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.
Horticultural experts with the UT Gardens evaluate some 4,000 annuals, perennials, herbs, tropical plants, trees, shrubs, vegetables, and ornamental grasses each year.
Plant of the Month
![Airy plant with clusters of light purple blooms.](https://utgardens.tennessee.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/220/2024/07/July-POM-Verbena-bonariensis.jpeg-zoomed-in-768x672.jpeg)
Tall Verbena Attracts Butterflies and Other Pollinators
Submitted by Shalena Durkot, garden coordinator at the UT Gardens, Crossville Pollinator plants are a hot commodity, and who doesn’t want to attract beautiful butterflies to their garden? While there…
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS
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