THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Sunday, May 26, 1996 TAG: 9605240136
SECTION: HOME PAGE: G1 EDITION: FINAL
COLUMN: REMINDERS
SOURCE: ROBERT STIFFLER
LENGTH: 45 lines
IF YOU HAVE an eye for beauty, visit the Bicentennial Rose Garden at the Norfolk Botanical Garden today. It's never looked better, with thousands of roses in full bloom, including new roses being tested for introduction.
Roses will bloom throughout the summer and reach another peak in September and October. The rose garden is one of the 10 largest rose collections on the East Coast, with more than 4,000 plants and 280 varieties.
To reach the rose garden, take Exit 279 off of Interstate 64. The botanical garden is located on Azalea Garden Road between Norview Avenue and Little Creek Road, near the Norfolk International Airport. It is open daily 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Admission is $3 for adults; $2 for seniors 62 and over; $1 for youth ages 6 to 18; no charge for children age 5 and under or for NBG members. Call 441-5830.
The gardens also are beautiful at Windermere Nursing Home, at 1604 Old Donation Parkway, off First Colonial Road in Virginia Beach. Its iris garden is worth the trip. AILING BOXWOOD
Boxwood problems seem to be getting worse. The boxwood at Mount Vernon are dying. Many are 6 feet tall and very old, and no one knows how to solve the problem. Horticulturist Dean Norton of Mount Vernon told those attending the recently concluded 50th Williamsburg Garden Symposium that a group of authorities from five states would convene at Mount Vernon this month to decide whether to pull out the boxwood or what to do to try to save them.
The other day when I visited the Hampton Roads Research Center, there were nearly a dozen sick or dying boxwoods at their door for analysis. You're not alone with your boxwood problems. ILLUSTRATION: Color photo
Netherlands Flower Bulb Information Center
Asiatic lilies look elegant anywhere
Asiatic lilies, such as the Connecticut King above, make fine cut
flowers, with about six showy blooms per stem. Also known as
Oriental lilies, they come in many colors and are often fragrant.
and yellow. They are available in containers at garden centers now
and are ready to bloom. by CNB