Apr 18, 2007

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Parade of Plants

         When:            Thursday, May 24.   1:00 – 4:30 p.m.

         Location:       Lee County Extension Service
                                  3406 Palm Beach Blvd., Fort Myers   

         Cost:               $8.00 Per Person 

Southwest Florida is now home to a multitude of plants.  Learn how to grow the old Stalwart as well as those not often seen.  

Master Gardeners will provide growing tips on many of our favorites. 

Pygmy Date Palm
Red Feather Palm
Cardboard Palms
Bottlebrush
Sausage Tree
Gumbo Limbo                       
Joewood
Geiger Tree
Plumeria
Night Blooming Jasmine
Night Blooming Cerus
Mimosa Vine "Sensitive Plant"
Ornamental Grasses
Crinum Lily
Hibiscus
Heliconias
Bromeliads
Wild Lime
Vanilla Orchid

Master Gardener Presenters:  John Johns, Joanna Kiesel, Peg Gutman, Ed Baker, Debbie Baxter, Kathy White, Ron Gestwicki, Tracy  Helin, Betty Mason, Brian Smith, Marty Kendall, Joan Soyka, Betsy Wooley, Hope Rooney, Karen Rodon, Don Parsons, Maggie

Chambers, Ted Lundgren, and Otto Parisho.

The cost is $8 per participant. 

The Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS) is an Equal Opportunity Institution authorized to provide research, educational information and other services only to individuals and institutions that function with non-discrimination with respect to race, creed, color, religion, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, political opinions or affiliations. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Cooperative Extension Service, University of Florida, IFAS, Florida A. & M. University Cooperative Extension Program, and Boards of County Commissioners Cooperating.

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