Pilchuck Chapter ARS

Our February meeting will be held at the First Baptist Church, Annex building across the street from where we met last year.  This is our annual potluck!  The chapter will provide the fried chicken and the members bring all the trimmings!

 

February Horticulture

By Jerry Rock

 

The ground has thawed.  The plants are hydrated. It is time to fertilize!  Use a Komo Kulshan blend.  It has the trace elements our rhododendrons need!  The plants juices are starting to flow.  Prop up bent limbs.  Prune dead or broken limbs.  Caution: some rhododendrons are brittle and will snap!  President Roosevelt and Peeping Tom are two such plants.

 

Rhododendron Quiz

Modified from the original Quiz by Harlie Peterson, Monterey Chapter.

 

1. The word rhododendron comes from the Tibetan meaning mountain flower.

             T or F

2. Rhododendrons come under what division of Plantae?

             A. Thallophytes

             B. Bryophytes

             C. Pteridophytes

             D. Spermatophytes

3. As a class rhododendrons are dicotyledons

             T or F

4.  Rhododendrons prefer a soil pH of

             A. pH 5.5

             B. pH 3.6

             C. pH 7.6

             D. pH 8.7

5. Rhododendrons are in the family of

             A. Rosaceae

             B. Ericacae

             C. Cruciferae

             D. Compositae

 

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