… conditions of the Upper Midwest, with a preference for native taxa. Traits of interest in our breeding program include new flower characteristics, unique growth habits, disease/pest … genera are being considered for future breeding. Before joining the garden, I earned my B.S. in Plant Sciences at Cornell University in 2016 and my Ph.D. in Plant Breeding and Genomics at Rutgers University in 2022 while studying …
Type: Staff bio
… bulbs last fall. What should I do with them? A. Hopefully the bulbs were stored in a cool location where temperatures remained above freezing. Carefully inspect the bulbs. Discard any bulbs that have soft areas or fungal spots. Plant the bulbs in containers as soon as possible, filling the containers with a sterile, all-purpose potting soil. Water them well, making sure that the containers drain properly, and store them in a cool location that will not freeze, preferably between 40 and 50 degrees Fahrenheit. The …
Type: Plant Info
… Burn Plant ( Bulbine frutescens ), a member of the lily family, is native to desert grasslands in South Africa. The name Bulbine comes from the Latin word "bulbus", meaning onion or bulb. This … the foliage. The plant produces 10 to 12 stalks per individual plant, which bloom continually in mid-spring and again in the fall. Hardy in USDA Zones 9a to 11, Bulbine frutescens survives to 20 degrees F., but at …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… In the wild, the native red-osier dogwood forms large thickets in moist woods. Its most outstanding feature is the dark red winter color of its stems. Under cultivation, it is grown as a multi-stemmed shrub. Small white flowers bloom in late spring followed by white to pale blue drupes that appear in mid-summer and are beloved by …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… of the native redosier dogwood and is notable for the coral or cherry red of its stems in winter. In late spring it produces small white flowers held in flattened clusters that attract butterflies. The white fruit attracts birds later in the …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… ) is really more of a shrub than ornamental tree. It flowers when little else is blooming in late fall. After the flowers fade, the sepals encircling the flowers change to rosy-purple for … small tree. Native to China, seven-son flower was introduced into the United States in 1907 and then again in 1980, rediscovered by the Arnold Arboretum, and distributed to several botanic gardens, …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Native to tropical eastern Africa in Kenya, Tanzania, and Mozambique, the fringed hibiscus ( Hibiscus schizopetalus ‘El Capitolio’) in its red form is the original red "poodle flower," with 3- to 4-inch blooms that flower in the upper leaf axils of the tall plant." Schizo" means split or cleft, referring to the …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The Albemarle Pippin apple originated in the 18th century in what is now Long Island in New York state. It is a green apple recommended for eating fresh, cooking, juicing and …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… We know spring has arrived in northern climes when we see the cheery yellow blooms of the ubiquitous forsythias in April. Named after William Forsyth, one of the founders of the Royal Horticultural Society in the 18th century, produce four- petaled clusters of bell-shaped flowers in the axils of the …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… is named after the Dongting Mountains of China. This selection is slow growing and will mature in ten years to a medium sized tree 32 feet high by 20 feet wide. This tree would be suitable for … containers. Being a female tree, if pollinated, it will produce the distinctive smelly fruit in the fall. The Ginkgo nut is not edible raw, but he hard seed inside the fruit, if properly roasted, is considered a delicacy in many cultures. The Ginkgo is an ancient deciduous conifer and evidence has been found which …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
