Plant Propagation Update
Plants propagated by seed by the lath house. In recent years, the horticulture department at Historic London Town and Gardens has worked...
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Meenal Harankhedkar, Director of Horticulture
- Aug 28, 2021
- 2 min
#BotanistLens: Modular Greens
Summer is for color. Summer gardens are filled with vivacious annuals and perennial flower colors. But summer in a woodland/sun garden is...
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London Town
- Aug 20, 2021
- 2 min
#BotanistLens: Majestic marvel, Dawn redwoods
Dawn redwood, Metasequoia glyptostroboides is one of the most marvelous species growing at London Town. Thriving in full sun in...
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London Town
- Aug 13, 2021
- 1 min
#BotanistLens: Pollinator Pantry for a happy winged team!
Be it a Monarch on a Blazing star, a Swallow tail on a Tiger Lily Or be it a Bee on N. Lime green A loaded pollinator pantry is keen for...
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London Town
- Aug 5, 2021
- 1 min
#BotanistLens: Bullseye and landing pads in a garden
Flower color patterns, textures, fragrance are key guides for pollinators, with incentive being nectar in most cases and pollen in some....
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London Town
- Jul 29, 2021
- 1 min
#BotanistLens: Vector magnets: Rudbeckias, Mallows, Lilies and more
Pollinators such as bees, birds and insects are nothing but vectors 'agents' that aid in transferring the pollen from one place to...
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Meenal Harankhedkar, Director of Horticulture
- Jul 23, 2021
- 1 min
#Botanist Lens: Summer Plants at London Town
Summer gardens in the Mid-Atlantic are full of opportunities with ample choices from foliage to flowers to seed pods. Here are some...
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London Town
- Jul 18, 2021
- 2 min
#BotanistLens: Lavandin love
Genus Lavandula is well known for its essential oils and gorgeous color contrast. It is one herb that can enhance a sun garden,...
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Meenal Harankhedkar, Director of Horticulture
- Jul 14, 2021
- 2 min
#BotanistLens: BMP for a sustainable landscape: cultural weed control
One of the 'Best Management Practices' (BMP's) for a sustainable landscape, whether it is fragile like a woodland garden or a steady rock...
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Meenal Harankhedkar, Director of Horticulture
- Jul 1, 2021
- 2 min
#BotanistLens: Summer solstice and photoperiodism
Happy summer! Come June end, here in the Mid-Atlantic, most seasonal gardens will see sprouts of summer color with Gladioli, Rudbeckias,...
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Meenal Harankhedkar, Director of Horticulture
- Jun 18, 2021
- 2 min
#BotanistLens: Al paints hydrangeas!
Boosting plant vigor is easy to do with many organic ingredients like eggs shells, coffee grounds and various other commercial plant...
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Meenal Harankhedkar, Director of Horticulture
- Jun 15, 2021
- 2 min
#BotanistLens: Perennial 'healers' for every garden.
Chamomile, Paeonia and Hypericum are all perennials that aren't used together as often in an ornamental garden, but what a lovely...
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Meenal Harankhedkar, Director of Horticulture
- Jun 9, 2021
- 2 min
#BotanistLens: Apothecary garden filled with Gallicas, Damasks, Tea roses and even Knock outs!
Gardens are healing, for the mind, body, and the soul. Aroma, taste or none of it at all, and a rose is still a rose! Even one single...
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Meenal Harankhedkar, Director of Horticulture
- Jun 2, 2021
- 2 min
#BotanistLens: Wine in a bottle or a blossom?
Calycanthaceae blossoms are stunningly pretty, some are modern hybrid marvels and they all smell like a Riesling in a bottle! One whiff...
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London Town
- May 26, 2021
- 2 min
#BotanistLens: Ground covers, herbs and more!
Wildflowers of woodland gardens are the most therapeutic to observe and even more so to plant. Plant habit, root structure, moisture...
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Meenal Harankhedkar, Director of Horticulture
- May 13, 2021
- 2 min
#BotanistLens: Understory veneers of a woodland garden.
Woodland gardens key features includes, shade, shade and more shade! Deep shade, dappled shade, light sun windows, all of it offer ample...
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Meenal Harankhedkar, Director of Horticulture
- May 6, 2021
- 1 min
#BotanistLens: Rhododendron love diaries of London Town.
A diary full of color, tints and tones of "rose trees" from a place where words aren't needed to describe years worth of care for a...
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London Town
- Apr 28, 2021
- 2 min
#BotanistLens: Azalea hills of London Town
The aura of the Azalea hills and ravines of London Town are inexpressible. One has to experience in person the depth of color, form and...
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Meenal Harankhedkar, Director of Horticulture
- Apr 22, 2021
- 2 min
#BotanistLens: Stewardship of ephemeral wildflowers in mesic woodlands of London Town
Nestled between large Tulip Poplars, Red Oaks, Black gum, Dogwoods and Viburnums, are precious wildflowers found in the woodland gardens...
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Meenal Harankhedkar, Director of Horticulture
- Apr 15, 2021
- 2 min
#Botanistlens: Snakes head, Tubergens gems, Red ridding hood, Elizabeth and a large galaxy!
Plant common names are at times fun for children and those young at heart, especially when you have names like Snakes head and red riding...
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