What A Great Trip

I spent the first part of the week at Callaway Gardens in Pine Mountain Ga. If you have never visited Callaway, you are missing a treat. The Native Azaleas are in bloom now and are truly beautiful. I spent Monday with Hank Bruno and Ernest Koone looking at the many species of Native Azaleas. I especially enjoyed listening to the two of them debate where Fred Galle obtained the different varieties. How lucky one must be to have worked with Mr. Galle! I returned with thousands of cuttings for Magnolia. I will be returning in 2 weeks to get the next batch as they become ready, and to pick up Dr. Smitherman's hybrids. As a horticulturist one soon realizes that what he does is for the next fellow. The work we do today is to give beauty to Magnolia for generations to come. I hope I never decide a garden's "value" in regards to my own , short existence.