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Missouri Native Plant Society – Southwest Missouri Chapter Meeting & Programs
Information provided by Larry Wegmann, president
Our main speaker, Susan Farrington, will share tips on controlling invasive plants at our next meeting Tuesday, February 28, 2012.
Bob & Barb Kipfer will also present a program on Frost Flowers. They have the secret on how growing them and keep them coming back year after year. They will share their “white thumb” secrets of growing flowers measuring several feet tall. Rumor has been heard that Jackalope manure is part of the recipe.
You can see one of Bob’s mysterious frost flower photographs on the cover of the current issue of the Greene Magazine available throughout the Springfield region. You can also view the image here> http://greenemagazine.us/2012/02/
The programs are at the Springfield-Greene County Botanical Center, 2400 S. Scenic, starting at 6 PM.
Questions, contact Larry Wegmann lwegmann@sbcglobal.net
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Growing frost flowers is done by Mother Nature, although there are a few garden plants which occasionally produce them. Unfortunately the Jackalope droppings have to be applied fresh and raising the beasts is hard. Our method is to stroll a lane after an overnight freeze. After all, these are the very definition of “wild flowers”.