Out and About in the Arboretum

Winter Wolf’s Bane (also called Winter Aconite) is coming into bloom. The small cup-shaped flowers, which sit on fans of bright green leaves, open at the first hint of warmth.

What an encouraging sign that spring is on its way. These petite daffodils are giving it their all in the Medford Campus Atrium. A wonderful sign of spring to come.

The witch hazel ‘Diane’ is a red-flowered form with spreading branches. This loosely-branched, deciduous shrub typically grows to 12-20′ tall. It has spidery, fragrant, mid- to late winter flowers which are in bloom now.

The Lenten Rose is an early bloomer in the Arboretum. It is an evergreen groundcover with dark-green, shiny foliage and long-lasting flowers.

The Mediterranean Pink Winter Heath, Erica x darleyensis ‘Mediterranean Pink’, is now in bloom. This wonderful evergreen shrub has a great mounding habit and will show the lavender-pink flowers through early spring.

This tiny white flower is almost always the first to bloom in the New Year. The delicate white color symbolizes innocence and purity. Because this is the first flower to bloom at the end of winter it also symbolizes hope, always a wonderful feeling for all of us to embrace.