Welcome to the Pitt County Arboretum: WINTER BLOOMING EDGEWORTHIA

Friday, January 3, 2014

WINTER BLOOMING EDGEWORTHIA

If you missed yesterday's Arboretum tour, you missed seeing and smelling this wonderful plant growing in one of our front containers. Eventually this shrub will be planted in the ground, but it makes a good 'thriller' plant for now.


Edgeworthia chrysantha

Click here for an article by Tony Avent on Edgeworthia

ARBORETUM MISSION

FRIENDS OF THE PITT COUNTY ARBORETUM

To help support and expand our beautiful Arboretum and to strengthen our teaching, demonstration, and outreach programs, become a Friend of the Arboretum. Started in 2002, the nonprofit Friends organization plays a critical role in preserving and perpetuating an important local cultural resource. The Arboretum depends on memberships and gifts for our operating expenses. Friends enjoy many benefits including early admittance to our annual plant sale, discount ticket price for our January Speaker Event, access to our horticultural library, and discounts at local gardening shops. Call 252-902-1709 for an application.