Garden Design
Monday, December 1st, 2008
In August of 2005 during the national meeting of the American Conifer Society (ACS) in Philadelphia, attendees visited the Scott Arboretum for tours of our collections and for lectures. It was at this meeting that we first started discussing the possibility of the Arboretum being home to an American Conifer Society Reference Garden. I plan to chronicle the process of developing an ACS Reference Garden at the Scott Arboretum. I hope these posts provide you with insight on how to renovate an old garden.
Currently the ACS has reference gardens in Oregon and Massachusetts. These gardens must represent at least eight…
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Friday, November 7th, 2008
Last week here at the Scott Arboretum, gardener Lars Rasmussen taught a class about growing backyard fruit trees. Instead of focusing on the traditional crops of cherries and apples, Lars introduced us to a whole new world of delicious and beautiful trees that can easily be incorporated into our gardens and provide us with tasty treats come harvest time. Interesting backyard fruit trees are a great way to integrate edible plants into your garden.
Asimina triloba, our native pawpaw, is an interesting plant for several reasons. This time of year, its yellow fall color is notable as it starts towards the…
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Thursday, November 6th, 2008
Throughout the fall, the Arboretum receives numerous calls about when is the best time to visit to experience fall color on campus. For the past several weeks, we have been promoting the striking colors of our maple collection along Whittier Place while noting that the rest of campus had not reached peak fall color yet. Cultivars like Acer rubrum ‘October Glory’, Acer saccharum ‘Bonfire’, and Acer rubrum Red Sunset ® have been creating a wonderful preview to the colors of fall. On my drive into work this morning, I was inspired by the yellow and orange tones of Zelkova serrata…
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