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Plants of the Week: August 21

Phlox paniculata ‘Jeana’ As the summer wears on it can be difficult to maintain color in your garden, so it’s good to keep some plants in your garden that show off their flowers later in the season. P. paniculata ‘Jeana’ can be found all over campus, but it is...

Plants of the Week: July 31

Geranium Rozanne® ‘Gerwat’ Large swaths of this hardy geranium cultivar, also called cranesbill, can be found around the Harry Wood Courtyard Garden. Geranium Rozanne®  was bred for its clumping growth habit and almost non-stop flowering during the summer. It forms...
Plants of the Week: July 10

Plants of the Week: July 10

Digitalis ferruginea As I walk around the Scott Arboretum in the summer I am always drawn to big hubs of pollination.  The rusty foxglove patch in the Scott Entrance Garden is one of these hubs. Both the common and latin names stem from the particularly rusty color of...
Plants of the Week: June 19

Plants of the Week: June 19

  Punica granatum As you walk along the inner courtyard of Worth Hall you will notice a tall shrub with plentiful bright red flowers: Pomegranate.  Scott has four of these ornamental shrubs spread about campus.  They will not begin fruiting until the beginning of...
Plants of Week: May 29

Plants of Week: May 29

Rosa ‘Lord Penzance’ With last week’s commencement, the tradition continued of graduating seniors each receiving a rose from the Dean Bond Rose Garden.  Roses can be notoriously difficult to grow, and are plagued by many diseases and pests.  Scott Arboretum grows...