Plant-lover's Tour - "Interns' Top Picks 2024"

Presented by Eileen Gahan, John Carter, Anthony Mills, Amelia Holdstock, and Erica Wallace, 2024 Summer Horticulture Interns, with introduction by Mark Weathington, Director, JC Raulston Arboretum on July 2, 2024.
It's that time of year where our summer interns have rooted in and established themselves in the garden, so they're all ready to show off their unrivaled passion for plants! Join us for this Plant-lover's Tour as our Horticulture Interns show us around the garden and share all the cool things they've learned this summer about some of their favorite plants. This tour is always one of our favorites, and we're sure it will be one of yours too!
Plant list:
Platycrater arguta
Sassafras tzumu
Schizophragma hydrangeoides 'Strawberry Leaf'
Campsis radicans 'Stromboli'
Chilopsis linearis 'Bubba'
Hydrangea longipes
Fuchsia 'Sanihanf'
Calycanthus 'Aphrodite'
Abutilon 'Traffic Island'
Catalpa bignonioides 'Aurea'
Cuphea cyanea 'Ashevilla'
Cercidiphyllum japonicum
Calycanthus ×raulstonii 'Hartlage Wine'
Piper auritum
Tsuga canadensis
The JCRA does Plant-lover's tours like this on the first Tuesday of every month. Be sure to check out our event calendar so you can join us for the next one! jcra.ncsu.edu/events/calendar...
This program was originally presented live and in-person.

[@beckyscheller9358]

Good job to all the interns.

[@olsonlr]

My deer love fuchsia sanihof

[@DavidLietz-dp9hr]

Nice presentations😊

[@HolidayGlow]

Great picks and explanations by all interns! Well done!

[@DavidLietz-dp9hr]

Platycrater is tea of heaven

[@DavidLietz-dp9hr]

Ailanthus likto spread

[@olsonlr]

I know fishermen who grow chitalpa trees just to get those sphinx moth caterpillars for fishing bait.

[@bonniewillliams441]

I think 'tree of heaven' is invasive in zone 9. Is that right?

[@jcraulstonarb]

Ailanthus altissima, "Tree of Heaven" is indeed invasive in much of the eastern US. However, Ailanthus wasn't mentioned or discussed at any point in this video. Platycrater arguta, the tea of heaven, is not invasive and is a different plant altogether.

[@olsonlr]

I thought that dessert willow was chitalpa tree?