With the warming days has come the blooming of the witch hazels, Hamamelis. These early flowering...
Garden Seeds: Scott Arboretum & Gardens' Blog
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...
Peace Tree Farm
This fall, I visited a local wholesale company in Bucks Country, Peace Tree Farm. This remarkable...
Evergreens of a Different Sort
Polystichum acrostichoides is a commendable fern. Provide shade and it will grow just about...
Plants of the Week – January 17
Cupressus arizonica ‘Blue Ice’, near Sharples Dining Hall, is a native of central Arizona and has...
Plants of the Week – January 10
Juniperus virginiana ‘Grey Owl’, found in the John W. Nason Garden, is an evergreen juniper...
Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place
By Terry Tempest Williams Williams deals with loss on many levels in her moving account of her...
New Years Resolution
If you are still searching for a New Years Resolution, how about garden journaling? “To...
Plants of the Week – January 3
A multi-season deciduous shrub, Aronia arbutifolia ‘Brilliantissima’, grown near Cornell Science...
Plants of the Week – December 20
A dense habit with crinkled, dark green leaves and red fruits, Ilex x meserveae Blue Angel® can be...
Mahonia x media
Any plant that offers cheer during the winter months is appreciated. When one thinks of winter...