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January 2011 Plant Profile: Cornus sericea ‘Flaviramea’
The winter landscape is incomplete without the presence of twig-dogwoods. Their stately, yet elegant stems, vibrant color and imposing form in the garden is remarkable. What’s more impressive is their...
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February 2011 Plant Profile: The Genus Galanthus
Galanthus nivalis in the Fragrance Garden We have several forms of the dainty and delicate snowdrop growing here at the Center for Urban Horticulture. Of all spring emphemeral bulbs, Galanthus have...
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Horticulture Vignettes from a Busy Spring in the Gardens
“Something old…” OK, so there’s the “old”, as in “enough already”, cold wet spring weather that seems to be continuing into summer and creating a monster weed season for us. And, there’s the “old” as...
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February 2013 Plant Profile: Cyclamen coum
Who says there isn’t much color in the landscape in the winter time? The month of February is peak bloom for one of the most delicate, yet tough plants in the winter garden. Hugging the ground with...
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Witch Hazels are in bloom
There are several species of Witch Hazel, genus Hamamelis, featured in the Witt Winter Garden, which is in all its glory this month. The colors range from yellow to orange to red and their scent is...
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March 2013 Plant Profile: Edgeworthia chrysantha
I always attempt to showcase a different plant , but for the second year in a row, I simply couldn’t resist mentioning a species that people who visit UW Botanic Garden’s Center for Urban Horticulure...
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Winter Wrap-Up: Certainly NOT Boring…
According to Cliff Mass, UW meteorologist, our past winter of 2012-2013 was the most “boring” on record. There were no major weather events such as wind storms, artic blasts, snowfalls in the lowlands...
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Winter Blooms Abound
The winter blooming shrubs Hamamelis, or Witch Hazels, are currently at peak bloom sending out their lovely aroma and luring visitors into The Witt Winter Garden. This plant and other winter bloomers...
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Take A Tour!
Get out and stretch your legs this spring! The UW Botanic Gardens are going to some familiar and not-so-familiar places this spring. Explore a new garden, and maybe even get some ideas for your own...
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Slowing the Clock with Winter
Before we know it, it will be spring. April will be here and there will be flowers and (more) rain and leaf buds opening. We will continue on with our lives; work, school, exercise, going out and of...
View ArticleWinter Garden Project: Remodeling the “Living Walls”
Arboretum Tree Removal Notification: The week of 8/25/14, UWBG tree crew will embark on a project located in the Winter Garden (read about project below). 4 western red cedars will be removed due to...
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January 2015 Plant Profile: Helleborus x ericsmithii ‘Shooting Star’
The first of the year starts off with a bang with a most wonderful hellebore hybrid to ring in the new year showing the first blossoms of the season. Here at the Center for Urban Horticulture, we’ve...
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November 2015 Plant Profile: Danae racemosa
By Roy Farrow November, I’ve found, is a difficult month to choose a garden highlight. The glory of autumn color is passing as the storms of our historically wettest month remove the most stubborn...
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January 2016 Plant Profile: a Study on Sticks in the Witt Winter Garden
Bare Naked in a Public Garden (a Study on Sticks in the Witt Winter Garden) By Roy Farrow I love January. The dark, wet, oppressive weather of December is past as the temperature finally drops...
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Picturing Your Garden In Winter
Winter in Seattle offers a bounty of botanical treasures, and nowhere is this more apparent than in the Joseph A. Witt Winter Garden in the Washington Park Arboretum. Want to learn to capture the...
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