Planting Knowledge In The Community: Plants For Cooper Memorial Library And Clermont City Hall (October)

By Grace Rabano and The Clermont Garden Club

Every month from September through May, Clermont Garden Club members loan plants to Cooper Memorial Library and Clermont City Hall to promote horticulture awareness and connect our community to Clermont Garden Club’s programs, civic activities and community outreach.

 For the month of October, Clermont Garden Club member, Grace Rabano, loaned a potted arrowhead plant to Cooper Memorial Library. The arrowhead plant (Syngonium podophyllum) is a popular, easy-to-care-for houseplant known for its attractive, arrowhead-shaped leaves and air-purifying qualities. To care for the potted plant, provide bright, indirect light, and water when the top inch or two of soil is dry. Maintain medium to high humidity. The arrowhead plant prefers well-draining soil and can be pruned to encourage a bushier growth habit or allowed to trail as it matures. Be careful when planting this in the ground in your landscape. It can spread aggressively and take over your yard!

Suzanne Hutchinson loaned a potted Vriesea Bromeliad to Clermont City Hall. Vriesea bromeliads, also referred to as “Flaming Sword” do well indoors or outdoors in light shade at temperatures above 60 degrees, but no warmer than 80 degrees. Outdoors, the bromeliad can even tolerate slight frosts if planted under overhanging foliage. They prefer moist, well draining soil with water directly in the ‘cup’ or center of the plant. The mother plant may bloom once in its lifetime, thereafter propagating by sending out offshoot pups.

Clermont Garden Club members meet monthly (September through May) at the clubhouse located at 849 West Avenue, Clermont, FL on the 3rd Wednesdays at 9:30 am-noon. New members and guests are warmly welcome. Clermont Garden Club is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.