Overstrand Gardening Club

Tuesday 7th February saw the first club meeting of 2023 and we welcomed 41 returning and 7 new members and 2 visitors. Our speaker this month was Mr Richard Clark from Panache Plant Nurseries with an informative and entertaining talk on “Hardy Salvias”

He explained that these non-fussy plants were both easy to grow and to propagate from cuttings They thrive in sunny spots and flower best on poorer soil Many originate from Mexico where they naturally grow in scrubby desert, but they are quite hardy over our average UK winters, if left unpruned till late spring, when they can be given a light trim

They range through the colour spectrum both as pastel and bright shades that zing out in the sunshine; their foliage too varies from silvers, through a range of greens and some bronzes. They have a long flowering period covering 10 months of the year and the simple flowers are a big attraction for pollenating bees and moths

Our next meeting on Tues 7th March is at the earlier time of 2pm starting with the AGM then followed at 2 30pm with a seed sowing workshop, at The Parish Hall Overstrand

For further information please contact Yvonne (Secretary) on email overstrandgardeningclub@gmail.com

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