May 26, 2016
What’s in Bloom This Week – May 25, 2016
Staff Picks These small trees (Cercis canadensis – Eastern Redbud) are at their peak right now! We’re at the very top of their range, meaning they are marginally hardy, but with this past year’s mild…
May 19, 2016
What’s in Bloom – May 19, 2016
Staff Picks This Narcissus ‘Manly’ is outstanding. A creamy yellow double daffodil that stays in bloom for a long time. Perfect in the Norweb Entrance Garden! – Sharmon, horticulturist The Mertensia virginica (Virginia Bluebells) is…
May 5, 2016
What’s in Bloom – May 5, 2016
Staff Picks Don’t miss the Lysichiton camtschatcencis (Asian skunk cabbage) in the Lerner Garden this week. The white blossoms are stunning. – Will, horticulturist These Narcissus ‘Kokopelli’ Jonquilla Daffodils along the Event Lawn have the…
May 3, 2016
How can you help the monarchs?
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….
March 28, 2016
Preparing for Monarchs: The Migration of Our Flying Hort Staff
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…
December 18, 2015
Shhh! Plants are sleeping in these beds!
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…
November 12, 2015
Dancing with the Lights
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…
September 28, 2015
What’s in Bloom This Week
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’…