Today is the final day of our 20% off clearance sale. Since we add so many new plants each year, we are forced to make room by rotating out many favorites. We are currently clearing out over 500 favorites to make room for our next crop of new plants…last chance to get these today at
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I’m just back from a quick trip to Washington DC with my stepdaughter Katie. We first stopped at the US National Arboretum to spend some time with the new director Richard Olsen, who shared his excitement about many of the exciting plans and projects underway at the people’s arboretum including the renovation of the Chinese
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Tomorrow begins our long-awaited Spring Open Nursery and Garden! The gardens have never looked better, so we hope you’ll join us to celebrate all things plants. Here are two photos from the gardens today…one from the newly opened sunny section. While you are here, you can shop our greenhouses filled with perennial plant treasures.
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A special Plant Delights congratulations to former PDN’er and NCSU graduate, Dr. Richard Olsen, who was just appointed the new Director of your U.S. National Arboretum in Washington DC. Since finishing his PhD at NCSU in 2006, Richard has worked as a tree breeder with the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Richard is an amazing plantsman,
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Sometimes when walking through our production greenhouses, it’s hard to contain our excitement about all the cool plants. For those unable to visit, here’s a shot from our epimedium greenhouses today…so many great new selections for the woodland garden!
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Hi Folks Because of the longer than normal winter at Plant Delights, and the less than optimum weather on our first Open Nursery and Garden weekend, we have added one additional winter open nursery date…Saturday March 14, from 8am – 5pm. The hellebores in the greenhouses look fabulous, and those in the garden have also
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Tony and I are pleased to announce that Keith Lukowski, currently our Assistant Curator at JLBG, has been promoted to Garden Supervisor and Programs Coordinator. Keith will manage the garden plantings, staffing, projects, and maintenance as well as be in charge of our interns, volunteers, visitors and guests for special events, social media and programs
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Last evening, 100 attendees were treated to the Plant Explorers Symposium at the J.C. Raulston Arboretum. Plant Explorers from around the country shared their travel and plant tales, headlined by plantsman Dan Hinkley. The front panel, from l-r, Ozzie Johnson, Greg Paige, Dan Hinkley, Scott McMahan, Mark Weathington, and Andrew Bunting. Symposium attendees included
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We begin our second Winter Open Nursery and Garden weekend with bright, sunny skies…a welcome contrast to much of weekend one. The greenhouses are brimming with wonderful perennials, awaiting to be adopted. Here’s one of the sales greenhouses today with some of our bulb offerings. Our bulbs are grown in containers in greenhouse cold
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After two weeks of very cold weather, we have resumed shipping plants this week…hooray! Here are Paula’s crew today, boxing up plants for delivery to their new owners. We apologize for the delay, but thank you so much for both your orders and your patience!
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