by Josh Coceano | May 11, 2016 | Uncategorized
While the cool weather has helped prolong the tree peony blossoms, the rain hasn’t been kind. Precipitation fills the bowl-like blooms causing the individual petals to stick together and weighs down the flowers. One tree peony that hasn’t been troubled with the recent...
by Josh Coceano | Apr 29, 2016 | Plant of the Week
I become more and more impressed with Aronia arbutifolia ‘Brilliantissima’ with each passing season. The native deciduous shrub produces clouds of white flowers from late April through early May. Bright red fruits ripen in early autumn and persist through the winter....
by Josh Coceano | Apr 13, 2016 | Plant of the Week
Species tulips and other unusual smaller bulbs have emerged amongst the recently burned yet greening tufts of Sporobolus heterolepis. Bellevalia pycnantha is one such bulb. At a glance Bellevalia looks like Muscari, the grape hyacinth. Known as the giant grape...
by Josh Coceano | Mar 16, 2016 | Plant of the Week
Spring has sprung! Cornus mas ‘Golden Glory’ is awash in star-like yellow blossoms. The flowers, borne in umbels, create buttons of color along the branches and open well before the leaves emerge. Cultivars of Cornelian cherry dogwood are more floriferous than the...
by Josh Coceano | Mar 3, 2016 | Plant of the Week
The Hamamelis collection is looking mighty spectacular. One of the first to bloom is Hamamelis mollis ‘Early Bright’. This selection is particularly near and dear to the Scott Arboretum. An earlier Garden Seeds blog post explains that “the introduction of this...
