Tony Avent

Tony and Anita Avent

Fun Fundraiser – June 14

We hope you’ll join us for our first official Juniper Level Botanic Garden Endowment fundraiser on Friday June 14, from 3-8pm. This unique event will consist of a tour of Tony and Anita’s private four-acre home garden. This 10 year-old garden section is the largest of the JLBG gardens, but one that has never been

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Pternopetalum latipinnulatum

Cornering the market for plants which have no market – Pternopetalum

Flowering this week is the little-known Asian member of the carrot (Apiaceae) family, Pternopetalum latipinnulatum. This oddity hails from both China and a single population in Arunachal, India, where it grows on forested slopes between 2,000′ and 7,500′ elevation. The 15″ tall clumps are perfect for gardeners who are really into BIO (botanical interest only)

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Corylopsis pauciflora

Corylopsis – The G.O.A.T

Corylopsis, commonly known as winter hazel, is another great genus of winter-flowering shrubs, first cousins to the better-known witch hazels. Most corylopsis, like the Corylopsis pauciflora pictured below, mature around 12-15′ tall x wide. These amazing plants typically begin to flower for us (zone 7b) in late February with pendulous racemes of buttery-yellow flowers. We

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Adonis 'Chichibu Beni'

Peek-a-boo, Chichibu

After five failed attempts, we finally succeeded in establishing the rare orange-flowered Adonis ‘Chichibu Beni’ in the garden. It was only after we planted this in a newly installed rock garden crevice, that we finally found the right location. This gem is a triploid hybrid between two pheasant-eye species, Adonis multiflora and Adonis ramosa. Our

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