by John Bickel | May 7, 2019 | Garden Plants
What would give someone the idea to label a plant with the cultivar epithet “panache?” Could a plant really be so full of brio to deserve such a title? Well, yes. This cultivar of Canna glauca stands above the rest (figuratively speaking, as it is of average...
by John Bickel | Apr 26, 2019 | Garden Plants
As we approach the frost-free date, I am planning the exciting tropicals I will be planting in the garden. I am excited to add the Brazilian candle plant, Pavonia multiflora for its dark green glossy foliage and bright pinkish-red bracts. The flowering form of the...
by John Bickel | Apr 11, 2019 | Plant of the Week
Magnolia x loebneri ‘Wildcat’ The Magnolia Collection between Worth Health Center and Mertz Residence Hall is truly something to behold. At this time of year each tree takes its turn with bright showy flowers from paper-white to bright pink and even some rich...
by John Bickel | Feb 27, 2019 | Plant of the Week
Galanthus ‘Magnet’ Though this is an old cultivated variety of snowdrop, it still never fails to awe and impress as it returns year after year, emerging from the desolate winter landscape. Best known for its long flower stalks and large, showy, snow-white...
by John Bickel | Feb 14, 2019 | Garden Plants, Plant of the Week
Pinus flexilis ‘Cesarini Blue’ Close to the train tracks on the southern side of campus, tucked away in the Pinetum, is a young specimen of Pinus flexilis ‘Cesarini Blue’, the “limber pine.” It stands with a curving, loose form sprawling about ten feet wide with long,...
