Nursery News

Despite the weather forecasts, today turned out to be a beautiful sunny winter day with temperatures in the mid 40s.  Snow melt continues at a fast pace in most parts of the garden. The hellebores in the garden are still blooming well despite the recent weather. As one pile of snow melted away today, we

Buy New Plants! Shop now – we’ve just added over 35 new plants to the online catalog, including a number of ferns, several hard-to-find cyclamen, several crinum lilies, hostas, peonies, and even a couple more agaves and hellebores …most available in very limited quantities, so order now. Shop the entire collection of new 2015 plants

It’s almost time for our first open nursery and garden days for 2015, starting tomorrow, Friday.  To create some interesting photographic moments, we’ve spread this white powder all over the garden. Despite what you may have seen on television, PDN has only about 1/2″ on the ground, so the staff is here and working to

Here is a photo of the amazing Helleborus ‘Penny’s Pink’  I snapped yesterday…what a wonderful plant for both foliage and flowers.  We’re also pleased to share the latest video on our hellebores that Katie and I just completed…enjoy!

Only four days remain before the start of our 2015 Winter Open Nursery and Garden.  The greenhouses are brimming with flowering hellebores….2000 in full flower, by our count this morning. This is a great chance to visit and hand-pick your favorite lenten roses, although  all PDN plants for sale are also available.  Here are just

We hope you’re enjoying winter, where ever you might be reading this.  If you live near Boston…skip this section. Our winter in NC started out cold, then moderated during January, followed by an unusually late February blast of arctic air. While we’ve not been as cold as last winter, our cold has come much later. 

I’ve just wrapped a fascinating horticultural convergence….a trip to the Seattle area for the first International Mahonia Summit.  The summit, held on Washington’s Kitsap peninsula, drew 45 mahonia enthusiasts from around the world (France, England, Japan, and across the US).  We enjoyed 7 talks, three tours, and engaged in three days of mahonia discussion with

My lack of IT skills showed when I tried to post the catalog production video earlier…oops.  I installed the link incorrectly, but have it fixed now on the blog.  Enjoy!

I hope those of you in regions of the county experiencing a brief warm period are enjoying time out in the garden. I’ve been out most of the morning, and after a lunch break will head back out…lots to plant.   If you’re in a colder zone and stuck indoors, you might enjoy this short

It was great to have so many folks show up yesterday for my lecture for the Scott Arboretum/Hardy Plant Society’s Joanne Walkovic Memorial lecture near Philadelphia.  It’s always great to see and chat with so many long-time friends and PDN customers. I only wish I’d had more time to roam around the amazing plantings at