Aaron D'Addio, 2013 summer intern, will take over posting Plants of the Week throughout the...
Garden Seeds: Scott Arboretum & Gardens' Blog
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...
Plants of the Week: March 4
Galanthus, Adonis, and Cyclamen aren’t the only blooming gems currently in their full floral glory...
Toast of the Town: Camellia
Camellia's are currently the toast of the town from a delightful January 16th New York Times...
Plants of the Week – February 25
As days grow longer, focus in the garden turns to a range of tasks from tidying hellebore foliage...
Plants of the Week – February 18
Interested in adding a witchazel to your garden but overwhelmed by the number of cultivar choices...
Plants of the Week – February 11
A young Acer x conspicuum ‘Phoenix’ planted between the Science Center and DuPont parking lot is...
Roses are red and violets are blue
Roses are red and violets are blue but none of these are blooming in the garden for you. But there...