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’ January 2015 Plant of the Month: ‘Angelina’ stonecrop
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,…
UT Gardens July 2014 Plant of the Month: Pennisetum
Patricia McDaniels Submitted by Beth Willis, trials coordinator for the UT Gardens, Knoxville Pennisetum can refer to a number of different species of ornamental grasses, all commonly referred to as fountain…
UT Gardens Plant of the Month for June 2014: Golden monkey grass
Submitted by Carol Reese, UT Extension horticulture specialist, Western Region Promoting a monkey grass for plant of the month? Seriously? Well, this is no ordinary ground cover. Liriope muscari ‘PeeDee Ingot’ has…
UT Gardens Plant of the Month for May 2014: Emily Bruner Holly
Patricia McDaniels Submitted by Ben Cordes, horticulturist, the University of Tennessee Gardens, Knoxville The UT Gardens’ selection for plant of month for May is the Emily Bruner Holly, or the Ilex x ‘Emily…
UT Gardens Plant of the Month for April 2014: Variegated Solomon’s seal
Patricia McDaniels Submitted by Jason Reeves, research horticulturist, the University of Tennessee Gardens, Jackson Chosen by the Perennial Plant Association as the 2013 Perennial Plant of the Year for its…