by Gilbert Wermeling | Aug 23, 2017 | Plant of the Week
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...
by Gilbert Wermeling | Jul 31, 2017 | Plant of the Week
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...
by Gilbert Wermeling | Jul 13, 2017 | Plant of the Week
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...
by Gilbert Wermeling | Jun 19, 2017 | Plant of the Week
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...
by Gilbert Wermeling | May 31, 2017 | Plant of the Week
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...
