Helianthus ‘Sunshine Daydream’ This plant with its beautiful golden bloom is great for some late...
Garden Seeds: Scott Arboretum & Gardens' Blog
Fleeting Color of Creole Lady
Our horticulturist, Josh Coceano, is in love with a new blooming beauty! He is proudly introducing...
Plants of the Week: August 4
Allium cernuum While most ornamental onions are prized for their fireworks-like globe of flowers,...
What are those brown patches?
Although the combined 6 ½ acres of organic lawns below Parrish Hall are thriving, you might have...
Plants of the Week: July 28
Allium angulosum ‘Summer Beauty’ While all other Allium sp. blooms have faded and gone to seed...
Plants of the Week: July 21
Hydrangea arborescens Incrediball TM This cultivar of the smooth hydrangea will almost never...
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...