Community Forestry Specialist Graham Herbst and UNL Extension Horticulturist Kathleen Cue will talk about perennials that bloom far into fall, native plants that offer winter food source as well as color and woody plants like paperbark maple, goldenraintree and hickory for late season interest.
This presentation is part of a brown-bag series on “all things green” sponsored by the Nebraska Statewide Arboretum, UNL Department of Agronomy/Horticulture, UNL Garden Friends and Friends of Maxwell Arboretum.
Event sponsors hope to bring together a community of on- and off-campus people who care about the environment. There will be time for discussion at each session and, when weather permits, time to walk through the campus landscape.
Future topics include “Beyond Apples: the Edible Landscape” on Nov. 6 and “Holiday Decorating and the Winter Landscape” on Dec. 4.
Participants are invited to bring lunch or dinner, if desired, and ideas or questions. For more information about the brown-bag series, call the Arboretum at 402-472-2971, email arboretum@unl.edu or visit arboretum.unl.edu/brown-bag-series.