Treasures from the Members Plant Exchange and Sale
We had a great time at the Members Plant Exchange and Sale this weekend. Thank you to the 72 members who contributed plants and the 102 members who participated. 2,708 plants were exchanged.
Plant dropoff was held on Friday evening and Saturday morning. photo credit: C. Sawyers
Check out Heidi Sentivan’s post on her “haul” from the exchange and how she is using all her new treasure in her garden.
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Plants of the Week – May 7
Amsonia ‘Blue Ice’, planted in the Entrance Garden between the Wister Center and Cunningham House, is a hybrid cultivar with many similarities to A. tabernaemontana. Two attributes that set Amsonia ‘Blue Ice’ apart from the species include darker blue flowers and a more compact habit. The cultivar grows to 18” in height, does not require staking, and develops yellow fall color. This perennial is ideal as an edging plant or in an open woodland setting. Photo credit: J. Coceano
The Oyama magnolia, Magnolia sieboldii, is unique among magnolias for the pendant to horizontally-borne ivory flowers produced in mid to late spring. Further…
Artful Gardens: Part I – Metasequoia Allee
As the world looks to Philadelphia to celebrate the collection of Albert and Laura Barnes, we also want to celebrate their appreciation of the art form of gardening. While Albert Barnes was assembling his paintings and other objets d’art in the 1920 and 30s, his wife Laura Barnes was given the responsibility of developing the garden. As the visual arts were the passion of Dr. Barnes, so horticulture was the passion of his wife. The 12 acre Arboretum was Laura’s living landscape, her ever-changing art gallery.
She recognized that gardening uses the trunks and stems of trees and shrubs to create…
