The native plant of the month for August at Wellfield Botanic Gardens is the compass plant, or Silphium laciniatum. Compass plant is a...

Purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria) is an invasive species native to Europe and Asia which can be described as a perennial with a...

Phlox paniculata, also known as Garden Phlox or Tall Phlox, is an herbaceous perennial native to the eastern and central United States....

Ailanthus altissima, more commonly known as Tree-of-Heaven, is an invasive species growing across the United States. This deciduous tree...

June’s Native of the Month: Baptisia australis The perennial Baptisia australis, with the common name blue false indigo, is June’s native...

The spongy moth (Lymantria dispar), formerly known as gypsy moth, has been a problem species in the United States since they were...

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

Recently, one of our guests sent a picture wondering what the name of the amazingly exotic looking flower and leaf (pictured above) they...

One of the key concepts that an ecologically minded gardener should keep in mind while designing and fostering their landscapes is the...

This is the time of year for earnest winter pruning ; Wellfield staff are actively engaged in moving through trees and shrubs to...

I received an email responding to a presentation I did recently, and I thought I would share the questions posed with you, dear (lucky)...

Gardeners often spend January and February pouring over seed catalogues dreaming, always dreaming. They turn the pages, suddenly halting...

“In these uncertain times” is a phrase you may have heard more often lately; as we all know, uncertainties make it hard to plan for the...

Hello everyone! It’s your friendly gardener on Main Street, coming at you with another wild and wacky gardening thought. Just for a...

Happy 2021! If you’ve visited the Gardens recently, you may have noticed a singular container arrangement at the south entrance to the...

Hello there again! It is time for another weekly installment from your Main Street gardener; a time where I bedazzle your imagination and...

Today is All Hallows’ Eve, a day for the ghoulies and the ghosties, and one more chance to talk about a plant with a long spooky history...

And now for this week’s installment in our continuing series on spooky plants (if you’ve missed any of our earlier blogs, check out the...

This week, we continue exploring spooky plants by taking a look at a plant with which we are all familiar: Parthenocissus quinquefolia ,...

Last week, I started an eerie botanical series featuring dangerous or spooky plants with this post about the Autumnal Croci . This week,...