Hydrangea arborescens Incrediball TM This cultivar of the smooth hydrangea will almost never...
Garden Seeds: Scott Arboretum & Gardens' Blog
Plants of the Week: July 14
Consolida ambigua ‘Sublime Pink’ Our larkspur is finally blooming! It took a while for it to show...
Cryptomeria japonica ‘Sekkan sugi’ (Japanese red-cedar)
One perk of moving to the Philadelphia area from the Midwest is seeing the difference in plants...
Woody Plant Discoveries
Tennessee gardener, Aaron Dalton recently visit the Scott Arboretum and discovered some woody...
Plants of the Week: June 30
Gardenia jasminoides ‘Chuck Hayes’ (Common Gardenia) This gardenia is located in the Fragrance...
Plants of the Week: June 23
Calamagrostis x acutiflora ‘Karl Foerster’ Sweeps of the soft, purple inflorescence of this...
Plants of the Week: June 16
Hydrangea quercifolia Oakleaf hydrangea produces very profuse showy creamy bloom-cone. This lavish...
Hydrangea quercifolia ‘Semmes Beauty’
On the cusp of Hydrangea bloom season, the first plants showing blooms are Hydrangea quercifolia....
Plant of the Week: June 9
Cotinus coggygria ‘Royal Purple’ (common smokebush) The smokebush is known and named for thin...
Plants of the Week: June 2
Rosa ‘Harrison’s Yellow’ I have always been a fan of yellow roses, probably by osmosis, it being...
Artful Gardens Part III: Terry Shane Teaching Garden
A celebration of ARTiculture (theme from the 2014 Philadelphia Flower Show) continues all year at...
Plants of the Week: May 19
Paeonia ‘Ten’i’ This time of year, the magnificent Tree Peony Collection is in full swing as each...
Ceanothus x pallidus ‘Roseus’
Looking for something unusual for your early summer garden? How about Ceanothus x pallidus...
Front Porch Fabulous
This month the Community Arts Center has opened their Designer Show House in Swarthmore, PA. The...
Blooms of the Season: Tropicals!
The vibrant colors and textures of tropical flowers and foliage invoke sensations of warm summer...
Betula nigra
After experiencing 9 inches of rain in one and a half days this spring, you may be looking for the...
Plants of the Week: May 5
Epimedium x youngianum ‘Milky Way’ The Scott Arboretum has many flowers in the displays...
It’s Time to Divide! 4 Tips for Dividing Sedges
It’s that time of year again: the time to divide! With the 19th Annual Members Plant Exchange...