Scott Aboretum & Gardens

 

 

Vitex agnus-castus ‘Shoal Creek’

By Josh Coceano and Becky Robert At the Arboretum, we are already in the flurry of spring and spring activities including the celebration of the Spring Festival. At this annual membership event, we will distribute the spring plant dividend including Vitex agnus-castus...

Toast of the Town: Camellia

Camellia’s are currently the toast of the town from a delightful January 16th  New York Times article interviewing local plantsman Charles Cresson to highlights in the January 2013 American Nurserymen. As a matter of fact, we received a visit from the...

Roses are red and violets are blue

Roses are red and violets are blue but none of these are blooming in the garden for you. But there are many plants that can add striking red to your dreary winter landscape. Just in time for Valentine’s Day, here are three of our favorite winter interest plants...

Images of Spring from the Mailman

Happy New Year! As gardeners, we all celebrate with mailboxes stuffed with seed catalogs and magazines promoting delightful blooms of spring. On the cover of the February/March issue of Organic Gardening, a preview of yellow spring bounty jumps off the page with a...

Fall Lawn Reseeding

You may have noticed the redheaded, stout Irishman, appropriately named Scott, serving as the new spokesman for Scott Turf-Builder and promoting the concept of reseeding your lawn in the fall. The practice of reseeding your lawn has been an annual activity of turf...