Dig It! Garden Blog

Over the past few years there has been a dramatic decline in the monarch butterfly population. This has been caused by a variety of things, including loss of milkweed, drought conditions, pesticide, and habitat loss….

A sweet, earthy wind blows over the green and soggy Great Lawn. It settles at times, letting the sun take a turn at warming your cheeks, but it remains persistent, bending grasses and branches. The…

When spring finally comes to the gardens, 35,000 tulips will pop through the soil of beds all over Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, giving us an incredible display of color as the world comes out of…

Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens is reopening this November 21 for an event called Gardens Aglow. The gardens will be decorated with thousands of different colored lights, some of which even interact with music. These special…

Norweb Entrance Garden: Chamaepericlymenum canadense — Bunchberry Clematis terniflora – Sweet Autumn Clematis Cuphea micropetala – Bat-faced Cuphea (In Containers) Fuchsia ‘Autumnale’ – (In Containers) Hydrangea paniculata ‘Limelight’ – Panicle Hydrangea Zantedeschia ‘Edge of Night’…

Norweb Entrance Garden: Chamaepericlymenum canadense — Bunchberry Cuphea micropetala – Bat-faced Cuphea (In Containers) Fuchsia ‘Autumnale’ – (In Containers) Hemerocallis – Daylily Hydrangea paniculata ‘Limelight’ – Panicle Hydrangea Zantedeschia ‘Edge of Night’ – Calla Lily…

Norweb Entrance Garden: Chamaepericlymenum canadense — Bunchberry Cuphea micropetala – Bat-faced Cuphea (In Containers) Fuchsia ‘Autumnale’ – (In Containers) Hemerocallis – Daylily Hydrangea paniculata ‘Limelight’ – Panicle Hydrangea Zantedeschia ‘Edge of Night’ – Calla Lily…

Giles Rhododendron Garden: Hostas all coming into bloom! Anemone coronaria ‘Mr Fokker’ Rhododendron Thalictrum flavun ssp. Glaucum Geranium Gerwat aka ‘Rozanne’ Astilbes are popping Hydrangea arborescens ‘Annabelle’ Dicentra ‘Burning Hearts’ Iris ensata ‘Emotion’