by John Bickel | Aug 5, 2015 | Plant of the Week
Tetracentron sinense This peculiar, small-stature tree can be found in the garden of the West House on the northern edge of campus. Native to southwest and central China, this deciduous tree is hardy to our zone and blooms in June and July. Though once place in the...
by John Bickel | Jul 1, 2015 | Plant of the Week
Eschscholzia californica The Scott Entrance Garden is reaching its full glory as the daily temperatures continue to rise. This year we sowed California poppy seeds above the retaining wall in hopes of repetitive emergence in years to come. Of the family Papaveraceae,...
by John Bickel | Jun 17, 2015 | Plant of the Week
Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Showy Lanterns’ Commonly called the red-veined enkianthus, this shrub is a member of the family Ericaceae making it closely related to Rhododendron. With a multitude of pendulous, pink flowers and its exciting fiery orange and scarlet autumn...
by John Bickel | Jun 4, 2015 | Plant of the Week
Staphylea colchica Native to the country of Georgia and the Caucasus mountain range, its common name is the caucasian bladdernut. The simple white flowers are borne in pendulous clusters and mature into inflated, bladder-like pods. The genus comes from greek...
by John Bickel | May 15, 2015 | Plant of the Week
Osmanthus x burkwoodii This shrub caught my eye in the John W. Nason Garden. My first reaction was to identify it as a member of the olive family Oleaceae with no further estimations of identity, only to be honestly surprised by the accession tag. My naïve...
