Historic London Town & Gardens

Barks have many tales to tell: age, stress, genus, disease, and predators. Barks can also be an excellent tool for plant identification...

Seed germination is one of the most critical points in the life cycle of a plant. Seeds vary in size, structure, texture and a whole lot...

One of the newest volunteer groups in the horticulture department is the 'plant propagation' group that meets every Friday to experiment...

If I had to pick one flower that has the most delicate shade of pink, and lasted throughout summer, I would definitely pick the Japanese...

London Town’s gardens have an excellent collection of specimen trees and shrubs, some happen to be exquisitely fragrant. I will be...

Enjoy watching the pollinator garden transformation, including the first Monarch butterfly of the season! The restoration process for...

Plants/organisms that live together share different types of relationships that either benefit both or benefit at least one partner or...

Not just the swallow tail in the video below seems stuck on the gorgeous Lily, but I am too! Oriental lilies are considered be one of the...

Calla lilies come in a variety of colors. Callas are true ornamental flowers that exude elegance, style and beauty from all angles and in...

Could Solanum vegetables make you happy? Can eating right vegetables and fruit enhance your health as well as your mood? Well, Eggplants...

In the spirit of 'National Pollinator Week' and a wonderful 'Pollination Exploration' workshop being held at London Town tomorrow (Sat....

In just under a week on Saturday, June 22 at 10am, London Town will welcome Dr. Herbert Brewer to speak on the slave ship Margaret and...

If I had to pick the best of all small trees, I would most definitely pick 'Stewartia pseudocamilla' to be the winner. It belongs to the...

Have you ever spotted any sports in your yard or other gardens? Nope, I am not talking about sports as in basketball, football or...

Senesce or senescence is the biological process of aging, abscission and eventually death. Flowers usually have the shortest period of...

Now that most spring blooming flowers have wrapped their show, the highlights of early summer flowers have just started blooming at...

Today, let's have a look at a couple of habitat connections you can find at Historic London Town and Gardens. If you stroll through the...

Peonies (Paeonias sps.) certainly steal the show in May in the ornamental gardens at Historic London Town and Gardens. Very aptly,...

Most nurseries are loaded with early to late summer blooming perennial and annual flowers. Today, I am going to talk about some examples...

For the first time in at least a century (if not 200 years), this arched architectural feature is revealed! We believe that this feature...