A Scott Arboretum classic: Rhododendron maximum. The rosebay rhododendron is the plant featured in...
Garden Seeds: Scott Arboretum & Gardens' Blog
Inspiration
The goal of the Scott Arboretum is to inspire gardeners in the Delaware Valley and introduce them...
Plants of the Week: July 1
It’s unofficially hydrangea week here at The Scott Arboretum of Swarthmore College. Most of them...
Think Cold Thoughts: Winter Containers
Guest Author: Susan Mintun To take a break from the summer heat and in the spirit of this year’s...
Plants of the Week – June 24
Are you a fan of unique and unusual plants like I am? If so, then you will love the eye-catching...
Blooms of the Season: The Harry Wood Garden
Even though my maternity leave delayed the posting of this story, I would still like to introduce...
Plants of the Week: June 10
Aaron D'Addio, 2013 summer intern, will take over posting Plants of the Week throughout the...
Plants of the Week: June 3
Antirrhinum hispanicum, the Spanish snapdragon, has been garnering quite a bit of attention...
Spring Excitement!
By Barbara Smit Maybe I watch too many disaster movies, but every winter some small part of me...
Plants of the Week: May 13
Choisya is a member of Rutaceae. Others in the family include citrus species and Skimmia. The...
Plants of the Week: April 29
Fascinated by the bizarre? Looking for a plant your neighbor likely hasn’t seen? Consider aroids....
It Takes a Team to Make a Garden: Behind the Scenes at the Scott Associates Fall Plant Sale
By Susan Mintun Volunteer Chris Lindstrom getting signs ready for lamination before the...
Fast Forward to Summer
It seems that the weather has been on fast forward to summer in the Philadelphia area and though...
Plants of the Week: April 8
Magnolia denudata ‘Swarthmore Sentinel’ stands a glowing harbinger of spring. The Yulan magnolia...
Plants of the Week: March 18
March winds blow a fetid smell through the Crum Woods and surrounding watershed. Such an odor is...
Vitex agnus-castus ‘Shoal Creek’
By Josh Coceano and Becky Robert At the Arboretum, we are already in the flurry of spring and...
A Round Robin Sings the Virtues of Aucuba japonica
I love talking plants. Many a conversation has started with “I have this site, and I’m looking...
The Practice of the Wild
by Gary Snyder Gary Snyder is an American poet, environmental activist, and writer who was a part...