by Ben Hitz | Sep 11, 2019 | Plant of the Month
Guest Author: Ben Hitz, 2019 summer intern Rhus typhina (staghorn sumac) During the hottest part of midsummer, most native trees and shrubs are not looking their showiest. With spring flowering well past, and fall color still a few months away, many species...
by Ben Hitz | Jul 10, 2019 | Plant of the Week
Guest Author: Ben Hitz – summer intern Echinacea purpurea (purple coneflower) E. purpurea is an herbaceous perennial coneflower native to the prairies of the United States. Purple coneflower is a drought tolerant, adaptable plant that thrives in average, dry to...
by Ben Hitz | Jul 6, 2019 | Plant of the Week
Guest Author: Ben Hitz – summer intern Kalmia latifolia (Mountain-laurel) This Eastern U.S. native shrub, found near the Cunningham House parking lot, boasts some of the more interesting flowers in the plant kingdom. These late spring emerging flowers are cup shaped...
by Ben Hitz | Jun 29, 2019 | Plant of the Month
Guest Author: Ben Hitz – summer intern Cladrastis kentukea, American yellowwood, is a medium sized tree with a patchy native range in the southeastern United States. Despite its small native habitat, C. kentukea is hardy to zone 4 and performs well outside of...
by Ben Hitz | Jun 27, 2019 | Plant of the Week
Guest Author: Ben Hitz – summer intern Hydrangea macrophylla ‘Hamburg’ (bigleaf hydrangea) The thing that struck me about the H. macrophylla ‘Hamburg’, located in the Hydrangea Collection, is the variation of colors on the blooms of a single plant. The compact...
