The Dogwood is a wonderful small tree, offering something of interest in all seasons. The familiar flowers in spring can be white or pink (the showy parts are actually bracts, with the true flower a cluster in the middle). Late summer brings fruit, red berries of different shapes and sizes depending on the variety. Fall color can be spectacular, with vibrant reds and oranges. Winter is a great time to see the various types of bark exhibited by the different types of Dogwood.
Observed at the Arboretum this week are the elongated, oval, orange/red leaves of Cornus cv. Hyperion brightening up a cloudy day. The nicely shaped Kousa Dogwood tree next to the parking lot has red, yellow and orange leaves and its exfoliating bark is a patchwork of various shades of peach, beige and grey.
The lovely sunny weather was most welcome following a couple of dreary rainy days. A gorgeous Red Oak is displaying its full fall regalia. The Green Mountain Sugar Maples’ leaves are a lovely apricot color. And the grounds behind the Haggerty Education Building are at their peak. Do visit soon!
Joanne McDonald sent this beautiful group of pictures, writing, “My first visit on an 80 degree day in late October. Just beautiful! I can’t wait for spring.”
Thanks, Joanne, and we look forward to the results of your next visit.
We continue to be blessed with lovely fall weather, and the grounds at the Arboretum are a pleasure to walk around. I found a bee resting in a bright red Zinnia flower. The lavender Asters are gorgeous this year, so full of flowers and bees! Amazingly, there are still bunches of pink and blue Hydrangea flower clusters in various places in the garden. Enjoy this beautiful weather while you can!
Fall’s winds are busily clearing the leaves from the trees, reports Steve Kanan following his visit yesterday, so these pictures may preserve some the last glimpses of this year’s autumn display.
While the Friends use PayPal as their credit card processor, the does not lock our visitors into having to sign up for a PayPal account. Following are screenshots and explanations for how to do so both for checkout of event purchases as well as for donations.
Shopping Cart Checkout
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After you have clicked on PayPal buttons for various events on our Events page, your selections are stored in a shopping cart like the one at right (click on it to enlarge the image).
Two buttons are shown, “PayPal checkout” and “Check Out Pay without a PayPal Account.” Click on the latter button.
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PayPal may recognize you as an account holder and offer to log you in.
Click ESC (the Escape key) to clear that and expose the alternative route link below.
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So here is the screen after clearing the login information.
Click the “Try another way” link to reveal the next screen.
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Finally, click “Pay with Debit or Credit Card” to reveal the final screen in our journey.
Obviously, PayPal would prefer our paying with a PayPal account.
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On this screen we can either select paying with ApplePay (the button at top) or filling out the form with our credit card information and paying with that.
Either route leads to payment for the balance in our shopping cart and generation of a confirming email.
Donations
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After clicking the Donate button, the screen at right opens.
Fill in the Amount field, then click the second button, “Donate with Debit or Credit Card.”
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This screen captures Special Instructions, as, for example, “In memory of” or similar information.
Then fill in the credit card details and click the “Donate Now” button at bottom.
As many of you may know, The Frelinghuysen Arboretum has been designated as a Reference Garden by the American Conifer Society (ACS), the first and only garden in New Jersey to receive the honor. This Saturday, the Friends and the Northeast Region of the ACS are getting together to co-sponsor the 2023 Tree Symposium at The Frelinghuysen Arboretum with a series of lectures, buffet lunch, dedication of the Goodhart Dwarf Conifer Collection, tours of the Frelinghuysen Pinetum and a tour of the Hammer Garden in Morristown. Here’s a sampling of the over 436 conifers in the Arboretum’s collection.
A majestic Blue Atlas Cedar (Cedrus atlantica cv. Glauca) in front of the Mansion. A lovely Giant Arborvitae (Thuja plicata ‘Atrovirens’) next to the parking lot. One of two beautiful Green Giant Arborvitaes (Thuja plicata x standishii cv. Green Giant) in the Fountain Rose Garden next to the Mansion. And last, but not least, a very symmetrical White Fir (Abies concolor) in the Meadow behind the Mansion.
