UPDATE: This event is sold out
New event gives you peek at grand gardens
Get a VIP tour of gardens that never have been– and never will be– on Garden Walk Buffalo in an Evening of Wine and Roses to be held from 5 to 9 p.m. Friday, July 26.
This fundraiser for Garden Walk Buffalo begins at the Clement Mansion (Red Cross Building), 786 Delaware Ave., Buffalo, where there is ample free parking. Guests will enjoy wine and light refreshments.
Then they will board luxury motor coaches that will take them on a tour of three exceptional gardens in lovely Buffalo neighborhoods. Musicians from the Community Music School of Buffalo will provide entertainment in the gardens.
Guests will return to the Clement Mansion for a reception of heavy hors d’oeuvres, dessert and wine served in a signature, keepsake wine glass.
While this is an elegant event, remember that you will be walking through gardens– you may want to opt for sandals rather than high heels.
Tickets are $100 per ticket. Reservations are limited to 100 guests. There will be three buses and one bus is already full. For more information, call (716) 855-1091 or make reservations online.
Garden Walk Buffalo, the largest garden tour in the United States, will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m Saturday and Sunday, July 27-28.
More news: Buffalo will be greener for Garden Walk Buffalo. The Peace Bridge and Iskalo’s Electric Tower in downtown Buffalo will be lit up green during Garden Walk weekend.
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Readers: Can you identify this plant?
“Please tell me what plant this is,” said reader Mary Bski.
Readers, especially you Master Gardeners, I’m depending on you. Please help Mary out. If you can figure out what this plant is, please leave a comment below.
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Kirsten, thank you for all that great work! The person who asked the question contacted me on Facebook, so perhaps she isn’t local. It can sometimes be very difficult to name that plant using only a photo. Thanks again.
I looked up Buddleia look alikes and since the poster doesn’t indicate WHERE the picture was taken, it might not be local. There is also something called Blue Mountain Lilac/Deerbrush/California Lilac that thrives in California if the picture was taken there. Also, something called chaste tree that look VERY similar, but grows in zone 5 and 6. When I look at pictures of that tree, I wonder if the picture isn’t that rather than Butterfly Bush. Check out
http://www.monrovia.com/plant-catalog/plants/2220/chaste-tree.php for good pictures of Chaste Trees and I think you’ll see it looks A LOT like the mystery tree.
I was also going to say Buddelia or Butterfly bush. The flowers look like it, and the color. But I can’t get a close up enough look at the leaves to be sure. How tall is this shrub? When did it start to bloom? Butterfly bushes can get to be 10 feet or more tall and started blooming about 2-3 weeks ago depending on the microclimate in the yard/area.
Judie, you are the first to respond. Now that you say it, it does look like a butterfly. Thanks so much for your help.
By now I’m sure you’ve had many responses, that it appears to be a butterfly bush. (Don’t know the Latin name)
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