Dig It! Garden Blog

Fall blooms are opening! As you explore the Garden’s, look for toad lilies including Jim’s Tall Towers toad lily in the Bibby and Harold Alfond Children’s Garden (Tricyrtis ‘Jim’s Tall Towers), and Blue Wonder toad…

Across the grounds, anemones are blooming! Look for the bright pink blooms of Curtain Call Deep Rose Japanese Anemone (Anemone ‘Curtain Call Deep Rose’) in the Lerner Garden of the Five Senses, and the double-petaled…

Late summer and early autumn flowers are in full bloom across the Gardens! Look for the toad lily (Tricyrtis macropoda) blooming in mass in Slater Forest Pond, the seven-sons flower (Heptacodium miconioides) opening in the…

The deep purple flowers of blazing star (Liatris spp.) are blooming across the Gardens! Compare the large flowers of Rocky Mountain blazing star (Liatris ligulistylis) and rough blazing star (Liatris aspera) in the Butterfly House…

Beautiful and fragrant sweetshrub (Clethra alnifolia) flowers are blooming across the gardens! Look the pink blooms of Ruby Spice sweetshrub (Clethra alnifolia ‘Ruby Spice’) in the Lerner Garden of the Five Senses and the fragrant…

Highlights: This week some plants at the peak of their blooms include rose-of-Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus), garden phlox (Phlox paniculata), coneflowers (Rudbeckia spp.), hydrangeas (Hydrangea spp.) and a few late-blooming anemone (Anemone spp.). The Bibby and…

Highlights: This week, visitors entering through the Emory Welcome Gardens might be wowed by the the massive scarlet blooms of the Midnight Marvel hibiscus (Hibiscus ‘Midnight Marvel’). Hydrangeas (Hydrangea) of many species and cultivars continue…

Entomologist Zac Smith-Hess discusses easy ways to increase biodiversity in residential yards. Originally published by the Free Press. This article was originally written by Freyja Grey for The Free Press Online, and republished with permission….