Our hostas have happy roots! Hostas are often touted as the best shade-loving plants for the perennial garden. At Plant Delights Nursery our hostas are all container-grown and are multiple-division plants that you can immediately divide. All of the hostas that appear in this post are from our own breeding program at Juniper Level Botanic
Here are some ornamental seed pods from the garden this week.
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Each year we offer nearly 1,500 unique, rare and native perennials for sale, out of the 26,000 taxa in the garden. As we are constantly trialing new plants coming to the market and evaluating underutilized or unknown perennials from around the world, we must retire hundreds of plants each year to make room in our
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Today is National Black Cat Appreciation Day, so we would like to recognize past and present nursery cats of JLBG. If you’ve visited the gardens during open house and gardens, you have, no doubt, met some or all of our family of cats over the years. Henry and Jasper are the current reigning Nursery Cats
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Here are some ornamental and edible seed pods from the garden this week.
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With summer showers, come August flowers! At Juniper Level Botanic Garden, rain lilies (zephyranthes), are one of our specialty collections. We work with top rain lily breeders and collectors around the world and our collection contains 25 species, several unknown species, and 257 unique clones. Here is a link to our photo gallery of zephyranthes
This past week I went to our catalog printer in Lynchburg, VA for the press check of our Fall Catalog. The whole scope of the process and vast size of the printing presses is quite fascinating. A printed copy of the cover off the press is compared to the initial proof and any minor tweaks
Here are some interesting fruits and seed pods from the garden this week. Many Hydrangea have colorful sepals that persist long after the plant has flowered, extending it’s season of interest.
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Turn your garden into a pollinator’s paradise with a progression of blooms throughout the seasons. Learn more about the fantastic relationships between plants and their pollinators during our upcoming pollinators class with nursery manager, Meghan Fidler, Saturday, August 17, 10am-noon.
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Take a moment out of your busy day and be quiet in the garden. Listen to the cicadas, the frogs, the birds chirping. Notice and appreciate the natural world around you.
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