By Stephen Budiansky I was a vegetarian for a decade or so. And then I started reading about...
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Plants of the Week – November 5
Hamamelis virginiana are in bloom throughout the Scott Arboretum and Crum Woods. Hamamelis...
Fall Lawn Reseeding
You may have noticed the redheaded, stout Irishman, appropriately named Scott, serving as the new...
Whew! Hurricane Sandy
Whew! Swarthmore College and the Scott Arboretum reopened today to minor damage from Hurricane...
Plants of the Week – October 22
I suspect the thrill of plant collecting, and returning with open-pollinated seed, is discovering...
Green Roof Destruction
Last month while inspecting the green roof, Gardener Lars Rasmussen noticed extensive damage to...
Plants of the Week – October 15
Fall color has arrived at the Scott Arboretum. Acer saccharum Green Mountain® is but one maple in...
Galanthus woronowii
Think spring, plant now! If you are imagining your garden with a ribbon of tulips running...
Plants of the Week – October 8
Camellia oleifera, the tea oil camellia, is an evergreen, fall-blooming shrub native to China...
The $64 Tomato
The $64 Tomato- How One Man Nearly Lost His Sanity, Spent a Fortune, and Endured an Existential...
Plants of the Week – October 1
Introduced to the United States by the U.S. National Arboretum, Loropetalum chinense var. rubrum...
Hovenia dulcis- A Look at the Oriental Raisin Tree and Several Other Rhamnaceae
Rhamnaceae, commonly known as the buckthorn family, is a relatively large family comprised of...
Museum Day Live!
On Saturday, September 29, 2012 the Scott Arboretum of Swarthmore College along with over 1,400...
Plants of the Week – September 17
Fruiting viburnums are coming into their full glory. Viburnum nudum, the smooth witherod or...
Plants of the Week – September 10
Cassia didymobotrya, a legume native to east Africa, is commonly referred to as popcorn cassia....
Plants of the Week – September 3
Salvia ‘Wendy’s Wish’ is a long-blooming flowering sage. Unlike other salvias which require a long...
Going for Gold in the Garden
As newly crowned Olympic gold medalists make their media tours across the US, other less...
Plants of the Week – August 20
Curcuma, derived from the Arabic word kurkum, meaning turmeric, was first described by...