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Guest Author: Summer Intern Mildred Arevalo Cleome hassleriana ‘Violet Queen’, more commonly known...

 Eventually A. araucana develops a tall, slender umbrella form, the trademark look of the species....

  Few trees have such a distinguishing character as Platanus occidentalis, the American...

  Sometimes plants take a while to grow on me, and sometimes plants I previously disliked I...

Where eccentricity meets grace, behold the sourwood. Oxydendrum arboreum, known commonly as...

For me, the arrival of fall brings a bittersweet feeling. Gone are the long, sunny days, replaced...

A native plant brightening up the Arboretum and much of the local landscape is the ever endearing...

A plant I’m always excited to see in the landscape is Halesia, a genus of trees commonly known as...

  Now that the cold months are now upon us, the leaves have fallen from deciduous plants, we...

Guest Author: Ben Hitz, 2019 summer intern Rhus typhina (staghorn sumac)   During the hottest...

Guest Author: Anna Claire Cunningham – 2019 Summer Intern   Joe-pye weed is a very popular...

Guest Author: Ben Hitz – summer intern   Cladrastis kentukea, American yellowwood, is a...

  The genus Salvia is a vast and diverse member of Lamiaceae, the flowering mint family. Many...

2018 Summer Intern Located adjacent to Sharples Dining Hall grows a peculiar, endangered plant....

The Scott Arboretum has many significant tree specimens including a pin oak, planted in 1915 by...

If the transition from late winter to early spring were to be a color, that color would be yellow....

by Josh Coceano Taiwan’s temperate coniferous forest belt with near ever-present cloud cover and...

The instant gratification that comes with planting perennials and annuals in an established garden...