by Becky Robert | Feb 14, 2014 | Garden Plants
Happy Valentine’s Day! Consider celebrating with your sweetheart by taking a winter hike and enjoying the fragrant, colorful blooms of winter courtesy of witch hazels. Yes, I said color and fragrance in the winter landscape. As described by our Blooms of the Season...
by Becky Robert | Jan 28, 2014 | Garden Practices, Special Interest
How are you beating the winter blues? We are thinking warm thoughts and preparing for spring by cleaning, sharpening, and maintaining our gardening tools. The best way to have a good maintenance session is to start with the proper tools. You will need: Steel Wool or...
by Becky Robert | Jan 15, 2014 | Happenings, Pests & Diseases
This week the cycle of life takes another turn at the Scott Arboretum. We say goodbye the Fagus sylvatica ‘Atropunicea’, European purple beech, that has stood at the entrance to the Terry Shane Teaching Garden since 1881. Trees, like all living things, have a life...
by Becky Robert | Dec 3, 2013 | Garden Design, Scott in the News
Check out this great picture step-by-step guide to planting a winter container. This article features the collaboration between the Delaware Center of Horticulture and Scott Arboretum. Learn some tricks of the trade! Need winter container plants and accents? Come to...
by Becky Robert | Nov 28, 2013 | Garden Plants
Celebrate Thanksgiving with the latest garden-inspired design from Diane Mattis! Happy Thanksgiving. Thank you for supporting the efforts of the Scott Arboretum. This scan features some wonderful early winter interest plants. The dried flower heads are Hydrangea...
