May & August meetings with MU Botanic Garden

Notes from Master Gardener meetings, May/August 2010
Meetings with Pete Millier regarding Conley House grounds

HMMG will initially focus on 3 high-visibility flower beds:
1) the flowerbed on the NE corner of the property at the corner of 6th & Conley at the Turner Garage entrance,
2) the flowerbed abutting the north side of the house, and
3) the flowerbed on the south side of the house, between the house and brick driveway.

HMMG will draw up concrete plans, relying primarily on low-maintenance perennials & shrubs, to be submitted to Campus landscape designers.

HMMG intends to make use of existing plants on the grounds by thinning crowded beds, such as iris & lilies, and by drawing on plant donations from HMMG members and Campus Landscaping/Botanic Gardens green houses, as well as starting some plants from seed. HMMG & MU Botanic Garden hope to begin planting donated & thinned bulbs & plants this Fall.

Recommended plants include:
Daylilies
Iris
Daffodils
Asiatic lilies
Columbine
Choral bells
Coneflower
Black-eyed susan
Lithrum
Astilbe
Tiger lilies (MU theme)
Tiger eye sumac (MU theme)
Sedum

after design approval, HMMG will coordinate with Pete regarding planting donated bulbs/plants, and he will schedule bed amendments to ensure beds are amended before planting.

HMMG-Conley House group will begin to design concrete plans at the August 17th, 2010 HMMG meeting.