Friends of the Arboretum Lecture
October
18, 2001 (Thursday)
7:30 PM
Room 159, Kilgore Hall
Frankie
Fanelli, Volunteer Coordinator and Graduate Student
"Spring Flowering
Bulbs: To Perennialize or Not!"
Spring flowering bulbs should be growing in every North Carolina piedmont garden! Frankie will discuss the best bulbs that have proven to perennialize in this area. She will make the case for those spring bulbs that do not return with vigor but are worth the annual show! The science of bulbs that every gardener should know will also be included. Both gardeners and travelers alike will enjoy the background photographs taken during an educational tour of the Holland bulb industry.
Frankie Fanelli is Curator of the JC Raulston Arboretum Paradise Garden and a Master's student in the Horticultural Science Department at NCSU. Her affinity for flowering bulbs began as a student and assistant to Gus DeHertogh, Ph.D., a leading flowering bulb physiologist. Frankie participated in an educational tour that focused on all aspects of the Holland bulb industry. She has conducted research on Lillium longiflorum cv. Nellie White that is currently being published. Her work experience has included many geophytes including Allium, Tulipa, Hippeastrum, Hyacinthus, Lillium, Narcissus, and Ornithogalum.
Friends of the Arboretum lectures are free to those with current membership. There is a $5.00 fee for non-members. Please bring your membership card. We will have a current membership list at the door. Memberships will be available for purchase at the door. Entrance is free to all NC State students with ID and Department of Horticultural Science faculty and staff.
This lecture is room 159, Kilgore Hall on the NC State University campus and begins at 7:30 PM. There is plenty of free parking at the intersection of Hillsborough Street and Brooks Street . Please call (919) 515-3132 if you need directions or information. For an online map to Kilgore, click here.