Updates
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For those who would like to hear more about the Durham Horticulture Farm, the farm’s superintendent, Ryan McNeill, will be giving a presentation at the Friends of the State Botanical Garden’s First Friday series. Read more about the presentation here. Preregistration is required.
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Forsythia x intermedia, known simply as Border Forsythia or Golden Bells, is a perennial shrub in the olive family (Oleaceae) along with other notable ornamental genera such as Osmanthus (Tea-olive), Ligustrum (Privet), Syringa (Lilac), Jasminum (Jasmine)and Chionanthus (Fringe Trees). The yellow bell like flowers are an early harbinger of Spring, although they arrive a few…
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Hellebores are a genus of bushy, clumping, flowering perennials in the Ranunculaceae family native to Europe, Morocco, and temperate Asia. The genus contains 22 species and many hybrids that are commonly grown in gardens for their evergreen foliage and winter or early spring-blooming flowers. Hellebores, sometimes commonly called hybrid Lenten roses or hybrid winter roses,…
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