Greens for Wreaths: Magnolia grandiflora ‘Edith Bogue’
This is the time of the year that we begin harvesting greens at the Scott Arboretum to use for the Green Wreath workshops. All greens that are harvested are the side product of either necessary pruning that has to occur or from the removal of plants that have been deemed by the Collections Committee to be de-accessioned, usually because it is a poor specimen or an inferior selection or cultivar.
Magnolia grandiflora 'Edith Bogue' encroaching on the Wister Greenhouse. photo credit: R. Robert
On occasion we have to prune the southern magnolias, Magnolia grandiflora in our collection. Because of the construction of the…
