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Apr. 30, 2025
*** PLANT SALE THIS WEEKEND ***Thank you to those who volunteered to help with checkout on Friday, May 2 at the Members Only Preview Sale. We could still use a couple more people, so if you're available, click on the link below, scroll down to Pre Checkout Review for Friday, May 2 from 3:30 to 7:30 PM. Thanks! Want to get involved and learn more about the plants at this year's Plant Sale? Volunteer to help us set up prior to the sale April 28 - May 2, as well as during the sale May 3 - 4. See all the opportunities available and sign up here: 2025 Plant Sale Volunteers. Check back often as there may be cancellations. MEMBERS ONLY PLANT SALE PREVIEWFriday, May 2, 4:00 to 7:00 PM In the big tentIf you're a member, please join us for special early shopping and refreshments. Select from a huge variety of houseplants, annuals, perennials, shrubs and trees; plant experts will be on hand to help you make your selections. If you are not currently a Member of the Friends, join here: https://www.arboretumfriends.org/benefitshowto/ - then you'll be able to register for the Members Only Plant Sale Preview and get a jump on your spring plant shopping! This program is FREE to Members, but registration is required. Click on the photo to register. PLANT SALE NEWSDates
More Mother's Day GiftsLast week we shared the news that we'll be selling gardening related items at the Membership Table. These lovely items would make perfect Mother's Day gifts, or treat yourself to one or two of them! Below are additional photos of the items that will be available for purchase. 
These items would make lovely Mother's Day gifts for your favorite gardener, or even for yourself! Useful / Interesting Links
How to pay for your Plant Sale PurchasesThe Friends welcome many forms of payment at the Plant Sale including cash, checks and credit cards. We are unable to process Venmo or Zelle payments. We do not charge a fee for credit card purchases, but we do pay a fee for their use. For this reason, cash and checks are very welcome. Also, we'll have shallow cardboard boxes at the sale for your use, but if you have a cart or even a nice bulb crate, consider putting your name on it and bringing it along to hold your selections while shopping. A holding pen will be set up next to the Pre Checkout Review tables. Interesting or hard-to-find trees available at the Plant Sale Lindera benzoin, spicebushThis small native tree (8 feet high with a 5 foot spread), has delicate pale yellow flowers in early spring. The leaves, twigs and fruit are all wonderfully fragrant when brushed against. In the fall, the lemon yellow foliage lights up the woods. Female plants produce shiny red fruit consumed by migrating birds. The tree also is a host plant for the Eastern Tiger Swallowtail and the Spicebush Swallowtail. Spicebush is wet site tolerant and deciduous. 
Oxydendrum arboreum, sourwoodStrands of bell-shaped white flowers adorn the tree in mid to late summer and the brilliant red fall foliage is striking. The flowers attract honey bees who produce an excellent flavored honey; the leaves, however, are sour, hence the common name. Plant it with other acid loving plants such as Azaleas and Rhododendrons. Sourwood can grow to a height of 25 feet with a spread of 20 feet. 
Stewartia pseudocamellia, Japanese stewartiaStewartia pseudocamellia has lovely white flowers in late June which last for several weeks and attract a variety of native pollinators. The fall foliage appears in shades of yellow, red and purple and the lovely patchy multi-colored bark is beautiful all winter. This tree can grow to a height of 30 feet with a spread of 20 feet. 
Styrax obassia, fragrant snowbellThe fragrant white flowers bloom in long showy panicles in May. This is a lovely small tree for a shady, naturalistic spot - very impressive when in full bloom! Fragrant snowbell will grow to a height of 25 feet with a spread of 18 feet. See You At The Plant Sale!WATCH PREVIOUS ZOOM PRESENTATIONSSeveral of our previously recorded events are available to watch on-line. See our Prerecorded Events page for more information and to register.Retail PartnersWhen shopping at our fine Retail Partners, please remember to present your Membership card at the beginning of your check out transaction. Our Retail Partners need to enter the discount at the beginning of that process. If you have not yet used this wonderful Member Benefit, you can view our full list of Retail Partners by clicking here. You can register and pay on line on our Events page and Membership page and subscribe to this newsletter here: complete directions for subscribing. CONTACT US HERE
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Friends of The Frelinghuysen Arboretum Post Office Box 2267 Morristown, NJ 07962 Web: https://www.arboretumfriends.org PARK INFORMATION The Frelinghuysen Arboretum is a facility of the Morris County Park Commission
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