July 28, 2016
Rare Plants at the Gardens
I recently had the pleasure of teaching a class about plants that are rare in the wild here in Maine, yet are easily accessible for study in the cultivated collection here in our Gardens. One…
July 28, 2016
What’s in Bloom – July 28, 2016
Staff Picks What surprised me most of all and is totally cool – the purple tinted Daucus carota ‘Dara’ that is growing in the Great Lawn bed, facing the café windows. Really unusual. – Courtney,…
July 21, 2016
What’s in Bloom – July 21, 2016
Staff Picks One of my favorite foxgloves is Digitalis ferruginea, the rusty foxglove. The idea of rust does not do this plant justice as the peachy, creamy color is divine! Perfect for a vertical element…
July 14, 2016
What’s in Bloom – July 14, 2016
Staff Picks Looking beautiful in the Great Lawn Ledge Bed at the moment is a new addition to Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens – Lupinus ‘My Castle,’ a lovely pinkish red perennial lupine. Here’s hoping it…
July 7, 2016
What’s in Bloom – July 7, 2016
Staff Picks Lavender is one of my all-time favorite aromatic herbs. This planting of ‘Hidcote’ (Lavandula angustifolia ‘Hidcote’) in the Bibby and Harold Alfond Children’s Garden is stunning as the flowers begin to open. In…
June 30, 2016
What’s in Bloom – June 30, 2016
Staff Picks Don’t miss the different varieties of milkweed blooming out front of the Bosarge Family Education Center – it’s crawling with happy pollinators, like these honey bees! – Erin, CFO (and Master Beekeeper) This…
June 23, 2016
What’s in Bloom June 22, 2016
Staff Picks I love the gold seed heads on Clematis ochroleuca ‘Curlyheads’ in the Event Lawn. – Anna, horticulturist I’m so excited about this little gem of a plant, Cistus ‘Bicolor Pink!’ It is in…
