Scott Aboretum & Gardens

 

 

Plants of Week: April 28

Sanguinaria canadensis ‘Multiplex’ Being accustomed to seeing the non-cultivar bloodroot scattered along paths in local woods, I was completely blown away when I encountered this beauty it the Terry Shane Teaching Garden. It has the same leaves, general habit, and...

Plants of the Week: April 14

Prunus x incam ‘Okame’ Tender and bright, Prunus x incam ‘Okame’ sends out its lush inflorescences, dense on branches and appearing from afar as a single cloud of pink along the Cherry Border. ‘Okame’ petals are a faint watercolor pink with brushes of darker hues at...

Plants of the Week: March 31

Edgeworthia chrysantha ‘Snow Cream’ sets its downy, pendulous flower heads in the fall. It will produce heavily dangling, lush, yellow and cream colored flower heads in the early spring. For now, the other-worldly ornaments offer a nice silvery-tan accent...