Don Dembowski

Woodland plants from Pam Johnson's garden. From left to right:
Glaucidium palmatum, Cypripedium pubescans, trillium, arisaeum sikokiana

Spring is the best time in the shade garden. From precious anemones, anemonellas and hepaticas, to arisaemas, trilliums and mayapples, many new and unusual species and cultivars are becoming available.” Don has collected unusual shade plants from sources far and wide, and crawled around his garden to photograph them. Propagation tips and plant sources were presented and very special plants were snapped up.

Don lives and gardens in Pelham, NY, just north of NYC. He’s been the Chair of the Hudson Valley Chapter for several years. He spends an “inordinate amount of time in his gardens,” which include shade, rock gardens, a vegetable garden, berry bushes, Japanese maples and several dogwoods. In real life he teaches woodworking to middle school boys at the Buckley School in NYC.

For the sale, he will be bringing Arum elongatum, asarums, Paeonia obovata, Arisaemia candidissimum, Soloman’s Seal, and double trilliums, among others.