by Josh Coceano | Sep 7, 2011 | Plant of the Week
The privet honeysuckle, Lonicera pileata, is a staple shrub used extensively throughout the Scott Arboretum. This ground-covering shrub bears lustrous dark green leaves on horizontal branches. Seen here circling the Calder sculpture, L. pileata slowly grows 2-3’ tall...
by Josh Coceano | Aug 31, 2011 | Plant of the Week
Hemigraphes alternata, seen here in a terracotta container outside the Wister Center, is also commonly known as the metal leaf plant for its metallic gray-green leaves. The frost-sensitive native of Malaysia is great as a tropical groundcover and in containers and...
by Josh Coceano | Aug 24, 2011 | Plant of the Month
Lilies bear deep and rich historical significance for many cultures. The genus name Lilium is derived from a Celtic word meaning “whiteness.” In Greek lore, the lily was dedicated to Hera, the wife of Zeus. According to Roman legend, when the rising Venus beheld the...
by Josh Coceano | Aug 18, 2011 | Plant of the Week
Summer-flowering gingers are in full bloom. Hedychium ‘Flaming Torch’ erupts with 6-7’ tall stalks of foliage, each stalk topped with a fragrant peachy-pink foot-long flower spike. Several containers at the Scott Arboretum feature cultivars of flowering ginger....
by Josh Coceano | Aug 10, 2011 | Plant of the Week
As if by magic, the beds under the stately swamp white oaks, Quercus bicolor, along Magill Walk erupt with an explosion of pink bloom. Lycoris squamigera, often known as magic lilies, are hardy, critter-proof bulbs. Give newly planted bulbs several seasons to settle...
