HE DEVELOPMENT OF any garden, small and quaint to large

and palatial, is a process. An idea is thebegin ning of that process, and we haveAnn Platzer to thank for that. Hervision of devel oping a butterfly gardenhere at the UCRBG was the beginningof some thing beautiful. In fact, heridea was my inspiration to create abutterfly garden that would unfoldbefore our eyes.

There are many factors to beconsider ed when planning a garden.Among these are accessibility,design, plant selection, grading,drainage, and irrigation. Toachieve our end goal hastaken time and patience.

The garden has been plant -ed since early May of 2012.Like a butterfly open ing itswings, every day its promise isfurther revealed. As thewings of our gardenspread, color isexposed and pat -terns are dis covered.As the site takesform, as the plantsthrive and fulfilltheir potential, we cantake pleasure in what isbeing created.

We can also take thetime to delight in all ofthe creatures that aredrawn to this vibrantliving stage. Numerousbirds, bees, variousinsects, and the maincharacter…the butterfly. So,just as the butterfly reveals itsbeauty, let me share some of the

processes that have contributed to ourunfolding garden.

Initially, we were very fortunate tohave a flat site for the ButterflyGarden. With help from UCR’sAgricultural Operations, we graded thearea just before rains moved through.This gave us the perfect opportunity toobserve water movement, and makeany adjust ments. In thewinter of 2010, we

adjusted the drainage swale to thenorth end of the garden, blendingform and function by incorporatingrocks specified by the original design.

To provide delineation and a formthat allowed the Passiflora to climb, weinstalled a four foot fence, running thelength of west side. Ten yards ofamend ment were delivered and incor -porated into the existing soil at a depth

THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, RIVERSIDE BOTANIC GARDENS

UCRBG NewsletterVOLUME 22, NUMBER 3 • FALL 2012

TThe Butterfly Garden Unfolds

BY THERESA ARIAL, BOTANIC GARDENS MANAGER

ABOVE: (counter-clockwise)Jorge Fregoso andTheresa Arialforming swale /Theresa placingrocks & boulders./ Trenching forirrigation. /Rototilling soil. /Installing the

paths. CENTER:

The finished paths.

Alcea rosea, hollyhock

angusti folia ‘Munstead’) is a magnetfor bees. It has long lastingblooms, foliage, and fragrance.You will find butterflies andhumming birds frequenting Justiciacalifornica, chuparosa. In addition,the Gaillardia x grandiflora,(‘Oranges and Lemons’) lurebutterflies, and add a splash ofsunny color to the garden. It iscommon to see various lizardswarming on the rocks, andscurrying about in search of antsand other insects

As our Butterfly Garden hasunfold ed, so has its beautyand potential. It is an ever-changing palette thatpro vides support to localbutterflies and othercreatures. The ButterflyGarden also provides avenue for the UCRBG visi -tors to witness the processesof nature while amplifying

their aware ness of them. The beautyand diver sity dis play ed in the

of six inches byrototilling. Soonafter the irrigationdesign was trenchedin, we began toinstall valves, hosebibs, and pipes tosupport thewatering system.

Volunteers HillaryBrown and PatYounge prepared the collected plantsby grooming and weeding them in thecontainers. Before the driplines werelaid out, I desig nated the location ofevery plant. Then,Hillary, Pat and Ibegan our plantingmarathon. Wefinished the plantingin three days. Theplants were thenplugged into the dripsystem and began tosettle in.

After mulching the areas around theplants, the path ways were installed.Paradise Nursery brought in eightyards of California Gold decomposedgranite. The material was spread inframes created by bend ing heavy gage5.5 inch Surlock into the circular padscreating the pathways. To stabilize thematerial, it was wetted down and thenvibrated in stages.

The Scarano family and the Moorefamily provided memorial bench sites.These allow garden visitors to enjoythe displays while sitting comfortably. On a sunny day, one can watch chil -dren pointing and spying numerousbutterflies, bees, hum ming birds,finches, and lizards.

The Butterfly Garden has proven tobe a delight and benefit in so manyways. One of the lavenders (Lavandula

Gaillardia 'Oranges and Lemons'

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UC Riverside Botanic GardensThe UCR Botanic Gardens Newsletter is a quarterly journal published by the Friends

of the UCR Botanic Gardens, UC Riverside Foundation, 900 University Ave., Riverside, CA 92521, and is one of the benefits of membership. Articles on various aspects of horticulture and its practice, history, or related subjects, especially as theyapply to inland Southern California are welcomed. The selection of copy to print is

at the discretion of the editors. Send copy to Steve Morgan, Botanic Gardens, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, call 951.784.6962,

e-mail smorgan@ucr.edu or visit our website at www.gardens.ucr.edu for information.

Friends Board of DirectorsOfficers: Amy Hao & Katherine Kendrick, Co-Presidents; Nancy Cullen,

Vice President; Dennis Ponsor, Treasurer; Brenda Bowers, Secretary; Members: Brightie Dunn, Jack Easton, Karen Fleisher, Jolane Jewell,

Amber Jones, Rob Lennox, Rosemary Neal, Julie Oppen, Debbie Pence, Janice Ponsor, Angelica Regalado, Tandy Scott,

Lynne Seymour, Nan Simonsen.

Ex Officio Members: Giles Waines, Director; Steve Morgan, Curator; TheresaArial, Manager; Dericksen Brinkerhoff, Margo Chabot, John Ernsberger, Siri Khalsa.

Staff: Giles Waines, Director; Steve Morgan, Curator; Theresa Arial, Manager; Abdurrahman “Abe” Koksal, Senior Nursery Technician; Katie Shea, VolunteerAdministrative Assistant. Temporary workers: Jorge Fregoso, Pamela Roose, Alfredo Sevilla, and Saul Torres Alcarez. Student workers: Eddie Garcia, Brian

Kano, Troy Redfern, Warren Sublett, Michael Voeltz. Kristine M. Scarano Intern: Amy Kwiecien

Graphic Design: Tami Osmer GlatzEditors: Siri Khalsa • Steve Morgan

Lavandula angusti folia ‘Munstead’

Justicia californicaChuparosa

Butterfly bush, Buddleia x weyeriana ' Bicolor', with Monarch, photo by Ann Platzer.

Butterfly Gardenenhances ourGardens, delightsour senses, and ful fills ourcom mit ment to ourdonors, Friends,visitors, and ourenviron ment. l TA

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HEN ED AND I VISITED the Patagonia Butterfly Garden in

Arizona in the mid 1990’s a light bulbwent off in my head. Why not intro-duce a butterfly garden to the UCRBotanic Gardens? With our dwindlingnatural habitat, what better way toteach and encourage children andadults alike to consider adding butter-fly-friendly plants into their own homelandscapes. During the years that fol-lowed, I worked on a butterfly gardenat my own home, researching compati-ble plant and butterfly species andpassing this information along to staffat the Botanical Gardens. After yearsof planning and hard work, our Butterfly Garden is finally here andopen to visitors.

Many people contributed to thisproject helping to make plans andputting them into action, getting theirmuscles behind digging and planting,and generously donating money tomake the Butterfly Garden a reality.

future adults of California. Wow! I willbe in butterfly heaven. The butterfliesand I thank you. l AP

Don’t forget to read the ButterflyCorner in every UCRBG Quarterly, thistime featuring the Western TigerSwallowtail (on page 9). HappyButterfly Gardening!

Note from the Editor: Ann is far too modest. If ithadn’t been for the generous contribution that sheand Ed made as seed money for the Butter flyGarden, we wouldn’t have it today. Her idea trulyinspired people, making it possible to create thiswonderful space for all we animals to share. And,its beauty is just beginning to reveal itself. – SK

Theresa Arial’s artistic landscapedesign exper tise and organization ofthe garden added a professional touchto the finished product. Now visitorscan walk, sit, admire and watchbutterflies at our Butterfly Garden.

Recently, a group of adults andteenagers visited the gardens and askedwhen the Butterfly Garden would beopen. I took them over to the sitewhere several butterflies were nectar -ing on Buddleia. The youths’ sparklingeyes and signing to the adults indicatedhow fascinated and thrilled they wereto see these lepidopterans close up.

For me, it is also exciting that I havebeen asked by some elementary schoolteachers to give classes to help themstart a butterfly garden at their schools.More importantly, they want to visitthe UCR Botanic Butterfly Garden forinspiration. This certainly made thisaddition to the Gardens worth theyears of effort. Just think, I may beable to teach biology again to the

Ann and Ed Platzer

The UCR Butterfly Garden Is HereBy Ann Platzer

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State of the GardensPLANTS TO SEE: Many plants are inflower in the new Butterfly Gardensouth of the lath house. Also seeplants in the Herb Garden andGeodesic Dome.

‘Ramona’ Lilac: Sometime in the1980s, Dr. Louis Erickson, who wasthe Botanic Gardens’ Directorprevious to me, collected seed from aplant of Syringa x hyacinthiflora‘Pocahontas’, which grew in theBotanic Gardens’ collection and in hispersonal garden as well. Louis wasnot sure if it was selfed seed or open-pollinated seed produced by bees andother insects that visited lilac flowersin Riverside. In either case, themother plant was ‘Pocahontas.’ Louisgerminated over 20 of these seedsand the seedlings were eventuallyplanted out in a plot he had on theUCR Agricultural ExperimentStation. Louis considered only one ofthe resulting plants worthy of trial as

a new cultivar in the HyacinthifloraGroup.

Syringa x hyacinthiflora is a group ofcultivars whose parents originally wereS. oblata from China and S. vulgaris fromsoutheast Europe. The first inters -pecific cross in this group was madeby Madame Lemoine in Nancy,France, in the 1880s. Syringa oblata hasoblate leaves and although the mainbloom season is in spring, one plantwe have in the Botanic Gardens tendsto produce a few flowers throughoutthe year. On the other hand, Syringavulgaris tends to flower only once ayear in spring, 10 to 14 days later thanS. oblata.

Louis Erickson provisionally namedhis selected plant ‘Ramona’ after theheroine of Mrs. Helen Hunt Jackson’snovel of the same name. The cultivarname has not yet been registered withthe International Lilac Society list ofnames for lilacs. The plant grows

about three feet tall, hence is semi-dwarf, but it has deep purple flowersin large conical inflorescences.Another distinguishing characteristic isthat it blooms very early, between theend of January and mid-February,depending on the coolness of thewinter season. ‘Ramona’ only flowersonce a year in February, but theblooms last for about a month,depending on daily temperatures.

Last year I asked Dr. Deb McCownof Knight Hollow Nursery,Middleton, Wisconsin to propagatethe plant using tissue culture. Wereceived many rooted plants from herand it is these that will be available atthe fall plant sale. The plants may notflower next spring, but they shouldcome into flower in a year or two.Lilacs flower best planted in full sunin well-drained soil and with regularwatering.

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KRISTINE M. SCARANO MEMORIAL ENDOWMENT FORTHE BOTANIC GARDENS, INTERNSHIP AND BENCHES: In 2011 the family of Dr. Kristine M.Scarano moved the payout from theUCR Foundation endowment in hername to the Botanic Gardens. Kristinewas a doctoral student in the EnglishDepartment at UCR and, while she wasworking towards her degree, she lovedto visit the Botanic Gardens. Thefamily thought an internship inKristine’s name supporting a student togain experience in the Botanic Gar denswould be an appropriate use of thepayout generated from the endow ment.This summer Amy Kwiecien, a juniorundergraduate studying Plant Biology,was awarded the internship. Amy hasrotated among several differ ent workexperiences in the Botanic Gardens togain an appreciation of what takesplace in university gardens used forteaching, horticultural exten sion, andresearch. In addition to the internship,a memorial bench in Kristine’s namewas placed in the entrance plaza in2011. Also, the Scarano family donatedanother bench in Kristine’s name thatwas placed in the Butterfly Garden thisspring. A second bench in the ButterflyGarden is a memorial to Dr. Betty C.Moore, who was a founding memberof the Friends and an early president ofthe board of directors. These twobenches in the Butterfly Gardenprovide an excellent spot to sit and

hDONATIONSBotanic Gardens Endowment Fund:For the Butterfly Garden in honor ofAnn and Ed Platzer’s 50th WeddingAnniversary – Dr. & Mrs. KeithOddson, Mr. Fred Phillips, Mrs. DorisRhine, Mr. & Mrs. Robert Tank, Ms.Esther Valdez, Dr. & Mrs. SeymourVan Gundy, J.G. Waines.Botanic Gardens General Fund: Dr.Arthur Douglas, Drs. Brian & ClaireFederici, Ms. Monika Ittig, Mr. David& Mrs. Lenita Kellstrand, LakeElsinore Unified-Earl WarrenElementary, Ms. Suzanne Langhorne,Mr. & Mrs. Steven Pasarow, Dr.Thomas Scott & Dr. Elizabeth Braker,Mr. Harold C. Snyder.Botanic Gardens Memorial Fund: TheHon. Margaret Mann & Mr. MichaelO’Halloran, in honor of Vincent M.O’Halloran.Friends of the Botanic Gardens: Ms.Deborah Bishop, Dr. & Mrs. JerryGordon, Mrs. Pauline Librenjak, Mr.& Mrs. Rod Miller-Boyer, Ms. CarolynWilson.Friends of Botanic Gardens ProjectsFund: Mrs. Chris House & Dr. LeeHouse, Dr. Gordon Pratt, Mr. VanStout.Kristine M. Scarano MemorialEndow ed Fund: Col. & Mrs. VincentScarano.UCR Herbarium Fund: Mr. AndrewSanders, J.G. Waines.

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observe insects and hummingbirds visitflowers for nectar and pollination, or toview butterflies laying eggs on plantleaves.

hCONFERENCE ROOM REMODEL:The long awaited remodel of theBotanic Gardens’ Conference Room isscheduled to start at the end of Octo -ber, after the Fall Dinner on October 7and the Fall Plant Sale on the weekendof the 20th and 21st. The remodel willbe carried out by Physical Plant per son -nel and contractors. Funds for theremodel were generously donated as abequest from the estate of Mrs. GracePernett Lorenz, of Riverside, who usedto serve as cashier at the plant sales.Grace had a vision of enlarging thepresent room by moving the concertinawall towards the west end, where itwould mark off a kitchen area and astorage room for tables and chairs. Thiswill allow items presently stored in thegatehouse across the main drive to bemoved to the new storage room, andthe original storage space to be re mod -eled as additional restrooms. Grace wasupset that women at plant sales had tostand in line to use the single women’srestroom. Mr. Gary Lamberson, ofJohns Island, SC, Grace’s son, gener -ously donated funds to remodel thegatehouse and rest rooms, and therebycontinue his mother’s vision. The rest -room remodel will take place once theConference Room is finished. This isprojected to take about a month.

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and vitality of the UCR Botanic Gardens through a bequest.

To make a gift by bequest, simply name UC Riverside Foundation (tax ID: #23-7433570)

as a beneficiary of your: Will/Living Trust • Retirement Account Insurance Plan • Bank Account

The Office of Gift Planning can provide sample bequest languagefor Wills/Living Trusts.

HAT A SUMMER IT’S BEEN – hot,humid, and even measurable rain in

some of our Inland gardens. But fall isin the air. The days are getting short erand cooler as we move quickly into thefall planting season. As veteran Friendsknow from experience (and ongoingreminders in the newsletter), fall is thebest season of the year to plant all butthe most tender tropical plants. Theyalso know that many California nativeplants and some other Mediterraneanclimate plants are very difficult to es-tablish at any other time, particularlyduring our hot Inland summers. Thatis why we only sell these most difficult-to-establish plants in the fall. The fallsale is your opportunity to obtain andestablish these choice species. In addi-tion, we have focused on plants thatare attractive to butterflies, and boldedthe word where appropriate.

Among the fall-planting musts aremany popular California lilacs (Cean-othus) and manzanitas (Arctostaphylos). Ofthe dozens and dozens of species andcultivars, those that are best adapted toour unique Inland conditions are se-lected for the sale. Generally, bothgroups prefer moderate winter irriga-tion, moderate to little summer irriga-tion, and good soil drainage. Even con-sidering that, some are more tolerantthan others and those are noted. TheCeanothus offered at the fall sale rangefrom a woody groundcover to smalltree size. Here, they are listed fromshortest to tallest. For the first time, wehave Ceanothus ‘Centennial’, a ground-cover shrubgrowing onlyeight to 12inches tall. It hascreep ing stemswith tiny, round,shiny leaves andsmall, roundedclusters of cobaltblue flowers. InInland gardens,‘Centennial’ needs part day or lightshade. Next in size, at five to six feet

new growth. The flow-ers are light pink.Arctosta phylos pajaroensis‘Warren Roberts’ alsohas blue green leavesand bronzy newgrowth but grows tosix feet tall and 10 feetwide. Its flowers aredark pink and are pro-duced in especiallylarge clusters. The

largest of the manzanitas at the sale isArctostaphylos ‘Lester Rountree’, a sturdytrunked large shrub or small tree grow-ing to 15 feet tall and 12 feet wide. Ithas smooth, purplish bark, gray leavesand, in early spring, clusters of flowersthat are white flushed pink. Flowers ofboth ceanothus and manzanitas are at-tractive to butterflies.

We plan to have several other nativesavailable that are more or less limitedto fall planting. The spectacular matilijapoppy (Romneya coulteri) will be available

in its cultivar ‘WhiteCloud’, an especiallyfloriferous selectionwith extra large flow-ers. Matilija Poppy isnotoriously difficultto establish but ag-gressively spreadingonce it gets going soallow for this when

choosing a site. Itsroots are fragile so it is probably bestplanted by cutting the pot sides andplanting it pot and all. We’ve neverbeen able to offer the gorgeous buttricky bush poppy, Dendromecon rigida. Itis a relative of the matilija and also dif-ficult to establish. Bush poppy is a 10 to15 foot tall, sparsely foliaged, evergreenshrub. The narrow leaves are bluegreen and leathery and its four-petaled,yellow flowers are produced in spring.Plant this shrub very carefully, withoutdamaging the brittle roots. This plantneeds perfect drainage and careful wa-tering. It is not a plant for beginners.

Three species of keckiella, shrubby

tall and eight feetwide, is Ceanothus‘Dark Star’. Itforms a denseshrub with tiny,textured leaves and1.5 inch clusters ofdeep blue flowers.Ceanothus ‘Concha’grows to six toseven feet tall andas wide. It has oneinch, dark green leaves and clusters ofelectric dark blue flowers. ‘Concha’ is afairly garden tolerant variety, withstand-ing summer watering better than most.Also tolerating summer irrigation, andheavy soils as well, is Ceanothus ‘BlueJeans’. It has distinctive, holly-likeleaves that are small and dark greenand born on spiky, reddish stems. Itgrows from seven to nine feet tall andwide. The clusters of tiny, powder blueflowers are produced abundantly. Thelargest ceanothus to be offered at thefall sale is Ceanothus thyrsiflorus‘Snow flurry’ which can growto 10 or 15 feet or more. Ithas lush, dark green leavesand needs more water Inlandthan other varieties. Thepure white flowers are pro-duced in large clusters onthis fast growing cultivar.

Like the Ceanothus offer-ings, the manzanitas availableat the sale range from aground covering shrub to one that isnearly tree sized. Arctostaphylos edmundsii

‘Bert Johnson’ is a dense, mound-ing groundcover growing one tothree feet high and four to six feetwide with tiny, dark green leaveson reddish stems. In winter it hasclusters of tiny, light pink, urn-shaped flowers typical of manzani-tas. It is slow growing and requiressome shade in Inland gardens.Next in order of size is Arctostaphylos‘John Dourley’, at about four feet

tall and six or more feet wide. It hassmall, blue green leaves and bronze

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Ceanothus ‘Centennial’, photo courtesy of San MarcosGrowers, Santa Barbara, CA

Arctostaphylos pajaroensis ‘Warren Roberts’,manzanita

Romneya coulteri ‘White Cloud’,matilija poppy

30th ANNUAL FRIENDS OF U.C. RIVERSIDE BOTANIC GARDENS

Fall Plant Sale NewsFRIENDS PREVIEW SALE: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2012, 9 A.M. TO 11 A.M.

PUBLIC SALE: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20, 11 A.M. TO 4 P.M.AND SUNDAY, OCTOBER 21, 9 A.M. TO 3 P.M.W

folius, scarlet bugler, hasattractive blue-gray,toothless leaves and twoto five foot tall spikes ofone inch, tubular, orangered flowers that are par-ticularly attractive tohummingbirds. Scarletbugler and showy pen-stemon are both sensitiveto summer irrigation. Allthe penstemons requiregood drainage.

Two other groups ofnative California plants tobe available at the fall saleare the buckwheats (Erio-

gonum) and milkweeds (Asclepias). Therewill be two herbaceous species of buck-wheat, red-flowered buckwheat andsulfur buckwheat. At six to 18 inchesin height, sulfur buckwheat, Eriogonumumbellatum. var. polyanthum ‘Shasta Sul-fur’, is the smallest of the two but hasthe longest name! It has spoon-shapedleaves that are gray green above andfelty white below. It produces fluffyheads of tiny, bright yellow flowers insummer. Red-flowered buckwheat, E.grande v. rubescens, grows to three feettall. It has gray green, oval leaves thatare lighter underneath and many clus-ters of tiny, rose red flowers over along spring to summer season. Bothgrow to about three feet across. SaintCatherine’s lace, E. giganteum,is the giant of buckwheats, asits botanical name implies.This Channel Island nativegrows three to five feet plusin height and is very adapt-able considering its coastalnativity; it will even come upfrom seed here and there inthe garden. Its felty leavesare gray green and ruffledand it bears huge, flat-toppedclusters of tiny off white to pinkishflowers that age to an attractive redbrown. These can be cut at any stagefor long lasting arrangements.

There will be three native milkweedsavailable at the sale. New to the sales iswoolly-pod milkweed, Asclepias eriocarpa,a plant that is not commonly offered.This three-foot-tall perennial is coveredin light-colored, woolly hairs. Its thickstems bear large leaves and are toppedby rounded clusters of waxy, cream-col-

penstemon relatives, areamong the other Califor-nia natives only suitablefor fall planting. We’veonly offered one of thesechoice shrubs before —Keckiella antirrhinoides, yellow keckiella. This is afour to six foot shrubwith small, toothed leavesand yellow, snapdragon-like flowers grouped atthe branch ends in spring.(Its flowers are pollinatedby bumblebees.) Some-where between a shruband a vine in habit is K.cordifolia, heartleaf keckiella. It grows tothree plus feet high and six feet widewith small, ovate leaves and terminalclusters of tubular, two lipped, orangered flowers in late spring or early sum-mer. K. ternata, blue-stemmed keckiella,grows to about three feet high andwide and produces terminal clusters oftubular, scarlet flowers in summer. BothK. cordifolia and K. ternata are pollinatedby hummingbirds. All three species ofKeckiella tend to be summer deciduousin Inland gardens.

Closely related to Keckiella is thegenus Penstemon. A number of nativePenstemon will be available at the fallsale. Tinted penstemon, Penstemon hetero-phyllus will be for sale in its adaptableand reliable selection, ‘Margarita BOP’.This is a spreading perennial to two orthree feet tall with gray green leavesand many spikes of tubular flowers in ablend of blue and purple. It flowers inlate spring and early summer and ismore tolerant of summer water thansome of the other species. Also moretolerant of summer water, if the soildrainage is good, is Penstemon palmeri,Palmer or fragrant penstemon. Palmerpenstemon has leathery, waxy graygreen foliage and tall spikes of pink,scuttle shaped flowers that are polli-nated by bees. It is one of the few pen-stemons with fragrant flowers. (Theysmell like grape soda.) It can grow fourto six feet high in bloom. P. spectabilis,showy penstemon has similar waxy graygreen foliage. It can be three to six feettall in bloom. Its tall spikes can carrydozens and dozens of inch-long, laven-der- purple and blue flowers, living upto its species name. Penstemon centranthi-

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ored flowers that are usually tinted orblushed pink. These distinctive flowersare crown-shaped, typical of all themilkweeds. Another rarely offeredspecies is A. fasciculatus, narrow-leaf milk-weed. This herbaceous perennial growstwo to four feet tall with slender stemsand narrow leaves. It produces roundedclusters of waxy, white flowers. Nar-row-leaf milkweed can spread ratheraggressively underground so considerthat when choosing a planting site. Al-most shrubby is the desert native rushmilkweed, A. subulata. It grows to threeto five feet and has slender, wand-like,waxy white branches that are nearlyleafless. Its flowers are creamy yellow.These three milkweeds all have low wa-ter needs. We always try to have an am-ple supply of the garden friendly, non-native Asclepias curassavica, bloodflower.This is an easy and fast growing milk-weed with regular water needs. Itgrows three or four feet tall, has lanceshaped leaves and produces clusters ofcolorful, red and orange flowers of thetypical milkweed shape. Both the buck-wheats and milkweeds are attractive toadult butterflies and the milkweeds arelarval hosts of the Monarch butterfly.

There are a number of other non-na-tive plants that attract butterfly adults.All of these are approved and recom-mended by butterfly guru, Ann Platzer.Cape plumbago, Plumbago auriculata, has

long been a popular slopeplant. It is a wide-spread-ing, mounding shrub thatshould be given plenty ofspace. It is favored for itslush foliage and continu-ous supply of light blueflowers — especiallyrichly colored in this un-named selection. Another

blue-flowered shrub is Du-ranta repens ‘Sarasota’,Brazilian skyflower. This is

also a rather large shrub, thoughsmaller and more compact than thespecies, growing to only six or eightfeet. It is a fountain shaped shrub withbright green leaves and clusters ofstarry blue flowers that are said tosmell of cake batter; these are followedby attractive, bead-like, yellow fruits.The heat-loving Lantana camara ‘DallasRed’ is an old fashioned selection withsmall heads of red, orange and yellow

Keckiella antirrhinoides, yellow keckiella,

photo by Wynn Anderson

Eriogonum. grande v. rubescens,red-flowered buckwheat,

photo by Gary A. Monroe

long, lushly green, sand-papery leaves and large,white flowers with a redspot at the base of eachpetal. Halimium halimi-folium is more uprightthan spreading andgrows to three feet tall.It has small, light gray

green leaves and brightyellow flowers. Not new

to the sales but one of the best rock-roses is Cistus ‘LASCA Select’. It is thelargest of those being offered. At threefeet tall and eight feet wide it makes agood ground or slopecover. Its short, graygreen leaves are soft andfelty and the two-inchflowers dark pink. Allthe rockroses requiregood soil drainage.

Coming from thesame parts of the worldas the rockroses andmaking fine companionsin the garden are thevarious species of Phlomis,commonly called Jerusalem sages.These salvia relatives, like salvias them-selves, range from herbaceous perenni-als to shrubs and are sometimes diffi-cult to categorize. For the sake ofsimplicity, we’ll consider a plant to be ashrub if it maintains above groundbranches from year to year in our cli-mate. Using that definition, only one isherbaceous, that is Phlomis taurica. Itforms rosettes of large, dark greenleaves that are lighter underneath andis about two feet tall in bloom. Its richmauve, two lipped flowers are hoodedand produced in separated rings inshish kebab-like spikes — much likesome of our native salvias. This flowershape and arrangement is typical of allthe Phlomis. The most distinctive of the

four shrubby types isPhlomis lanata. Unlike therest of the Phlomis here,which have large, boldleaves, P. lanata has small,rounded, crinkled leaveson a dense, intricatelybranched plant. The plantis woolly throughout. Itgrows to three feet highand three to five feet

wide. The typical Phlomis

flowers are yellow and are producedfrom spring to fall if the old flowerstems are removed. The smallest of theshrubby types is Phlomis cretica. It growsto only 12 to 18 inches tall but spreadsthree or four feet wide. Like the rest ofthe Phlomis here, the bold leaves arethick, narrowly arrow shaped, denselywoolly and rough textured. P. cretica hasyellow hairs, giving the plant a tawnylook. The flowers are yellow with abronze blush and are produced fromlate spring into summer. Next in size, atthree to four feet high and wide, isPhlomis anatolica ‘Lloyd’s Variety’. It is sil-

very throughout. Theflowers are yellow andare produced from sum-mer to fall. The largestis Phlomis purpurea, at fourto six feet tall andspread ing the same. Itsleaves are silvery whenyoung but age to graygreen and the summerflowers are pink. TheGardens was introducedto this wonderful species

by Herbarium Curator, Andy Sanders;seed that he brought from Spain pro-duced the Gardens’ original plants.

From the same areas of the world asrockroses and Phlomis come a number ofEuphorbia species. Two of these to be of-fered at the sale are herbaceous peren-nials. Euphorbia characias has long beenpopular for its rounded heads of char-treuse flowers and bracts. This sale willoffer a variegated selection, Euphorbiacharacias ‘Tasmanian Tiger’. It has manythree foot, upright stems clothed foxtailfashion with narrow gray green leavesthat are edged white. Topping eachbranch is a ball of flowers and bracts,the bracts chartreuse edged white likethe leaves. The flower structure lasts formonths before it yellows and can be re-moved down to near the ground. Simi-lar in shape and form, though toppingout at about two feet tall, is Euphorbia‘Blackbird’. Rather than being graygreen, the leaves of ‘Blackbird’ are adeep, velvety purple, bringing a hand-some contrast with the chartreuse flow-ers and bracts. The genus Euphorbia ishuge and variable and contains about2000 species that range from herba-ceous plants to trees to succulents.Three shrubby Euphorbia species will be

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flowers that are produced muchof the year. It has bristly, illscented foliage and grows threeto five feet tall.

What would a selection of but-terfly attracting plants be withoutBuddleia, the butterfly bushes,themselves? This sale will offerseveral. Among them is a dwarffrom the ‘Buzz’ series that hasproven itself in our Butterfly Gar-den. This is Buddleia ‘Buzz Ivory’ grow-ing to only four feet tall and bearinggenerous, cone-shaped clusters of tiny,creamy white flowers each with a yellow “eye”, or throat. Similar, butlarger in size, is B. davidii ‘White Profu-sion’. It grows six to eight feet tall, has

felty, gray greenleaves and large,conical clusters ofcreamy white flow-ers with yelloweyes. Referencessay the clusters cangrow to be one totwo feet long! Sim-ilar in all ways ex-cept for color is B.davidii ‘Twilight’.Its flowers are dark purple.

The flowers ofrockroses, Cistusand Halimium, alsoattract butterflies.

There will be threeof these tough,

Mediterranean climate shrubs that havenot been offered at the sales before.The smallest and most unusual of thethree is Cistus ‘Mickie’. It grows to twofeet tall and three feet wide and has thetypical rockrose flowers: five crinkledpetals and a central cluster of goldenyellow stamens. The flowers are glis-tening white. What stands out in thisselection are the strikingvariegated leaves. The sagegreen leaves are broadlyand irregularly edged inbright yellow. The variega-tion is so substantial thatthe plants will require partday or light shade in ourInland gardens. Growingtwo feet tall and spreadingto six feet wide is Cistus‘Jessamy Beauty’. This has

Buddleia ‘Buzz Ivory’,butterfly bush

Cistus ‘Jessamy Beauty’, rockrose

Halimium halimifolium,rockrose

Phlomis purpurea, Jerusalem sage

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many stems lined withdark green, strongly re-curved, succulent leaves.The handsome, yellowflowers are tubular andstrongly pendulous andare produced in tight,narrowly conical spikes.Aloe dorotheae, sunsetaloe, is a small plant,only two feet tall inbloom. It forms stemlessrosettes of toothed , yellow green to orangered leaves. The plantscan be quite spectacular if they aregrown in high light. From theserosettes arise in winter-spring, spikesof tubular, yellow-tipped, orange redflowers. Of course all the aloes areloved by hummingbirds. Echinopsishuascha (yellow), yellow torch cactus isone of the many cacti available. This isa clump forming cactus with manystems up to three feet tall. The colum-

nar stems are thick,bright green andribbed, the ribs arelined with tan spines.The bell shaped flow-ers are bright yellowand have many, satinypetals. The Californianative succulent Dudleya hassei, Catalina

Island live-forever, isnew to the sale. It

forms multiple rosettes of red blushed,silvery gray, finger-like leaves andbranching spikes of starry, creamy

white flowers. The succulent andcacti list goes on and on!

As usual, there is only enoughspace in the newsletter to discuss ahandful of the great plants availableat the sale. There is no room to dis-cuss the beautiful capers, Capparisspinosa that we’ve finally propagatedafter 25 years of trying! Nor is thereroom to discuss the Gardens’ firstbig lilac introduction, Syringa x hy-acinthiflora ‘Ramona‘; nor Oxalis vul-canicola, volcanic sorrel, with its glow-ing red leaves and bright yellowflowers! Friends will have to check

out the plant list to read more aboutthese and many other choice plants. See“About thePlant List”(below) toreview themany waysyou can getthe detailedplant list.Sadly, eventhat can’t in-clude every-thing. Thereare still manycacti and succulents, hundreds of herbs,vegetables, and wildflower seeds thatwill be available but are not listed. Plan

to spend some time studying ourwide selection of plants and visiting theGardens, too. Be sure to tell yourfriends and relatives about the sale.Thank you in advance for supportingthis great event and, in turn, for yoursupport of the Gardens. l SM

offered at the sale. Euphorbia xanti, BajaCalifornia spurge, is a suckering shrub.This grows to six feet tall or more,with near leafless, gray stems. It puts

on a glori-ous displayof smallpink flow-ers over along winterto springseason. Itrequires lit-

tle water –actually, less

water will help control its spread. Alsofrom Baja California, and California aswell, is Euphorbia misera, cliff spurge.This is a curiously attractive shrub withzig-zag, white barked branches, tiny,gray-green leaves and flowers that aresmall and not showy but interesting upclose. Contrast that with Euphorbia pul-cherrima ‘Eckespoint’, a heritage selec-tion of the Christmas poinsettia. This isnot a small pot plant like wesee at holiday time, but a sixto 10 plus foot deciduousshrub. It is an Inland provenlandscape plant that puts on along lasting, spectacular dis-play of huge, red bractedflower heads in winter andinto spring. Bill Drysdale,longtime local horticulturalistand writer, grew it in hisRiverside garden for decades.

Although the majority of plants dis-cussed here aredrought tolerant orwater efficient,what is a discussionabout water effi-cient plants with-out including suc-culents and cacti?!Ann Platzer, thebutterfly lady andour volunteer incharge of cacti andsucculent propaga-tion, has a huge se-lection ready forthe sale. Amongthe succulents isAloe striatula, hardyaloe. This is a

shrubby, semi-climbing plant with

Euphorbia xanti, Baja California spurge

Aloe striatula,hardy aloe,

photo by Ann Platzer

Aloe dorotheae, sunset aloe,

photo by Ann Platzer

Aloe dorotheae, sunset aloe, photo courtesy of San Marcos Growers, Santa Barbara, CA

Echinopsis huascha (yellow), yellow torch cactus,

photo by Ann Platzer

About the Plant ListFriends can choose one of several ways to retrieve a plant list. You can call the

office at 951.784.6962 or e-mail us at ucrbg@ucr.edu to request a list be mailedto you. The list may be found online at the Gardens’ website, to print or peruse.Go to www.gardens.ucr.edu and follow the links to the calendar and plant sale.Copies of the list will be available at the entrance to the sale.

Whichever source you use, the list includes trees, shrubs, vines, herbaceousplants, most of our landscape-size succulents and cacti, shade plants, house/patioplants, and water plants. To help you prioritize your shopping, the list also in-cludes the number of plants we expect to have available. The list is continuouslybeing updated as the inventory changes so check in periodically and get an up-dated list. Note that containerized plants are a perishable commodity and aresubject to non-delivery, watering problems and weather issues, so be sure tocheck the updated list close to the sale to make sure your choices are still avail-able. Do make use of this informative publication!

Ed found a sycamore tree just down thestreet from our house.

Dr. Gordon Pratt, the Southern Cali for -nia butterfly expert, told me that willowsmay be the Western Tiger Swal lowtail’sfavor ite host plant. If you have a largepond or stream, you can consider planti -ng willows. What you must have areplenty of tall-flowering nectar plants, suchas Lantana, or Buddleia and wild sunflow-ers. These guarantee that this magnificentLepi dop teran will visit you. l AP

Happy Butterfly Gardening!

HE WESTERN TIGER SWALLOW-TAIL (Papilio rutulus) is a large (3.5 to

4.5 inches) yellow butterfly which, asthe name implies, has vertical black“tiger stripes”. From March throughSep tember, it is a familiar sightthrough -out Southern California. Infact, its range is throughout Californiaand Western North America.

In early July, while Ed and I wereeating lunch out-of-doors, a newlyemerged Western Tiger Swallowtailgracefully glided to nectar on our largelantana plant. We rushed inside for ourcameras, and it posed like a star model,slowly fluttering hither and thither aswe clicked off about 200 photos.

What makes it a perfect model? Un -like most other swallowtails that fluttercontinuously when feeding, the West -ern Tiger Swallowtail nectars with itswings open and is almost motionless.

Since it favors canyons, in addition tosuburbs, hikers are likely to see thislarge, conspicuous butterfly when itglides by. In spite of being a pow er fulflyer, this swallowtail is relatively easyto approach while nectaring or while atdamp puddling spots. (It is an avidmud-puddler.)

The green, spherical egg is laidsingly on host leaves. The larva is alsogreen for most of its life, turningbrown just before pupation. Like otherswallowtail larva, it has an osmeterium, aforked, foul-smelling, fleshy glandbehind the head that repels preda tors.The Western Tiger Swallow tail has oneto three broods yearly. The last oneover-winters as a pupa, whichresembles a chip of wood.

The host plants of the Western TigerSwallowtail include many genera ofwoody trees and shrubs, especially thenative California sycamore (Platanusracemosa), and also poplars, aspen (Popu lusspp.), willows (Salix spp.), and alders (Alnusspp.). (Refer to James A. Scott for a com -plete list. Reference below.) I used tofret that I didn’t have a host plant. But Ilearned that I needn’t worry, andneither should you. Most likely one isgrowing in your sub ur ban neigh bor -hood or in a nearby, un culti vated area.

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The Butterfly Corner:

Attracting The Western Tiger SwallowtailBy Ann Platzer

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Western Tiger Swallowtail

Volunteer News“WELCOME VOLUNTEER” MEETING. Not a meeting to welcome volunteers,this is a new opportunity to become a Welcome-Volunteer. You can support theGardens by welcoming visitors. If you enjoy meeting people and enjoy beingoutdoors, consider giving some regular hours to greeting visitors while providingthem with maps and general information.

We discuss the details of this new position at the ‘Welcome-Volunteer’ Meetingon Saturday, October 6, 2012, at 9 a.m. in the Gardens’ Conference Room. Ideas orsuggestions from members and veteran volunteers are appreciated.

On the other hand, if you are interested in volunteering for gardening jobs, don’thesitate to contact us. When there are 4-5 interested individuals, we hold anorientation with Theresa Arial, Gardens Manager. An information flyer is always onthe bulletin board. For more information about the upcoming meeting or aboutregular volunteering, please contact Karen Fleisher at volunteerucrbg@gmail.com or951.682.3795. -- Karen Fleisher & Tandy Scott, Volunteer Coordinators

Volunteers of the Monthby Janine Almanzor

her creativity as she de signsthe bulletin board at theGardens’ entrance.

Janice is able to seewhere she can be of use andeager ly works, doing an out -stand ing job. For three yearsshe has volun teered atPrimavera and this year sheco or di nated the SilentAuction Committee.

In 2011 Janice became aMaster Gardener and is also a mem berof the Mountain View Rose Society.She manages to find the time to care forher own beau ti ful Tuscan style gar denand is an excellent cook, usinghomegrown vegetables and herbs.

REFERENCES: Scott, Jams, A. (1986). The Butterflies of North America. StanfordUniversity Press, Stanford, California. 586pp.

AUGUST – JANICE PONSORJanice didn’t know what she was

getting herself into when she beganvol un teering at the BotanicGardens. She began in 2008 bytaking the Docent Training Course.Next, she became part of the plantsale crew, help ing before, during,and after the sales. She loved vol -unteering at the Gardens so muchthat in 2010 she became a memberof the Friends of the BotanicGardens Board of Directors. It wasthere that her skills as a leader were putto work. She created and leads theKids’ Adventure in the Gardenprogram, and coordinates a chil dren’sactivity at each plant sale. She also uses

Janice Ponsor

Gardens’ 40 acres. He cleans up path -ways, sets up tables when needed, helpswith filling pots with soil, and does a lotof weed ing. Some weeks, he has put inup to 32 hours simply because there werejobs that needed to be done. Bryanenjoys being off in the Gardens some -where, working on his own, and taking inthe sights, sounds, and scents. He com -ments that work ingand being in theGardens is a nicebreak from apart -ment living wherehe’s unable togarden. His favoriteactivity in theGardens is drivingthe utility vehicles. Atthe last plant sale hewas the shuttle driver,taking plant shoppers back and forthfrom the parking lot, seeing all theirpurchases and interacting with them. Heenjoyed every minute of it. l JA

SEPTEMBER – HELGA STAFFORDBorn and raised in Germany, Helga

developed a love for gardening fromher grandfather. Hegrew veg etables,fruit trees, berries,and a variety offlowers. Herfavorites were theblue and white lilacswhich lined theirgarden. In 1964Helga came to theUnited States justfor a visit, but she

met her future hus band here. Hence, in1966 she came back to the States tostay. Her love for gardening continuedto grow, so when she retired from herjob of 20 years at Riverside Com mu nityHospital, Helga began volunteering atthe Botanic Gardens. She has beenvolunteering just about every weeksince 2008. She found her nicheworking in the lath house propagating

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plants for the plant sales. She helpswith all the labeling and groomingbefore the sales and works during thesales as well. She is also in vol ved withthe Silent Auction at Prima vera in theGardens. Helga’s love for garden ingdoesn’t end at the Botanic Gardens.She became a Master Gardener in2010 and enjoys growing a variety ofplants in her own garden, especiallyapple trees and roses. Helga also staysactive with other outdoor activities,such as swim ming, walking and mostof all, golfing.OCTOBER – BRYAN ROTH

About two years ago, Bryan decidedto check out the Keep Our GardenClean & Beautiful Day at the BotanicGardens. He loved it so much that heresponded to the invitation to volun -teer on a regular basis. Ever since thatday, he has been volunteering at leastonce a week. Bryan enjoys doing avariety of tasks, which has led him toworking in nearly every one of the

Helga Stafford

Around The GardensWhat Did You Do On Your Summer Vacation?TWILIGHT TOUR, August 24Over 100 people enjoyed this roman -tic tour of the Gardens one summerevening. The Botanic Gardensdocent team lead ourmany interestedguests. After the tour,everyone enjoyed refreshments on the ConferenceRoom patio. Monika Ittig, who hasserved as a docent and docent train erat the Gar dens for many years, re-marked that she would like to hold a winter tour, commenting that people would also enjoy seeing the Gardensin winter.

GARDENING BASICS, September 8Master Gardener and award-winninglandscape designer Nan Simonsen pre-sented her signature Gardening Basicsclass. The informative and enjoyableclass was held at the Heyming‘s garden.Nan began the class with a Power-Point presentation. Then, she walkedthe attendees through the 5-acre prop-erty, giving them a chance to see examples in the garden of the points

presented in the lecture. Learn moreabout Nan and her work at nanscapes.biz.

VOLUNTEER APPRECIATIONNIGHT, September 18 This wonder-ful evening was encouraged by JanineAlmanzor and or gan ized by yourVolunteer Co or dinators. (All volun-teers themselves.) It was held at theConference Room with about 50 people in attendance. Steve Morgan,curator, and Katherine Kendrick, co-president of the board, expressed thedeep appreciation of all the staff forthe priceless work completed by volunteers. Without us, the Gardenswouldn’t be what it is today.

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MESSAGE FROM THE FRIENDS CO-PRESIDENT:

ALWAYS LOOK FORWARD TO thefall and the Friends’ Fall Plant Sale.

To me, it means I can work in my gardenagain as the temperatures start to coolafter the summer heat.

Fall also marks the beginning of a busy Calendar Of Events for the Gar dens. This year, 2012-2013, ises pecially important as we celebrate the50th Anniversary of the Botanic Gardens(founded 1963) as well as recognizingthe 15th Anniversary of Primavera.

Katherine Kendrick, my co-President,I, and all the Board members are excitedat this opportunity to honor and thankthe generous volunteers, staff, anddonors who have helped make the UCRBotanic Gardens and Primavera In TheGardens such a success through thesemany years.

We will be communicating with youabout all the events. Please check theGardens website (gardens.ucr.edu), youremail messages, our quarterly news -letters, and the Gardens bulletin boardfor information. In addition, you can always contact the Gardens office at951.784.6962.

Looking forward to serving you, Amy Hao

non-member families. There is a nomi-nal parking fee at the Gardens parkinglot. RSVP by October 31. Call JanicePonsor, Docent, at 951-295- 1887.Space is limited.

Adult Ed: HERBAL GIFTS FOR THEHOLIDAYS, Saturday, November 10,9:30 - noonLearn how herbs, edible flowers, andother plants from your garden can become special holiday gifts. Ourpresenter, Master Gardener Jean Weissdemonstrates how to make mood-

enhancing mist sprays,fragrant potpourri, andother seasonal items.Everybody will make apomander from citrusand spices to takehome. Culinary herbaland floral refreshmentswill be served.

ART IN THE GARDENSSunday, November 11, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.See informationon back page.

KOGCB DAYSaturday, November 17,8:00 a.m.Yes. Once againit’s time togroom the Gardens. Come and help. Bring yourown water bottle and your own rakes

and shovels (if you havethem). Long pants recommended. No sandalsor flip-flops. ContactMargo Chabot at951.312.3367 orgogochabot@earthlink.netby November 12.

KIDS’ ADVENTURE IN THE GARDENSSaturday, November 24, 9:30 - 11 a.m.Sucky Plants & Prickly Plants: Thistime we learn about succulents andcacti. After touring the areas of inter-est, we walk up to Schneider House tosee where and how the plants arepropagated. For the craft activity, kidswill create a mini succulent garden totake home. RSVP by November 21.See details at left.

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BIRD WALK & BREAKFASTSeptember 29 – The always fun andexciting Bird Walk & Breakfast hap pened early this fall. Under theleadership of JanetClegg and NormEll strand, whatbirds did the birdwatchers spot? Tofind out, check thewebsite in Octoberwhen the bird listis posted.

NEIGHBORHOOD COLLABORATION – Last year, at aUniversity Neighborhood Associationfree plant event at Goodwin’s OrganicMarket, a neighbor suggested that theunsightly median strip at the corner ofBig Springs & Watkins Drive acrossfrom a gateway to UCR have plants in-stead of asphalt. With the help of theCity Works Department and the lead-ership of longtime Friends ofthe Gardens,Meriel Everett and GurumantraKhalsa, plus neigh-bors FrancesPosoisky andKevin Dawson,the beautifying jobwas completed.

Upcoming EventsOCTOBERWELCOME VOLUNTEER MEETING Saturday, October 6, 9:00 a.m.See write-up on page 9.

Adult Ed: GARDENING WITHCACTI & SUCCULENTSSaturday, October 6, 9:30-noonPresenters Buck and Yvonne Hemmenway, owners of The PricklyPalace Nursery and international plantfinders, speak on how to design cactusand succulent gardens; integrate theseplants into your garden; create container gardens; andcare for them all.Classes are $20 forFriends and $25 fornon-members. RSVPby October 11 toGardens office or amyucrbg@gmail.com.

FRIENDS FALL DINNERSunday, October 7, 5:30 p.m.Dining in Alder Canyon is all thebuzz this year. The evening is a rare

pleasure, and a Friends tradition. Although 5:30p.m. may seem early for appetizers, we count oncheating the chill that hasliterally cooled our heels in past years.

This year’s speaker isChris MacDonald, PhD,Desert Natural

Resources Advisor with theUC Cooperative Extension.He will talk to us about native bees: their impor -tance to our gardens and tothe environment. Chris is avery amiable and know ledgeable pre senter.Look for further detailsabout the dinner by email.

ANNUAL FRIENDS FALL PLANT SALESaturday & Sunday, October 20 & 21See pp. 5-8 for details about the sale.One of the big bonuses of the plantsales is the free classes and lecturesoffered on both Saturday and Sun-day. A special class for children is onSunday morning at 11. Details aboutthe classes are forthcoming by email

and by snail mail via the Fall PlantSale mailing.

KIDS’ ADVENTUREIN THE GARDENSSaturday, November 3,9:30 - 11 a.m.Bugs! Bugs! Bugs!Kids love bugs. Thecreepier, the crawlier,the scarier– the better.Jim Bethke, an entomologist from theUCR Cooperative Extension, repriseshis role as teacher, telling the kidsabout bugs and spiders. The kids getan opportunity to see the creatures

close up.Kids 5 and up are

invited. (Be sure topick up your name tagwhen you check in.)The cost is $5 forFriends member fami-lies and $10.00 for

Janet Clegg and her brood

Chris MacDonald

Karen Fleisher

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Non-Profit Org.

U.S. Postage

PAIDPermit No. 131

Riverside, CA

Botanic GardensUniversity of California900 University AvenueRiverside, CA 92521-0124

ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED

2012 Fall Plant SaleSATURDAY, OCTOBER 20 & SUNDAY, OCTOBER 21

Art In The GardensSpend a pleasant Sunday afternoon at the Gardens strolling through Alder Canyon

where twelve California artists will be showcased, representing various mediums, including ceramics, glass, jewelry, water colors and metal.

This is a wonderful opportunity to view and purchase unique and beautiful art pieces.(And, maybe shop early for the Holidays!)

A portion of the sales will benefit the UCR Botanic Gardens.Parking: At entrance to the Gardens (nominal fee)

and Lot 10 ($2 per hour)

Sunday,

November 11,2012

10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Free to members$4.00 for nonmembers(Regular Gardens admission)

ARTISTS INCLUDE:•Jennifer Katz, Jewelry Design.• Bill Gardner, Metal works.

• Sharon Muro, Paper and Clay.• Jean Aklufi, Fused Glass.

• Diane Wilson, Jewelry Design.• Rebecca Kallinger, Mosaics.

• Kelly Noble, Ceramics.• Rudy Ruibel, Enamel Jewelry Design.

• Sandy Garcia, Mexican Folk Art& Hypertufa pots.

• Marijke Terwisscha, Ceramics.• Lucy Heyming, Watercolor.

• Brenda Cook, Terrarium Designs.

“View of Anza Borrego" by plein air artist Lucy Heyming