By Ray Rogers and Rob Cardillo This new book is a fantastic reference for anyone interested in...
Garden Seeds: Scott Arboretum & Gardens' Blog
Asclepias physocarpa
As we celebrate the first official day of spring, garden magazines are teasing us with great...
Plants of the Week – March 14
Cornus mas, seen here growing beside Bond Hall, is commonly known as the Corneliancherry Dogwood. ...
Announcing the Organic Lawn Brochure and Blossoming Research Efforts
The Scott Arboretum has published a brochure detailing the concept, practices and research behind...
Chimonanthus
Witch hazels and snow drops are considered by many to be the superstars of the late winter...
Plants of the Week – March 7
Crocus tommasinianus, blooming on the corner of Elm and Walnut, are great early spring bulbs...
The Earth Moved: On the Remarkable Achievements of Earthworms
by Amy Stewart What gardener hasn’t spent time thinking about earthworms and their impact on the...
Plants of the Week – February 28
Winter aconite, Eranthis hyemalis, blooming in the Wister Garden is a member of the buttercup...
Airplants
Bromeliads make both great houseplants and container plants in the sun and shade. This includes...
Ranking the scents and sights of Hamamelis
With the warming days has come the blooming of the witch hazels, Hamamelis. These early flowering...
Plants of the Week: February 21
Cedrus deodara ‘Roman Gold’ planted in Parrish lawn near Sharples Dining Hall is an upright form...
Plants of the Week – February 14
Parrotia persica by Sharples Dining Hall has exfoliating bark which adds interest to this mid-size...
Tap a Maple
By Isabell Newlin, Good Food student worker Elm Street, which runs by the President’s house and...
Daphniphyllum himalaense ssp. macropodum
January will be a month to remember. Twenty-nine of the thirty-one days recorded temperatures...
Plants of the Week – February 7
Hamamelis mollis ‘Early Bright’ is beginning to flower by Faulkner Tennis Courts and Fraternity...
The Great Work: Our Way into the Future
by Thomas Berry As a reader of environmental literature, the recurring theme of our planet’s...
Plants of the Week – January 31
Hamamelis vernalis, blooming in front of Sharples Dining Hall, is a native, multi-stem, dense,...
Plants of the Week – January 24
Carex morrowii ‘Ice Dance’ is a great deer resistant sedge found in the winter containers of the...