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Discovery Garden Sneak Peek
Enjoy a look at BBG’s new Discovery Garden!
By Sarah Schmidt -
Red Sorrel
Grow this mallow family member in your garden and use its unusual seedpods to make a tasty Caribbean beverage.
By Scott D. Appell -
Agastache: Fragrant Foliage and Colorful Blooms
This lovely, sweet-smelling mint relative will add color and attract pollinators to you garden in summer and fall.
By Bob Hyland -
Box Turtles in the Garden
These placid, plodding reptiles are gradually disappearing from landscapes across eastern North America. Gardeners can help ease their plight.
By Janet Marinelli -
The Asparagus Pea
This pretty legume has deep red flowers and lovely frilled seedpods, which are edible and taste like asparagus. They are delicious in a salad with shrimp, tofu, and chile paste (recipe included).
By Scott D. Appell -
Red-Stemmed Malabar Spinach
Easy to grow and delicious to eat, this vigorous vine is unrelated to true spinach but produces abundant large leaves that are remarkably spinachlike. It's also much better suited for summer growing than its better-known namesake.
By Scott D. Appell -
Irises for Summer and Fall
Reblooming and late-blooming iris cultivars extend the season for this garden favorite.
By Barbara Perry Lawton -
Baby Hawks Spotted at BBG
Two, or possibly three, red-tailed hawk chicks recently hatched in the Japanese Hill-and-Pond Garden.
By BBG Staff -
Weed of the Month: Shepherd’s Purse
Look around, and you'll see plenty of shepherd's purse. Once used as a nosebleed remedy, this spring weed has an unusual adaptation: its seeds "eat" insects.
By Saara Nafici -
Eat Local: Spring Pasta with Ramp and Parsley Pesto
Ramps are here! Take full advantage of their short, sweet season with this delicious pesto recipe. It's especially good with other seasonal ingredients like morels and fiddleheads.
By Sarah Owens
