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The State Botanical Garden of Tennessee, commonly known as the UT Gardens, welcomes visitors to its locations in Jackson, Crossville, and Knoxville. Each site showcases the latest research and education in horticulture and provides visitors with outstanding green spaces to learn, play, explore, and relax.

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Horticultural experts with the UT Gardens evaluate some 4,000 annuals, perennials, herbs, tropical plants, trees, shrubs, vegetables, and ornamental grasses each year.

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Plant of the Month

Large-leaved chartreuse foliage plant with stalks of white blooms.

Plant of the Month

There’s No Such Thing as Too Many Hostas

May 1, 2025May 1, 2025

UT Gardens’ May Plant of the Month Submitted by Mary Lewnes Albrecht, professor emerita, Department of Plant Sciences, UT Gardens, Knoxville. With more than 10,000 or so cultivars to choose…

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UT Gardens - The State Botanical Garden of Tennessee

Horticultural experts with the UT Gardens evaluate some 4,000 annuals, perennials, herbs, tropical plants, trees, shrubs, vegetables, and ornamental grasses each year.

Flood Related Resources

Plant of the Month

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