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The Pawpaw tree ( Asimina triloba ) is the native of the month for September here at Wellfield Botanic Gardens. Pawpaw trees are native...

For our August native plant, we are highlighting Swamp Rose Mallow (Hibiscus Moscheutos). If you have ever seen this plant with its...

Here at Wellfield Botanic Gardens, we have two gardens with vegetable beds: one in the Sensory Garden, and the other in the Children’s...

There are roughly 50 species of Liatris native to North America, but today I’m going to talk about one in particular. Liatris spicata,...

Each summer, we look forward to seeing Monarch butterflies dancing about the native prairie in the Children’s Garden, or perched atop the...

Wellfield’s native plant of the month for June is the tulip tree. The tulip tree ( Liriodendron tulipifera ) can be found in its native...

Here at Wellfield Botanic Gardens, we have multiple species of plants we started in the greenhouse from seed. These plants were started...

Flowering dogwood, Cornus florida, of the Cornaceae family, is native from southeastern Canada through the eastern United States, and...

Spring 2023’s weather has certainly been a rollercoaster. The warmth has meant earlier blooms for most of our bulbs, and we’ve definitely...

Northern Spicebush, Lindera benzoin of the Lauraceae (laurel) family, is a deciduous shrub with glossy leaves that can reach 6-15’ in...

At Wellfield Botanic Gardens, spring has started to take over, with early spring bloomers peeking out in beds and ground cover throughout...

Wellfield Horticulture Staff took a moment, as we ramp up for the season, to reflect on what they like about working at Wellfield. In a...

Seed dormancy is the state in which the seed will not germinate even in ideal conditions, before protective barriers are broken down....

While working at Wellfield Botanic Gardens, we often hear and see different varieties of native birds flying by, including cardinals,...

In the spring and summer when you look into your garden, you can see new buds and blooms on all sorts of plants. In the fall, the leaves...

Saturday, January 21st is National Squirrel Appreciation Day. There are days when the Wellfield Horticulture staff has trouble...

With winter in full swing and 2022 behind us, it is not too early to think and plan for spring 2023! A variety of plants need to be...

The spotted lanternfly hit my radar when Wellfield sent our horticulture staff to a workshop on plant pests and diseases in Louisville,...

Merry Christmas! I thought it would be fun to talk about common varieties of live Christmas trees and share a few Christmas tree facts....

As the growing season comes to an end, the garden labor also slows down. We’ve been so lucky with the warmer, drier weather we’ve...