We were thrilled this week, to find that one of our native wild gingers, Asarum finzelii has produced a plethora of garden seedlings this year. This species from Northeastern Alabama, was only recently described in 2020 by Alabama botanist Brian Keener, who happens to be a speaker for our 2026 Southeastern Plant Symposium in early […]
Today, Wednesday, March 25, is the NC State University Day of Giving (DOG). A decade ago, the University accepted our gift of JLBG and Plant Delights Nursery, for long term preservation. The easy part was to preserve the 28 acres on which JLBG sits. The more difficult task was to raise funds for a long
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Flowering this week in the garden is Cymbidium (pronounced “Some Biddy Yum”) goeringii ‘Datuanyuan’. The evergreen foliage of this woodland, terrestrial orchid, resembles a clump of monkey grass, until it starts flowering in early March. While we have grown these for decades, this is the first flowering of this special cultivar with rounded petals and
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Two of the best performing lungworts in our trials are pictured below, Pulmonaria ‘Diana Clare’ from Cotswold Garden Flowers, and Pulmonaria ‘Shrimps on the Barbie’ from the breeders at Terra Nova. Both have incredible vigor, and put on an exceptional show in the late winter garden and into spring, currently at JLBG. Both are planted
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In 2023, we listed a new selection of the North American native buffalo grass, Tridens strictus ‘Buffalo Feathers’. It went over as well as a tax hike, selling a pitiful 42 plants over a two year span. Well, after a winter of snow and ice, the plumes are still upright, and looking great. Credit to
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Here are a few photos of our garden specimens of Helleborus x hybridus this week. If you weren’t one of the 7,800 visitors who got to see these in person during our recent Winter Open Nursery and Garden, here’s what you missed. Although they look decent in photos, they are much better in person. Since
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Looking out from our kitchen is a real joy in late winter, thanks to the show put on by Prunus x subhirtella ‘Scott Early’. This amazing specimen was shared back in the 1990s by the staff of Swarthmore’s Scott Arboretum. Although it’s still rare in commerce, this cultivar was introduced by the Scott Arboretum in
One of the finest late winter bulbs we’ve ever grown is the stunning Nothoscordum sellowianum. This incredible South American bulb, hails from the regions around Buenos Aires. When we first tried this back in the late 1980s,. we planted it in shade, which it didn’t appreciate. Before it died, we moved our last bulbs to
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Here is our production block of the spring-leaf lycoris species and hybrids. Sadly, the only one of these amazing plants that is widely known is the hybrid, Lycoris x squamigera. These are much slower to offset than the fall-leaf species, so when we dig a clonal block to offer, it may be five of more
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