by Megan Rossman | Feb 13, 2023 | Plant of the Week
Ilex ‘Mary Nell’ – hybrid holly The holiday season is over and yet the holly and the ivy still remain. Many of our hollies in the James Frorer Holly Collection, donated by James R. Frorer in 1974, are still sporting their lustrous berries, despite the hungry...
by Megan Rossman | Feb 10, 2023 | Plant of the Week
Camellia japonica ‘Korean Fire’ – Japanese camellia It was, and continues to be a year of odd weather. The hottest and driest of summers in a long while, and the beginnings of an up and down winter; with very cold days followed by very warm days. These odd...
by Megan Rossman | Dec 14, 2022 | Plant of the Week
Camellia sasanqua ‘Fall Fantasy’ – sasanqua camellia I’ll admit… I knew nothing about camellias before my time here at Scott Arboretum. But now I’m hooked! Every week when I go out on my walks to look for plant selections, I cannot help but select the latest...
by Megan Rossman | Nov 30, 2022 | Plant of the Week
Betula lenta (sweet birch) This past week, the Scott Arboretum hosted some students from Wallingford Elementary School for a field trip. I had the opportunity to work with one of the gardeners, Lars Rasmussen. As we were walking from one demonstration area to the...
by Megan Rossman | Nov 28, 2022 | Plant of the Week, Uncategorized
Camellia ‘Snow Flurry’ (camellia) The fall-blooming camellia season is upon us! During this time of thoughtful beauty it seemed appropriate to revisit the origin story for many of the specimens currently in bloom. The Winter Series, or Ackerman Hybrids is a collection...
