… ‘Weeping Willie’ is a weeping form with blue-green, almost turquoise needles with an open habit. It sends out … interesting – they hang downward and each cone scale has a three-pointed bract. Douglas fir is native to the Rocky Mountains and along the Pacific Coast. In the Pacific coastal regions, it …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Viburnum farreri 'Candidissimum', also sold as 'Album', is a naturally occurring white form of this fragrant species, native to the northern provinces of China. It is one of the treasures made available to gardeners through the efforts of Reginald Farrer, …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… takes its common name from the soft fuzzy reddish covering on its winter buds. This species is native to the southern U.S. White flowers in May are followed by fruit that goes from green to pink to blue and persists into winter. Fall foliage color is deep burgundy. The Royal Guard cultivar has a more columnar habit than the species; it was …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… ‘Chenault’ is a burkwood viburnum cultivar. It is a rounded shrub with shiny dark green leaves that are smaller and more finely textured than …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… <p>'Victoria's spring show is particularly striking. Its young leaves still have a strong burgundy tinge to compliment the … you may well see repeat bloom as we move into autumn. At a mature hieght of 6 feet. 'Victoria' is equally effe3ctive as a specimen, a hedge, or mixed into foundation plantings. </p> <p>Bees, …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… by even the most avid horticulturists. Heptacodium miconioides , or seven-son-flower, is a perfect example of a plant that remained unrecognized years after its introduction and is only now being rediscovered. Although it was first collected in 1907 by E. H. Wilson during an … gradually gained popularity. A member of the Caprifoliaceae (honeysuckle) family, the plant is related to viburnum and forsythia. Heptacodium is an outstanding specimen plant. Grown as a …
Type: Plant Info
… are many fascinating facts we have learned about bees, but the most critically important one is their role in pollination. Busy Pollinators Smart gardeners know that it's the presence of … chance your food has been helped along by a bee. By pollinating more than 120 crop plants, it is estimated that bees pollinate approximately one-third of the world's food crops. Besides … has been used extensively for commercial pollination. The value of pollination service by bees is worth billions of dollars annually. Bees also pollinate our native plants that provide food …
Type: Plant Info
… well-being than those who don’t. In our increasingly digital lives, a wildlife sighting is a reminder that we all share the same fragile planet, that we all are interconnected. You know when there’s a hawk sighting at the Garden, for instance—everyone outside is looking up; everyone inside is rushing to the windows. The Garden’s 385 acres are just one part of a great urban green space …
Type: Blog
… the eastern United States, ranging from Minnesota to Massachusetts. Like all bumblebees, it is a superb pollinator of some of our favorite foods like tomatoes and blueberries, but also of … range shrank by over 90 percent in less than a decade. The most concerning part of this story is that we don’t know what caused the decline. Insects like bumblebees face myriad threats … including habitat loss, pesticide use, and climate change—but identifying a single culprit is often difficult. Even worse, basic parts of the rusty patched bumblebee life cycle remain a …
Type: Blog
… True gourmets know that salsa is much more than a medium for chip dipping; it adds flavor and color to a host of … Fruit & Vegetable Garden. The plants there were all loosely arranged cottage-style and spaced 1 foot apart, rather than lined up in rows. All were planted in full sun in rich garden soil … describes its flavor and aroma as "irresistible" despite its searing heat. The jalapeno is still hot, but much less so. The 'Garden Salsa' hybrid is milder yet, developed just for …
Type: Plant Info
