2012 was declared the Year of the crapemyrtle in the Scott Arboretum curatorial office. Each year...
Hot Plants for Fall Gardens
Guest Author: Cindy Kerr Hungry for a little more advice and visuals about the neat plants that...
A Woody Wish List
Guest Author: Barbara Smit Inspired by the motto fall is for planting, I have been pondering my...
Inspiration
The goal of the Scott Arboretum is to inspire gardeners in the Delaware Valley and introduce them...
Blooms of the Season: The Harry Wood Garden
Even though my maternity leave delayed the posting of this story, I would still like to introduce...
Spring Excitement!
By Barbara Smit Maybe I watch too many disaster movies, but every winter some small part of me...
Fast Forward to Summer
It seems that the weather has been on fast forward to summer in the Philadelphia area and though...
Vitex agnus-castus ‘Shoal Creek’
By Josh Coceano and Becky Robert At the Arboretum, we are already in the flurry of spring and...
Toast of the Town: Camellia
Camellia's are currently the toast of the town from a delightful January 16th New York Times...
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...
Galanthus woronowii
Think spring, plant now! If you are imagining your garden with a ribbon of tulips running...
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 – May 28
Propagules of Itea virginica ‘Henry’s Garnet’, propagated last summer in the Wister Greenhouses,...
Plants of the Week – April 16
Gelsemium sempervirens ‘Margarita’ is regarded as the hardiest jessamine. In 2005 the vine was...
What is that Smell? It's Amorphophallus konjac
What is that smell? If you are walking through the Terry Shane Teaching Garden it is likely...
Plants of the Week – April 9
Chartreuse foliage adds pop to the garden! One plant that lends golden coloration in the Terry...
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...