Perhaps the Best Shade-Loving Perennial for the Garden Submitted by Susan Hamilton, Director of the University of Tennessee GardensHostas are often touted as the best shade-loving perennial plants for the…
UT Gardens May 2015 Plant of the Month: Hosta
UT Gardens’ April 2015 Plant of the Month: Creeping Phlox
A Striking “Carpet” in the Spring Landscape Patricia McDaniels Submitted by Carol Burdett, Cumberland County Master Gardener and volunteer with the UT Gardens, Crossville Creeping phlox is a gardening favorite that…
UT Gardens’ March 2015 Plant of the Month: Hardy Kiwi Berry
Submitted by Holly S. Jones, manager of the Kitchen Garden at the UT Gardens, Knoxville When I first learned that you could grow kiwis in Tennessee, I had a hard time…
UT Gardens’ February 2015 Plant of the Month: Supermarket Orchid
Patricia McDaniels Submitted by Carol Burdett, Cumberland County Master Gardener and volunteer with the UT Gardens, CrossvilleDid someone bless you with a beautiful orchid? Mass marketing has hit the orchid world!…
UT Gardens’ January 2015 Plant of the Month: ‘Angelina’ stonecrop
Patricia McDaniels Submitted by Susan Hamilton, Director of the University of Tennessee Gardens Frigid fall and winter temperatures are challenging not only for man and beast but also for plants.…
UT Gardens December 2014 Plant of the Month: Paperbark Maple
Submitted by Andrew Pulte, University of Tennessee Department of Plant Sciences If you were to ask me what the most photographed plant is during the winter at the UT Gardens, Knoxville,…
UT Gardens November 2014 Plant of the Month: Ginkgo Tree
Submitted by James Newburn, assistant director, UT Gardens, Knoxville As fall foliage puts on one final show of brilliance in November, one of the most outstanding trees is the Ginkgo or…
UT Gardens Plant of the Month for October 2014: Cyclamen
Submitted by Carol Reese, UT Extension horticulture specialist, Western Region Though brilliant foliage is the dominant theme of autumn, a diminutive little gem of a plant,cyclamen, is also having its…
UT Gardens Plant of the Month for September 2014: Sunflower
Submitted by James Newburn, assistant director, UT Gardens, Knoxville Sunflower – the very name brings a smile to most people’s faces. Sunflowers are one of the few flowers, along with perhaps…
UT Gardens Plant of the Month for August 2014: Cardinal Flower
Submitted by Derrick Stowell, HGTV – UT Gardens educator Cardinal flower, also known as Lobelia cardinalis, is a beautiful native perennial found throughout North America. It can be an overlooked flower for the landscape,…