Longvue Acres Garden Club Tour
August 28, 2018
Lovely late afternoon/early evening for a Native Plants in Bloom tour in Moraine State Park in Butler County. We were on the Butterfly Trail near McDaniel’s Launch. Butler County Master Gardener, Mary Alice Koeneke led the tour for about fifteen of us. She has volunteered at the native plant/prairie section for years and is very knowledgeable about the origin, the planning, and implementation of native plant and habitat sections. Joe pye weed bushes, turtle heads, asters, ragweeds, helianthus, cardinal flowers, touch me nots, and others were in bloom. She noted we should come back in the spring for a completely different set of blooming plants.
Calendar:
September 25, 7 p.m.—Meeting, “Designing Your Landscape,” by Martha Swiss. Please pay your next year’s dues.
October 23, 7 p.m.—Meeting, “The ‘Other’ Bulbs,” by Leonard Lehmann.
November/December—Lunch, possible tour, tbd.
Thank you to Helen Dean and Peggy Elizeus for their many years volunteering at the Passavant Chapel Garden. First pictures are from Peggy.
Pictures from the Butterfly Trail Moraine State Park
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| Rose Mary, Janine, Mary Ann, Marlow at the beginning signage, example below. |
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| Woodland sunflower, Helianthus divaricatus |
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| Cardinal flower |
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| Orange Jewelweed aka Touch me not. |
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| Denny, Mary Ann and Janine on the trail. |
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| Great lobelia, Lobelia siphilitica, and below |
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| Tick trefoil species |
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| On left, Mary Alice, our guide at the lake's edge, water and shore habitat. |
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| Flora and fauna seen. |
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| Mary Ann, Evan, and Colleen at the teaching gazebo intersecting with various habitats. Good selection of native plants around the gazebo. |
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| Claudia looking closer for identification. |
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| Turtle head blooming |
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| New York ironweed, Veronica noveboravensis |
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| Trail wide open except for one small section. |
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| Marlow, Diana, and Colleen |
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End of the trail thank you to Master Gardener Volunteer and Guide, Mary Alice Koeneke.
L to R, Linda, Claudia, Jeanne, Mary Alice, Denny, Jenna, and Linda.
Thank you to Dianne for the plant names added to Rose Mary's flower pictures.
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