Fall is a great time for gardening. With cooler weather there is less transpiration and water stress on the plants. Also, even though the top of the plant may be dormant, the roots are still growing. This gives the plants a chance to establish a good foundation over the winter and a head-start going into […]
Fall is a Great Time for Planting!! Read More »
Thanks for the great feedback on the hosta image. Since most folks don’t have experience in plant breeding, we thought it might be interesting to share the crosses and parents involved to get to this point. Our Hosta is PDN#10-004 and is a cross of PDN07-0793 x ((PDN05-156 x PDN04-180) (kikutii x ‘Gemstone’ (venusta ‘Minima’
Like sci-fi zombies re-awakening, ferns in the garden are spring back to life. Nothing says spring quite like the presence of new fern fronds emerging…known as croziers. Below are several different fern images we’ve taken as they emerged this spring. The first is the bamboo fern, coniogramme. Lepisorus or ribbon ferns, with their long narrow
Fern zombies awaken in the garden Read More »
I recently caught this gal making a deposit in the garden. Unlike cats, which do this to deposit other things, she’s leaving us a pile of box turtle eggs…how cool is that.
Box turtle shelling out offspring Read More »
Although many folks only know us for our commercial division, Plant Delights Nursery, it is our research division, Juniper Level Botanic Garden that is the most important. Our collections now top 22,000 taxa, making JLBG one of the most significant plant collections in the country. We spent last Friday with Dr. Jenny Xiang of NC
Disjunct genera research Read More »
Anita and I are always looking for ways to improve our photography skills since capturing the essence of a garden in a photograph can be a challenge with all the variables that mix to create a satisfying image. Practice is one of the keys to improvement and so is learning techniques from garden photography professionals. We
Garden Photography – Photo Capture and Processing Workshop Read More »
May 3, 2014 from 8a–4p at Plant Delights Nursery and JLBG – Education Center 9241 Sauls Road, Raleigh, NC 27603 Registration is required. Click here to Register. Calling all photographers! No matter your level of skill and expertise, this is a wonderful opportunity to learn and improve your garden and landscaping photography skills at the
PDN Garden Photography Workshop with Master Photographer Josh Taylor Read More »
