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Entrance Walk: Aesculus x carnea ‘Ft. McNair’ – red horse chestnut Amsonia ciliata ‘Spring Sky’ – blue star Calycanthus x raulstonii ‘Hartlage Wine’ – sweetshrub Syringa x prestoniae ‘Donald Wyman’ – lilac Viburnum plicatum forma…

Hydrangea paniculata ‘Limelight’ is spectacular! These are at the Norweb Entrance Garden. – Sharmon, director of horticulture Pennisteum ‘Fireworks’ certainly is putting on a show this time of year! This annual grass makes a great…

I love this ‘American Dawn’ Dahlia! Find it on the steps leading up to and scattered around the Cleaver Event Lawn. – Anna, horticulturist Sagittarius latifolia (Common Arrowhead) is beautiful in the Slater Forest Pond….

A reliable perennial I would recommend to any gardener with sun and space is Thalictrum rochebruneanum, also called Meadow Rue. This statuesque plant gets to be over 7 feet tall and it topped with a…

Origanum ‘Kent Beauty’ ornamental oregano…the sweetly nodding pink bracts look great in the container leading up the steps to the Cleaver Event Lawn. – Anna, Horticulturist Shout Out! To this perfect perennial! Crocosmia ‘George Davidson’…

The Gardens has a lot of volunteers, and an important group among them are our volunteer pollinators. Honey bees are a key pollinator that we depend on. We maintain a small apiary – a fancy…

Staff Picks These lovely water lilies (Nymphea hardy water lily) in the children’s garden remind me of being young and catching frogs in the pond. – Tina, IT Coordinator Now that we’re open until 6pm…

Staff Picks This week, be sure to make your way up under the Rose Arbor in the Arbor Garden. There you’ll find Clematis ‘Multi Blue’ blooming it’s little head off! The color is simply out…