After experiencing 9 inches of rain in one and a half days this spring, you may be looking for the...
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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...
Plants of Week: April 28
Sanguinaria canadensis ‘Multiplex’ Being accustomed to seeing the non-cultivar bloodroot scattered...
What to Divide?
Want to divide, share, or participate in a plant exchange but don’t know where to begin? Take a...
Removing Invasive Vines
April was invasive plant, pest, and disease awareness month and a great time to remove invasives...
Magnolia Season
Magnolia season is well under way at the Arboretum. Check out this great interview with our...
Plants of the Week: April 14
Prunus x incam ‘Okame’ Tender and bright, Prunus x incam ‘Okame’ sends out its lush...
Cedrus: True Cedars
My first encounter with the genus Cedrus occurred while flipping through the pages of On Gardening...
Plants of the Week: March 31
Edgeworthia chrysantha 'Snow Cream' sets its downy, pendulous flower heads in the fall. It will...
3 Reasons to Dig, Divide, and Share your Plants
The weather has finally broken and green shoots are pushing up everywhere. Spring is great time to...
Noel plasticus
Over the winter, we began to underplant the Metasequoia Allée with Noel plasticus, Christmas tree....
Happy St. Patrick’s Day from the Garden
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Celebrate with us by exploring some “St. Patrick’s Day” themed plants....
Plants of the Week: March 10
Prunus mume ‘Matsubara Red’ is a recent addition to the Arboretum’s collection. Known as Japanese...
What’s Out There® and why should you care?
Gardeners are always seeking inspiration, and it is sometimes found in unlikely or unexpected...
ARTiculture all summer long
This Sunday, March 9 the Philadelphia Flower Show’s celebration of art and horticulture...
Plants of the Week: March 3
Martin Bank, covered in a carpet of yellow Eranthis hyemalis, is one of the most anticipated...
Plants of the Week: February 17
The 3” purple cones, a most unexpected color, of Abies koreana always draw attention in late...