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The monthly First Tuesday in the Garden lecture series, an educational program sponsored by the Smith County Master Gardeners, will begin at noon Tuesday, November 1st, in the I.D.E.A. Garden at the Tyler Rose Garden.

This lecture will conclude the series for 2011 with presentations beginning again in March of 2012.

Veteran Master Gardener and horticulture enthusiast, Herb Coursey will present November’s topic, Aristocratic Camellias, Sasanquas and Japonicas. Camellias are a genus of the family Theaceae. One of the most well known plants of this family is the common Tea plant that brings us southerners so much drinking pleasure.

Herb’s lecture about Camellias is a great opportunity to learn about a plant that is a rapid grower and one providing vivid color during the fall and winter season. During the other months its glossy leaves provide a beautiful evergreen backdrop for the spring and summer annuals and perennials.

This program is free, open to the public, and about an hour.