by Josh Coceano | Feb 29, 2012 | Plant of the Week
Edgeworthia chrysantha ‘Nanjing Gold’ is in bloom! This particular plant receives the benefit of building protection on three sides and a sunny easterly exposure. Fragrance is an added bonus. While other edgeworthia have yet to break bud, it is exciting to see the...
by Josh Coceano | Feb 23, 2012 | Plant of the Week
Rohdea japonica, with linear strap-like leaves, is an ideal evergreen candidate for dry shade. Looking for a similar effect for soggy soil in partial shade to full sun? Acorus gramineus ‘Oborozuki’, or grassy-leaved sweet flag, has been reliably evergreen around the...
by Josh Coceano | Feb 16, 2012 | Plant of the Week
Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Strawberries and Cream’ bears atypical bicolor pale yellow and red flowers flushed with pink notes. The deciduous shrub earned high marks for 0% leaf retention. Some cultivars have a tendency to retain desiccated leaves, thus detracting from...
by Josh Coceano | Feb 9, 2012 | Plant of the Week
Flower buds of Edgeworthia chrysantha, suspended like silver ornaments, provide promise of the spring to come. Planted along a path in the Terry Shane Teaching Garden, E. chrysantha frequently generates curiosity and comment from on-lookers. While many would make the...
by Josh Coceano | Feb 2, 2012 | Plant of the Week
Looking for a spreading evergreen groundcover for the shade? Consider Epimedium perralchicum ‘Frohnleiten’. The yellow barrenwort, a member of Berberidaceae, is a German introduction selected for durable marbled foliage and sprays of yellow spring-blooming flowers....
