Learn more about the beautiful Conifer Garden at Norfolk Botanical Garden in southeast Virginia. Les Parks shows you how Conifers are a great addition to your own landscape as they look stunning in all seasons! This Garden was designated by the American Conifer Society as a Reference Garden for the Southeast.
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Video Blog – Rose Garden
Norfolk Botanical Garden has more than 2600 roses in our Bicentennial Rose Garden. They are at their peak and just beautiful! Watch Les Parks and see for your self.
Video Blog – Native Azaleas
Don’t miss Norfolk Botanical Garden’s Annual Plant Sale Mother’s Day Weekend – May 10-12th. Watch Les Parks as he shares his love of the Native Azalea. This flowering plant is the Garden’s signature plant for the NBG Plant Sale – fitting for our 75th anniversary! Click here for more information about our Annual Plant Sale.
Video Blog – Camellia Garden in Bloom
The Hofheimer Camellia Garden is looking really nice right now.
Video Blog – Rose Pruning
This is a good time to prune roses.
Video Blog – Daphne
Daphne provides a little bit of heaven in the winter
Video Blog – Winterberry Holly
Winterberry is a beautiful shrub for the garden.
Video Blog – Yuletide Camellia
Yuletide Camellia is a great winter shrub according to our curator of herbaceous plants Les Parks.
Forcing Woody Plants for Indoor Bloom
There are a number of plants that you can force into bloom for indoor display. Three of the easiest are forsythia, pussywillow, and flowering quince. Prune branches that you wish to force on a day that is above freezing. The branches should be 3 feet long or less and placed into a bucket of water…
Earth Kind Roses
Hybrid tea roses are the darling of avid rosarians because of their spectacular blooms, rich, deep green foliage and repeat blooming qualities. At the same time, they are the bane of the casual home gardener who sees them as a maintenance nightmare requiring a rigorous regimen of watering, fertilization and pesticide application. Rose beauty and…