One of our long-time favorite summer perennials is the amazing Lychnis ‘Orange Sherbet’. This gem first came into our life when I traveled for a Midwest talk in 2004, where one of the hosts asked if I’d like a plant of her Lychnis coronata. I assumed she was talking about either the common, short-lived Lychnis
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As a young gardener, the chance of growing the high elevation North American native quaking aspen in NC was always nothing more than a random thought that kept popping in my mind, being quickly dismissed, until we spotted one a few years ago at South Carolina’s Spartanburg Community College Garden. Garden director, Dr. Kevin Parris,
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One of our sarracenia beds looks lovely as it is surrounded on the elevated dry side by a ring of two ice plants, Delosperma ‘Kelaidis’ and Delosperma cooperi. We enjoy the juxtaposition of dryland and wetland plants beside each other, which causes lots of double takes.
With a large diversity of plants, the garden looks different almost daily. Here’s a recent scene featuring Deutzia ‘Nikko’ (white flowers, front), Nandina domestica ‘Twilight’ (pinkish center), Chamaecyparis obtusa ‘Chirimen’ (left of the nandina) and Acer palmatum ‘Kashima’ (behind the Chirimen).
New century plant hybrids don’t usually just happen. Yes, a bee can occasionally transfer pollen, resulting in a new hybrid, but as a rule, new hybrids require an incredible amount of work, spearheaded here by our volunteer, Vince Schneider. Vince coordinates pollen collection, storage, as well as the pollination process. While we love agaves with
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Aren’t plants endlessly fascinating? Today in the nursery I noticed that the Pelargonium aridum had set a good crop of seed. A few had opened in the fascinating way that Pelargoniums and their close cousins in the genus Geranium do: each of the 3 carpels opening and reflexing upward on the central column of the
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We’re so busy photo-documenting our trillium collection from late winter through early spring, that we often don’t take time to share any images from our collection. As we file this years images, here are a few samples. Our staff, as well as outside collaborating researchers spend significant time studying these in both the wild and
The Crevice Garden is bursting with color for our Spring Open Nursery and Gardens. Below are a few images from this week. We hope you come, meet the rock stars in person, and explore what fascinating plants await in the world of rock gardening, May 10-12, 2024.
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Our amazing 2023 introduction of Dianthus ‘Razzlepop’ is just glowing in the garden this week. We love the tight compact blue foliage, that’s smothered with these nearly fluorescent flowers…one of our favorite Hans Hansen creations.
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Our bog garden is aglow in late April, thanks to our clump of Sarracenia x moorei ‘Red Saucers’. This JLBG seedling arose from a cross of Sarracenia leucophylla ‘Hurricane Creek White’ and Sarracenia flava. This seedling selection puts on one of the best floral displays we’ve seen from any of the native pitcher plants. We
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