Two mature Magnolia x soulangiana create a pink aura above the Wharton Hall courtyard. The cross...
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Plants of the Week – March 12
Prunus x incam ‘Okame’ is in full bloom and looking spectacular! Rosy-pink blooms cover the...
Magnolias already!
Our mild winter has jump started some of our spring plants including Magnolia denduata ‘Swarthmore...
Tropics in Philly
By Andrew Bunting and Becky Robert This week the talk of the Philadelphia horticulture scene is...
Prunus mume
It is hard not to play favorites. I admit to having favorite areas within The Scott Arboretum. The...
Plants of the Week – February 27
Edgeworthia chrysantha ‘Nanjing Gold’ is in bloom! This particular plant receives the benefit of...
Plants of the Week – February 20
Rohdea japonica, with linear strap-like leaves, is an ideal evergreen candidate for dry shade....
Plants of Week – February 13
Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Strawberries and Cream’ bears atypical bicolor pale yellow and red flowers...
Plants of the Week – February 6
Flower buds of Edgeworthia chrysantha, suspended like silver ornaments, provide promise of the...
New and Selected Poems, Volume 2
Mary Oliver is one of the most celebrated poets of our time. Her decades of poetry are gathered...
Plants of the Week – January 30
Looking for a spreading evergreen groundcover for the shade? Consider Epimedium perralchicum...
Going Bananas for Musa and Ensete
Whether winter be mild or harsh, short days and cold temperatures leave many aching for spring and...
Plants of the Week – January 16
Regarded as the hardiest palm, Rhapidophyllum hystrix, or needle palm, is a small, shrubby palm...
Sorbus alnifolia
Now that the brisk temperatures of January are setting in, I have noticed trees and shrubs showing...
Plants of Week – January 9
Camellia Forest Nursery considers Prunus mume ‘Fragrant Snow’ to be the best white-flowering...
The Unsettling of America: Culture & Agriculture
By Wendell Berry Wendell Berry is a farmer, poet, and visionary whose book The Unsettling of...
Plants of the Week – January 2
The early part of the winter has turned out to be relatively mild in the Delaware River Valley. ...
Asparagus schoberioides
During the winter chill, gardeners are often caught daydreaming of warm weather and the colors of...