As we celebrate the first official day of spring, garden magazines are teasing us with great...
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...
Sub-Shrub Clematis
Last month while touring Battery Park with the Scott Associates’ bus trip, I was taken with a...
Tulipa batalinii ‘Bronze Charm’
This year’s bulb dividend is a wonderful species tulip, Tulipa batalinii ‘Bronze Charm’. This...
Four O’clock Flower
Our curator, Andrew Bunting, is always planting unusual tropicals and annuals in the Scott...
The Last Malus tschonoskii
This summer saw the removal of the last Malus tschonoskii on campus. As part of our mission to...
Hydrangea macrophylla ‘Ayesha’
While plant shopping with fellow garden enthusiasts, we discovered several great hydrangeas for...
Lindera reflexa
Part of our planting efforts at the Scott Arboretum are designed to disguise or hide the utilities...
Plants of the New College Avenue Border
Spring is time for planting and our volunteers and interns have been busy installing a new...
A Garden for Secrets
As the College prepares for Alumni Weekend, the Scott Arboretum is preparing to celebrate the...
Rosa ‘Swarthmore’
This week we are preparing for our graduation tradition of pinning roses on seniors’ gowns. Often...
Plant Conservation Day
Today is Plant Conservation Day! It was started in 2001 by the AZH, Association of Zoological...
Gold Medal Garden
The Gold Medal Award Program of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society was originally conceived by...
Late Flowering Cherries
At the Scott Arboretum in the spring the flowering of the magnolias and cherries is unprecedented...
Corydalis cheilanthifolia
Emerging out of the cracks and crevices of the stone wall within the Scott Entrance Garden is a...
Garden Gems
While during the spring season, many people are captivated by the stunning array of cherry blooms...
‘Strawberries and Cream’, ‘Orange Peel’, and Other Delicious Scents
I’ve been lucky the last couple of days to be out of my office and in the collections preparing...