Historic London Town & Gardens

Scilla bifolia 'rosea' - entire plant Scilla bifolia 'Rosea' is one of the earliest perennial bulbs that fills up the ornamental garden...

Crocus sps. Habit of a plant, number of plant parts, texture, preferred ecosystems and many other specifics are shared characteristics...

Flowers of Galanthus sps. 'Snowdrops', 'Fair Maid of February' As early as February, there are subtle signs of spring in a much dormant...

Leaves, petals, stems, bark, buds, roots are all what one expects to see when you mention any plant form. But what if there weren't any...

'And into the forest I go to lose my mind and find my soul" ~ John Muir Conservation and preservation are crucial for all landscapes....

Gardens and goats? Well, that doesn’t go quite together, but invasive plants are always on demand on the menu for goats! In the Pacific...

"The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn" - Ralph Waldo Emerson New year, new beginnings, maybe small beginnings. Every...

Franklinia alatamaha 'Franklin tree' Saving and learning about extant, endangered and threatened species should be a resolution for every...

Guess what? Kinship exists in humans, animals, as well as in plants! Kin recognition in plants is a recent study and even though the...

Today, instead of the usual winter blues that one can get as the grey clouds cover and the colder crisper air crawls in, we will be...

Ilex is a genus belonging to the Aquifoliaceae family with over 450 species. From being used for decorating a wreath or being used as a...

How about little more of Pumpkin, but just as food for thought: 'Pepon', 'Pompon', 'Pumpion' and then finally how did it get to...

Lianas (woody creeping plants) can easily add an artistic touch to any landscape, unless one of them is an aggressive invasive. Most...

Camellia sasanqua 'Hana Jiman' (picture courtesy: Dinny White) Crossing plants is certainly a fine craft and more so when it comes to...

Oak stump cross section. Towering the tallest canopy layers in the woodland gardens at London Town, you will mostly find the grand Willow...

It is turning out to be a slow-paced beautiful fall so far this year. The warm fall leaf colors of the Black Gum, Maple and Gingko trees...

Around the time that the sugar Maples starts showing off the fall leaf colors with an array of yellow, orange and red mixed together,...

Slowly but surely, many leaves have started to show off their fall colors. The pigments in the leaves that are responsible for the...

Mums, asters and pansies have filled up nurseries to the brim, and many are already blooming in garden beds as fall prep. Around this...

Groundcovers and understory shrub layers are an essential core of a woodland garden. The canopy layers in a woodland forest are a mixed...