Jasminum nudiflorum (winter jasmine) Are you feeling down about the gray days, low-lying clouds,...
Plants of the Week: Jan. 9
Ilex ‘Mary Nell’ - hybrid holly The holiday season is over and yet the holly and the ivy still...
Plants of the Week: Dec. 14
Camellia japonica ‘Korean Fire’ - Japanese camellia It was, and continues to be a year of odd...
Plants of the Week: December 5
Camellia sasanqua ‘Fall Fantasy’ - sasanqua camellia I’ll admit… I knew nothing about camellias...
Plants of the Week: Nov. 14
Betula lenta (sweet birch) This past week, the Scott Arboretum hosted some students from...
Plants of the Week: Nov. 7
Camellia ‘Snow Flurry’ (camellia) The fall-blooming camellia season is upon us! During this time...
Plants of the Week: Oct. 31
Aconitum carmichaelii ‘Arendsii’ (azure monkshood) Beautiful… but dangerous; a recent bloom in the...
Plants of the Week: Oct. 24
Osmanthus x fortunei ‘Fruitlandii’ (Fortune’s osmanthus) You’re walking into Parrish from the...
Plant of the Week: October 17
Syringa vulgaris ‘President Lincoln’ (common lilac) Early fall, the leaves are changing, the...
Plants of the Week: October 10
Poncirus trifoliata ‘Flying Dragon’ (hardy orange) In the stillness of the Theresa Lang Garden...
Plants of the Week: October 3
Sporobolus heterolepis (prairie dropseed) You can smell the Sporobolus heterolepis well before you...
Plants of the Week: September 26
Colchicum byzantinum (autumn crocus) There seems to be an abundance of purple interest developing...
Plants of the Week: September 19
Hydrangea quercifolia ‘Harmony’ (oakleaf hydrangea) During peak summer, the stems of the Hydrangea...
Plants of the Week: September 14
Persicaria amplexicaulis ‘Firetail’ (mountain fleece) Part of my responsibility as an intern here...
Plants of the Week: August 15
Guest Author: Summer Intern Johanny Bonilla Koleteletzkya virginica commonly known as seashore...
Plants of the Week: August 8
Guest Author: Summer Intern Mildred Arevalo Ricinus communis 'Carmencita' commonly known as the...
Plants of the Week: August 1
Guest Author: Public Horticulture Intern Megan Rossman The past few weeks the arboretum and its...
Plants of the Week: July 25
Guest Author: Summer Intern Adam Toreno Garden phlox, Phlox paniculata ‘Jeana’ is an herbaceous...