
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,…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…