Insects Welcome
Your destination for . . . 27 holes of golf, tennis at one of the five indoor or eight outdoor tennis courts, heated Olympic sized pool, an updated Clubhouse offering accommodations for business meetings, weddings, or dining. Enjoy one of the Valley’s most beautiful views from our Terrace Grille patio while dining al fresco on our terrace. Our Juniors enjoy Pool and Sports camps during the summer and Golf and Tennis Academies year round. To inquire about membership at Roanoke Country Club, please contact Whitney Shupe at (540) 345-1508 or membership@roanokecountryclub.org
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GOLF MEMBERSHIP
SPORTS MEMBERSHIP
POOL MEMBERSHIP
Entitles you to use of all club facilities and privileges.. Monthly dues includes unlimited use of driving range.
Entitles you to use of Clubhouse, Tennis and Swimming facilities. Golf course usage limited to four (4) times per year, no more than one time per month.
Includes pool, free junior golf and tennis clinics, and kids camp available.
Lacewings may be brown or green, usually one-half to threefourths-of-an-inch long, with transparent wings. They feed on garden threats like aphids, mealybugs, scale, thrips, mites, and various larvae and eggs. Lady beetles are one-fourth-inch long yellow-orange or red insects with black spots which feed on aphids, scale, thrips, whiteflies, spider mites, mealybugs, and other soft-bodied bugs. Hoverflies resemble bees which dart like hummingbirds and feed on aphids, mealybugs, and other small insects. Providing a nurturing environment for these good guys does not need to be a daunting task. To begin farmscaping—the deliberate use of plants and landscaping techniques to attract and conserve beneficials—it is recommended to devote five destination to ten percent Your for of . . a. garden or farm of golf, tennis atChoose one of thean fivearea indoornear or eight tennis courts, space27toholes these plants. oroutdoor bordering your heated Olympic sized pool, an updated Clubhouse offering accommodations for garden where these plants can thrive and provide a relatively business meetings, weddings, or dining. Enjoy one of the Valley’s most beautiful undisturbed of retreat for while beneficials. Plants secrete views from area our Terrace Grille patio dining al fresco on our terrace. volatile Our Juniors enjoy Pool and Sports camps during summer Golf and Tennis chemicals when pests are feeding onthethem toand naturally call Academies year round. beneficials to the scene of the leafy crime. If your army is poised To inquire about membership at Roanoke Country Club, please contact Whitney Shupe at for action nearby, they are orwilling first responders. (540) 345-1508 membership@roanokecountryclub.org To choose your plants wisely remember a few key aspects of GOLF SPORTS POOL beneficial gardening. First, insects typically favor tiny clusters MEMBERSHIP MEMBERSHIP MEMBERSHIP of flowers with exposed nectaries such as Queen Anne’s lace. Entitles you to use of all Entitles you to use of Includes pool, free junior Secondly, flowers colors and will likely bring Clubhouse, Tennisforms and club facilities of anddiverse golf and tennis clinics, privileges.. dues Swimming facilities. Golf Third, a larger varietyMonthly of pollinators to your garden. (dill, and kids herbs camp available. includes unlimited use of course usage limited to cilantro, oregano and thyme) attract many pollinators when driving range. four (4) times per year, no than one time per in bloom. And fourth, don’tmore forget beneficials often spring into action after damage by pests hasmonth. already begun. Slight damage to plants is unavoidable, but should be viewed as a necessary part of the process. When choosing plants to host beneficial insects, strive to plan your gardening around each season. To avoid beneficials flitting to your neighbor’s yard during the off season, the insects need to have an ample supply of food and shelter throughout the year. Some plant choices to consider include sweet alyssum (early season), buckwheat (mid-season), and dill (mid-to-late season). Sweet alyssum are hardy, annual plants which will often selfsow for year after year of blooms. These flowers attract hoverflies, require moderate moisture, and prefer full-sun or partial-shade environments. They can often be planted from seed straight into your garden. Sweet alyssum flowers bloom from June to October and can be encouraged to rebloom by cutting back withered flowers. While they require little maintenance, be sure to avoid planting this flower in an area with excessive shade to prevent botrytis blight, a fungus which grows when the leaves and soil do not completely dry between watering. Buckwheat is a favorite of many beneficial bugs and often attracts hoverflies and lady beetles. It is recommended to plant buckwheat around mid-July or early August. Buckwheat will bloom just four short weeks later, enticing beneficial insects and pollinators to the shallow white blossoms. These flowers can be planted easily simply by scattering seeds, but remember to cover the seeds with a quick blanket of dry leaves or soil to discourage birds from eating their fill. Dill is an annual, self-sowing plant which encourages lady beetles, hoverflies, and predatory and parasitic wasps. This plant features feathery green leaves and should be sown as early as two or three weeks before the average date of the last frost in spring. It flowers from summer to autumn and should be planted in full sun. R o a n o ke Va l l e y H O M E S p r i n g 2 0 1 7