Scott Aboretum & Gardens

 

 

Gardener’s Almanac: Harvesting Potatoes

Gardener’s Almanac: Harvesting Potatoes

Learn the basics of harvesting, cleaning, and storing your potato harvest with Summer Student Worker Dani Pena. Tune into the Gardener’s Almanac to learn what we are doing in the garden at this moment. Learn from Scott Arboretum staff which plants we are pruning,...
Plants of the Week: August 1

Plants of the Week: August 1

Guest Author: Public Horticulture Intern Megan Rossman The past few weeks the arboretum and its surrounding environment has unfortunately been faced with drought conditions. A continued stretch of warm days, with little rain has provided a challenge to the gardeners...
Plants of the Week: July 25

Plants of the Week: July 25

Guest Author: Summer Intern Adam Toreno Garden phlox, Phlox paniculata ‘Jeana’ is an herbaceous perennial in the Polemoniaceae family. This cultivar has a vertical habit with thin green stems growing up to five feet high, terminating in a panicle inflorescence of...
Plants of the Week: July 18

Plants of the Week: July 18

Guest Author: Summer Intern Payton Fulton Cynara cardunculus, commonly called cardoon, makes a dramatic statement in the sunny perennial border. It is a fast-growing perennial in the Asteraceae family native to the western and central Mediterranean. It has prickly,...