Congratulations to NC plantsman and friend Doug Ruhren, who was just named the new Gardens Manager for the JC Raulston Arboretum. Doug has volunteered in the perennial border at the arboretum for nearly 30 years, among full-time stints at Chatwood Camellia Gardens, Montrose, Daniel Stowe Botanic Garden, and the American Camellia Society headquarters. As an
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If you grow many plants from seed, you already know the chance of finding variegated offspring is actually fairly good..if you have a detailed eye. Most variegates have little if any commercial value, other than to crazy plant collectors, who will gladly trade their first born for a start. Still, it’s always exciting when these
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While Lycoris x squamigera is one of the first surprise lily to flower each summer, Lycoris x caldwellii (Lycoris chinensis x longituba) is one of the last, usually in early to mid September in NC. With the popularity of Lycoris x squamigera in gardens through the upper midwest, it is quite shocking not to find the
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We are very excited to add four brand new Helleborus niger hybrids (bred with Helleborus x hybridus) to our fall on-line catalog. These are sisters to the wildly popular Helleborus ‘Anna’s Red’ and ‘Penny’s Pink’, all with outfacing flowers, incredible silver-veined foliage, and no seed. Our supplies of each are very limited. Helleborus ‘Cheryl’s Shine’
New sterile hybrid hellebores for fall – sneak peek Read More »
We were thrilled to welcome Raleigh based Treecology firm, Leaf and Limb for a volunteer workday at Juniper Level Botanic Gardens (JLBG) recently. Almost 30 team members showed up with tree equipment to help with pruning, and some woodland canopy opening. These volunteer work days are also used as a training opportunity for newer
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Foxtrot – “a dance characterized by long, continuous flowing movements” – Wikipedia. Pennisetum ‘Foxtrot’ – I’ve long loved this splendid fountain grass, but somehow never managed to remember to stop and take a good photo…until now. We like it so much, we planted a big mass around our new home. These were planted as 1 quart pots
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I will admit I originally purchased this from We-Du Nursery co-founder, Dick Weaver for the name, after he shared the story of tromping through the woods near his home in Polly Spout, NC, and spotted what appeared to be a green cow pie. It turned out to be an exceptional form of the native woodland
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We were marveling this week at the incredible number of pollinator insects feeding on Sedum ‘Dynomite‘ in the garden. Visitors included honeybees, native bumblebees, dirt daubers, and assorted other wasps…all feasting away as if the buffet was closing. Gardens can be environmentally healthy and attractive. Fom a different angle, the same plant of Sedum ‘Dynomite‘, combined
Magnets and Magenta…both attract Read More »
Can we have a collective, WOW! For decades, we’ve begged plant breeders to use the weeping butterfly bush, Buddleia lindleyana in their breeding. Although two breeders did so, and we have their F1 (first generation) hybrids in the garden, no one took it to further generations…until now. We are please to help introduce these amazing
New Cascades Butterfly Bushes…not your grandmothers buddleias Read More »
We require a lot from our garden cats including these exhausting marketing photo shoots. What a tough life being a garden supermodel. We’ll be sure to wake them in time to greet open nursery and garden visitors this weekend.
Supermodel at rest Read More »
