By Erin Fogarty, 2018 Summer Intern Jovibarba spp. Succulents are easy to care for and...
Garden Seeds: Scott Arboretum & Gardens' Blog
Plants of the Week: June 4
by Liam Erskine, 2018 Summer Intern Pinellia ternata Pinellia ternata, also called crowdipper, is...
Plant of the Week: May 21
By Rachael Martin, 2018 Summer Intern Magnolia obovata As we ease out of spring into...
Disporum longistylum ‘Night Heron’
As a shade gardener, you are always on the hunt for plants to add color and brightness to your...
Alocasia sarawakensis ‘Yucatan Princess’
Looking to add a dramatic foliage statement to the garden, consider Alocasia sarawakensis...
Plant of the Week: May 7
Magnolia ‘Elizabeth’ Though we are at the tail-end of peak time for magnolias, Magnolia...
A Spring Stroll through the Beautiful Trillium Slope
One of the Five Best Preserved Areas in the Crum Woods Of the over 200 acres in the Crum Woods,...
Viburnum x bodnantense
If the transition from late winter to early spring were to be a color, that color would be yellow....
Plants of the Week: April 23
Jeffersonia dubia Different sources say different things about this tiny woodland...
Plants of the Week: April 2
Prunus ‘Dream Catcher’ When the cherry border begins to display bright clouds of pink and white,...
Plants of the Week: March 26
Cephalotaxus harringtonia var. drupacea Commonly called the Japanese Plum Yew, Cephalotaxus...
Red Oaks and the American Revolution
Southern Red Oak Forest: One of the Five Best Preserved Areas in the Crum Woods This President’s...
Chamaecyparis obtusa var. formosana
by Josh Coceano Taiwan’s temperate coniferous forest belt with near ever-present cloud cover and...
Winter Birding with iNaturalist
by Melita Schmeckpeper, 2017-2018 Education Intern The Crum Woods is home to a diverse...
Plants of the Week: February 5
by John Bickel Acer (griseum x maximowicziana) ‘Rochester Hybrid’ Off the southeastern corner of...
Plants of the Week: December 18
by John Bickel Hydrangea arborescens ‘Annabelle’ Each year the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society...
Plants of the Week: December 11
Reclusive botanist George W. Letterman was twice offered Harvard professorships. He declined the...
Plant of the Week: November 20
Ilex ‘Whoa Nellie’ A brief and sudden cold-snap has decimated much of the tender greenery...