,  only the common bedding varieties.

Here's a link to an article from the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Monroe County:

Impatiens & Downy Mildew

Comment by John Boutet on August 27, 2010 at 2:25am


On Monday evening July 19th the Southwest Garden group visited Mitzie Collins and Tom Bohrer's home at 390 Wellington Avenue to look at the plantings in the yard and help identify what they have. After touring all the gardens we went in for some refreshments and discussion on their beautiful porch on the south side of the house. Thank you Mitzie and Tom for Sharing your beautiful yard with us and for your great hospitality.

A Kodak Gallery album showing details of this beautiful yard can be viewed with this link:
http://www.kodakgallery.com/gallery/sharing/shareRedirectSwitchBoar...

Hope to see you at the next garden tour meeting 3:00PM, August 29th at 280 Melrose.
Comment by John Boutet on August 3, 2010 at 3:04am


On Sunday, July 11, at 3:30 we visited a truly fascinating Rochester destination, the Cobbs Hill Daylily Garden. Charlie and Judy Zettek have fashioned a wonderland out of a bowl of earth in one of Rochester's hillsides. They have hundreds of daylily varieties, many of which Charley has hybridized himself.

The following link shows most of the varieties that were in bloom at this time of year:
http://www.kodakgallery.com/gallery/sharing/shareRedirectSwitchBoar...

Here are just a few of the over 100 we saw:

Comment by John Boutet on July 29, 2010 at 1:45am

On June 20th we had a great time revisiting Marcy and Rick's Garden at 377 Aberdeen and Lisa and Steve's Garden at 407 Woodbine. Sorry for the delay in getting the pictures out. There was so much beauty to photograph...
The following link will get you to a Kodak Gallery album of the June 20th garden tour:
http://www.kodakgallery.com/gallery/sharing/shareRedirectSwitchBoar...
Comment by Laura Suda on July 28, 2010 at 10:19am
I have tried semi-burying tuna cans in the soil (easier for the slugs to go swimming), but I have problems with the beer evaporating too fast. I don't like wasting good beer on slugs. Of course, if you see the slugs, salting them is another option although it is a bit cruel, but we're talking about slugs - Marian, do they have any redeeming qualities? An environmentally-friendly exterminator told me to put a thin line of rock salt around the edge of the garden to keep the slugs out, but it doesn't work if they're already IN the garden.
Comment by Marian Boutet on July 28, 2010 at 9:47am
Don't refresh it. They prefer flat beer. That's one of the reasons we call them "slugs."
Comment by John Boutet on April 26, 2010 at 12:40am
On Sunday afternoon, April 18th we went over to MacClurg Vivian's house to look at what could be done to improve her back yard garden which is often wet and has clayey soil. The link below can get you to an album of pictures from the visit. Marian has added a lot of information in the captions. In the the album slideshow you can expand long captions to see the full text by clicking on them. At least two captions contain links to sites with more horticultural information. You can copy and paste those links to your browser.

Album Link:
http://www.kodakgallery.com/gallery/creativeapps/slideShow/Main.jsp...

Comment by Laura Suda on February 21, 2010 at 11:38am
Sorry, I''m late in responding to comments about Marlow Orchids Open House - my family and I went also. Jim Marlow and Mike do a very nice job with their open houses - the plants (not just orchids) are gorgeous (John, your many photos are very nice) and the food is delicious. Jim and Mike are very friendly and knowledgeable - it's always a fun time going there (and I always come home with an addition to my collection!)
Comment by John Boutet on February 7, 2010 at 4:52pm
Marian and I went to an open house at Marlow Orchids with Maggie Carter on Saturday February 6th. We had a great time. You can see the pictures in this Kodak Gallery album:
http://www.kodakgallery.com/gallery/creativeapps/slideShow/Main.jsp...

Enjoy the pictures. Hopefully next time they have an open house more Southwest Garden Group members can go.
Comment by Mark Sweetland on August 29, 2009 at 1:35pm
To visit Kodak Gallery and see John Boutet's photos from our visit to Kloc's dahlia garden, use this link: http://www.kodakgallery.com/ShareLanding.action?c=93g8vimx.9gzb0s9h&x=1&y=xymu64&localeid=en_US
 

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