http://s60689.gridserver.com/index.php en ted.tegart@arboretum.org Copyright 2012 2012-05-16T15:00:14+00:00 http://www.arboretum.org/index.php/news/register_now_for_spring_nature_camp/ http://www.arboretum.org/index.php/news/register_now_for_spring_nature_camp/#When:15:00:14Z 2012-05-16T15:00:14+00:00 http://www.arboretum.org/index.php/news/half_price_plant_sale_at_the_arboretum_garden_gift_shop/ http://www.arboretum.org/index.php/news/half_price_plant_sale_at_the_arboretum_garden_gift_shop/#When:21:59:49Z There’s a wonderful plant sale going on at the Arboretum Garden & Gift Shop.  All plants are 50% off, while supplies last. Varieties subject to availability. Take this opportunity to add some terrific plants to your garden.  Open daily 9am to 4:30pm. Excludes arrangements by Creative Plant Design.  No member discounts apply.  All sales are final. News Items 2012-05-09T21:59:49+00:00 http://www.arboretum.org/index.php/news/debut_of_our_newly_designed_garden_for_all_seasons1/ http://www.arboretum.org/index.php/news/debut_of_our_newly_designed_garden_for_all_seasons1/#When:23:59:59Z Visit the newly designed Garden for All Seasons at Grow! A Garden Festival, May 4-6. 2012-05-03T23:59:59+00:00 http://www.arboretum.org/index.php/news/thank_you_to_event_partners_and_sponsors/ http://www.arboretum.org/index.php/news/thank_you_to_event_partners_and_sponsors/#When:16:59:39Z Thank you to our partners and sponsors of GROW! A Garden Festival. 2012-04-28T16:59:39+00:00 http://www.arboretum.org/index.php/news/educational_landscape_designs/ http://www.arboretum.org/index.php/news/educational_landscape_designs/#When:20:25:31Z Be sure to look for Educational Landscape Designs at GROW! A Garden Festival. 2012-04-26T20:25:31+00:00 http://www.arboretum.org/index.php/news/live_entertainment_walking_tours_artists_painting_in_the_garden/ http://www.arboretum.org/index.php/news/live_entertainment_walking_tours_artists_painting_in_the_garden/#When:17:00:20Z At GROW! A Garden Festival, you find live entertainment, walking tours and artists painting in the garden. 2012-04-23T17:00:20+00:00 http://www.arboretum.org/index.php/news/food_trucks_snacks/ http://www.arboretum.org/index.php/news/food_trucks_snacks/#When:20:00:21Z At GROW! A Garden Festival, you'll find food trucks and snacks! 2012-03-19T20:00:21+00:00 http://www.arboretum.org/index.php/news/whats_blooming_red_silk-cotton_tree/ http://www.arboretum.org/index.php/news/whats_blooming_red_silk-cotton_tree/#When:23:02:36Z Bombax ceiba, commonly known as the red silk-cotton tree, is a large, briefly deciduous tree occurring in warm monsoon forests in southern Asia. The tree is famous for its large, showy, six-inch flowers with thick, waxy, red petals that densely clothe leafless branch tips in late winter and early spring. Widely planted and highly revered from India to southern China, it is unusually handsome and ornamental and has many uses. Known as the semal tree in India, a gummy secretion is obtained from the bark and sold as semal gum for medicinal use. The cottony fibers in the fruits are a substitute for kapok and used to stuff mattresses, pillows and cushions. The fleshy sepals of young flowers are cooked and eaten as a vegetable. The soft wood has been employed for matches and tea boxes while the fibrous inner bark makes suitable cordage. The tree is so highly revered that, according to Chinese historical records, the King of NamYuet, Chiu To, gave one to the emperor of the Han Dynasty in the 2nd century BC. The Arboretum has the only two flowering specimens in the U. S. outside of Florida and Hawaii. The Arboretum’s two specimens put on their colorful, show-stopping display from February to April. Text and photos by Donald R. Hodel, Environmental Horticulture Advisor, University of California Cooperative Extension What's Blooming, News Items 2012-03-01T23:02:36+00:00 http://www.arboretum.org/index.php/news/the_trumpet_trees_of_march/ http://www.arboretum.org/index.php/news/the_trumpet_trees_of_march/#When:21:23:04Z The Tabebuia impetiginosa, also known as the pink trumpet tree, punctuates the landscape with its solid canopy of vibrant blooms. The Arboretum helped introduce the trees to Southern California in the 1970s. What's Blooming 2012-02-24T21:23:04+00:00 http://www.arboretum.org/index.php/news/queen_anne_cottage_and_coach_barn_roofing_project_update/ http://www.arboretum.org/index.php/news/queen_anne_cottage_and_coach_barn_roofing_project_update/#When:23:06:02Z Mitchell Hearns Bishop, the Arboretum's curator of Historical Collections, provides photos and a detailed account of the restoration of the roofs to historical standards. Historic Collections, News Items 2012-02-13T23:06:02+00:00