Posted September 30, 2011 by Ellen Hertzman, Manager of Volunteer Experience
Late Summer Color
If you are like me, right now you are politely thanking summer for all its delights, and telling it to get lost already—it’s Fall! I went in search of autumn in the Gardens this week, and found the beginnings, as well as plenty of summer color to enjoy. Do be sure to come visit one last time (or two) before first frost—the landscape definitely changes after that, and it could happen any day now.
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Posted August 26, 2009 by Cindy Newlander, Associate Director of Horticulture
Mountain ash
Bright red fruit on Sorbus aucuparia 'Fastigiata'
This mountain ash had visitors stopping and staring and then asking “What is THAT?” yesterday. It is a slow-growing tree and according to Michael Dirr in his Manual of Woody Landscape Plants,
“Upright with strongly ascending branches, dark green leaves, good large sealing wax red fruits…”
I like the clump form with multiple glossy gray trunks which are also stunning in winter after the leaves drop. It flowers in spring with large flat clusters of white flowers
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