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Garden Highlights March 6-13, 2014

In the Spotlight this Week

Outdoor

Hamamelis × intermedia ′Jelena′

Location: Cow Lot

Magnolia denudata

Location: Flower Garden Walk

Orchid Islands An oasis of 70 Phalaenopsis orchids are in the center of the Peirce-du Pont House Conservatory. Each orchid island is built on a wooden platform and created using Oasis foam and wire, greens, and orchids. Location: Peirce-du Pont House

Hamamelis × intermedia ′Arnold Promise′

Location: Cow Lot

Sawara False Cypress

Chamaecyparis pisifera ′Aurea′

Location: Idea Garden

Fagus sylvatica f. purpurea

Another magnificent specimen, the bones of which are best seen in the winter Location: Oak and Conifer Knoll

Metasequoia glyptostroboides

Glows in the sunlight Location: Oak and Conifer Knoll

Calocedrus decurrens

Location: Oak and Conifer Knoll