Rose Garden Tour, America’s Oldest Fernery, Garden Railroad at Morris Arboretum

Join me for an epic rose garden tour at the Morris arboretum. The also have Americas oldest fernery and a magical garden railroad.

[@Vince.at.theMorris]

Thanks for visiting. You came just a week before the grand reopening of the newly renovated rose garden. All our labels are back out now, but here are some quick answers to your questions: 3:41 Jerusalem sage (Phlomis tuberosa); 3:59 Pat Austin rose; 4:44 Dortmund rose; 5:43 Peggy Martin rose; 6:27 Laguna rose;12:51 Rosy dipelta (Dipelta floribunda) an unusual shrubby member of the honeysuckle family. This specimen is grown from seed wild-collected from its native China. The papery bracts persist long after the flowers fade and age from pink to bronze in late summer. An interesting and tough shrub that isn't used nearly enough in the landscape.

[@2000disneyland]

Thank you for the garden tour. When my husband heard the train whistle, he got interested in the garden too.

[@oneblockwonderwoman6833]

What an incredible garden tour from start to finish! Thank you for sharing it with us. I am one who is passionate about roses. I started out 16 years ago designing a garden from a plot of 70 x 70 feet bare ground (except for weeds) here in California Zone 8b and had 64 roses but am now down to 39. I was physically disabled from 2019 until the end of 2021 from major injuries and resulting surgeries, so my poor non gardener husband did the best he could on maintenance. But sadly, about 15 had to be removed in the last couple of years because they were beyond saving. I also grow a lot of tall bearded iris and other perennials and am adding more this year now that I am healthy again. I won't be replacing any of the lost roses, because I am not getting any younger and 39 are more than enough to take care of, but I will never lose my love for this beautiful flower.

[@QueenAnnesLace13]

Danielle, I could hear the excitement, or the kid in you, as you mentioned the railroad and trains. Loved the fernery, what a treat. Thanks for always taking us along with you.

[@madambutterfly5343]

Wow 😮, Thank You Danielle for letting us tag along with you on another garden adventure. I love it all! The statuary, water fountains, trains and of course the beautiful plants and flowers are all so stunningly beautiful. I could sit for days in that garden. Like a garden dream come true❤

[@amyjones2490]

Every time you bring us along to a new garden I think it’s my favorite and then you surprise us with an even better one. What an amazing garden this is with unusual plants.

[@joycedagostino8869]

Thank you for including us in your garden tour. I am always amazed at how well kept the gardens are that you visit. Great plants, nice water features and statues and always so clean and neat. Love the trains, what a wonderful addition too!

[@dianepuskas6362]

I think the fernery and the garden railroad were my favorite parts. Thanks

[@susannahwalsh2153]

I have been putting rose clippings on my planters for years. The squirrels in my garden are ruthless so I had to out-squirrel the squirrels. Lol. Love roses and this tour was lovely. Wish I was there to inhale. 💚🇨🇦. My moms name was Rose and my middle name is rose. Guess that’s why I love roses. 🌹

[@daygirl2659]

The gardens are beautiful and the trains are amazing! Thank you Daniele🤗

[@SleepyDragonGardening]

I am NW of Philly and I love roses! I plant many perennials too, but the roses have a special place in my heart…

[@barbaralamoreaux328]

I’ve been meaning to go to Morris Arboretum for years. Now that I know about the rose garden, I HAVE to go!

[@elanacrane7820]

Thank you for the tour. I enjoy these so much. The railway garden was absolutely charming.

[@planygy]

Thank you for sharing this visit! I worked security there part time while in college, and had the privilege of wandering there after hours in the winter and spring.❤

[@kiranbirkaur2770]

That rail road garden is my favourite part

[@AliceBurns-bw4yv]

Thaks so much for including the model railroad segment of your tour. What a great combination of flowers and trains. Excellent photography !!Greetings from Massachusetts zone 6.

[@EmmaRogge]

Hi Danielle! I believe the shrub you asked about is a flowering quince. Thank you for sharing this tour -- very inspiring!

[@bronwynodonnell8548]

It was amazing roaming through the gardens. I live in the sub tropics but was born in a four season climate wher the roses grew magnificently. I still try growing them but a use them as biannual, it works for me 🇦🇺 cheers Bronwyn

[@alisonbwise]

So fun! The train garden really reminded me of the Christmas one at the New York Botanical Garden. Thanks so much for sharing that with us 💚

[@teresacleckner7994]

Thanks, Danielle! Great garden! My cousin and I went last year for the swing installation. It was so fun…brought out the kids in us😊

[@fraukeg.facchini2691]

The purple Monarda-like flower might be Lambada at 3:40. Beautiful Gardens, thank you for showing it to us.

[@Dahliaismypassion]

Absolutely beautiful, thank you Danielle for sharing it with us. I love roses and have a fair share of them in my garden. I wish they loved me back as much as I love them.😟 Every year they surprise me, some years are better, some are full of black spot.

[@colleenpaschall491]

I feel like I'm taking a virtual field trip. I'm surrounded by my husband and sons and no one will go anywhere with me. Thanks for sharing!

[@rodneybernoth2150]

Hi Danielle - thank you for this lovely garden tour!!! The orange/apricot rose @ about 4 minutes in looks a lot like the David Austin Rose "Pat Austin"...we had it in our garden a few years ago...lovely perfume. Best wishes, Colleen

[@ShariReplogle]

So beautiful to see them and the companion planting as well. Wish the roses were name tagged !

[@Johnnyflavour-ry8fv]

Hello how are you doing today..

[@donnawest866]

I came for the roses, but got so much more! Thanks for sharing this beautiful arboretum with us Danielle!

[@marie9244]

Lovely rose garden. It’s a pity none are labeled. Our rose gardens here in Australia are all labeled with the name of the rose and a little bit of their history. Nice to see other rose gardens. My favourite flower.

[@crazylittlepartytifs]

Absolutely gorgeous 🙌🙌🙌💐💐💐💖💖💖

[@AndreaAubertin]

What a beautiful garden!! Thankyou for taking us along Danielle!! That would definitely be something to see! Do you ever consider adding roses to your garden? Once u buy one... it becomes addictive 😉

[@Gigi-fv9ky]

I used to have a very large formal rose garden but , when I moved, the deer at my new home made that impossible. Now I try to keep a few going. I hope to move again one day to a place where my plants don’t become deer food but instead are allowed to live again. 😀

[@marymurphy4825]

Hi Danielle, thank you for bringing us along today on your beautiful garden tour, it was spectacular! You made us feel like we were right there with you. I wish we could have smelled the wonderful fragrance of the roses too, but I am so happy you did and that you got to enjoy your time there. We appreciate you taking the time to film and share your adventure with us. I just loved seeing all that beauty and the trains were a bonus! Great job filming everything too. 😍

[@laurieh9388]

Thanks for taking us along!

[@noellesweeney6739]

Thanks for taking us along! I would love to visit there. Just wonderful!

[@bethwray787]

Fabulous tour video, Danielle...Thank you 💗

[@ncflowergirl1446]

How fun thanks for taking us

[@bohemiangardensandgourdfar8812]

Lovely garden tour and the train park section was particularly cool... the artistry that went in to creating all those buildings and and bridges and overpasses, etc. Was amazing. Enjoyed this one. 😎

[@kelleyamador8838]

Stunning gardens!

[@MicheleLHarvey]

I would guess the orange rose @3:59 is one of David Austin's ( Lady Emma Hamilton perhaps?). Austin specializes in scent paired with old rose form, although the glossy leaves point to more modern parentage. I really enjoy the garden 'furniture' (urns & such) used a focal points & listening to the fountains. My garden is of antique, collected (cemetery & homestead) & found roses. I grow them from collected slips & try to identify when blooming. A fabulous book to read on collecting old roses is In Seach Of Lost Roses by Thomas Christopher! The ferns with water features are spectacular! Could that bush @12:56 be a beauty bush (Kolkwitzia)?

[@monikasterzel4920]

it is Lady Emma Hamilton :)

[@GardeningWithAnitaSinha]

Wonderful garden

[@gloriaruiz2332]

Beautiful place. Thank you 🙏🏻 ❤

[@ytubechannel997]

Stunning gardens. Love the backdrop of mature trees. The stonework around the fountains was also really attractive.

[@rosavargas539]

Thanks for showcasing this, not many ppl know about it. It’s so peaceful there and you can bring a picnic basket and eat on the grounds. We did this during Covid and had the garden practically to ourselves. It was timed tours and they let us just gather and take as much time as we needed to enjoy it all. ❤❤❤❤

[@mariensanchez2475]

Really Beautiful 🤩💖😍

[@robinr1714]

The roses are spectacular and I'm quite sure I've never seen so many ferns in one place--beautiful!

[@vasyagardener4619]

Thank you! very nice garden tour

[@MissAAAAA1]

I was just there last week. It is beautiful

[@emanuelad3534]

Very beautiful Thank u

[@paulinecrispin121]

The orange rose looks like 'Lady of Shalott.'

[@debteubner4864]

Thank you Danielle for letting us tour another beautiful garden with you! I used to stroll around Morris Arboretum wishing the will/ could label their plants. But due to size and growing season, probably not feasible. They had a Huge tree that was over 350 yrs old - did you get to see that?

[@Simplyfarmhouse7]

Beautiful

[@carolynvenema2264]

I love it when you take us on a field trip!

[@grisespino5342]

Wow beautiful garden! Sara Raven suggests planting miniature salvia at the base of roses. They release sulfur that aids in black spot and mildew?! Thanks for sharing

[@loismaddux4800]

Thank you!!❤

[@DS-rf7si]

Here in California, I have a shrub called Cleveland Sage that looks very much like the lavender whorls that you mentioned. I think I can smell those roses through the computer screen!

[@sandeehess472]

Thank you for taking is to this beautiful garden.! It is an inspiration for sure!

[@beatriceanderson9745]

Thanks for sharing another wonderful garden tour with me. I always enjoy all your garden videos! 😊💖🌸🐝🦋🙌👋👍

[@ThreeRunHomer]

You do the best public garden tours 👍🏼

[@mygardeninbloom]

This is such a beautiful tour I had to watch it twice. Thank you for sharing! 🍃💜🍃

[@cindybohl9593]

Wow! What a beautiful place! Thank you for showing us.

[@courtneysediblegarden518]

Another garden not far from me that i had never been to or heard of! Thanks so much for doing these tours!

[@carolynwarren4741]

I loved this video!!! Thank you for taking us thru the gardens!!!

[@debsmith8102]

Thank you so much for this rose garden tour!❤❤

[@SoSoLife57]

I SAW IT WELL AND THANKS.

[@augyannafacey7616]

That might be a David Austin rose ‘Lady of Shallot’

[@jcking6785]

There are several apps that help users identify plants, most are free, some require a subscription. I’m curious about that shrub as well; very interesting blooms. I believe that plant with the stacked whorls of purple blooms is a Lambada Monarda. Beautiful tour, thanks for sharing. 💚

[@macymcdowell2]

It appears to me as Lady of Shalott. A David Austin variety. David Austin has the most beautiful roses.

[@MM-bk8np]

Wow! Amazing. Thank you for sharing.

[@ellenshaw1341]

I think the orange rose with the citrus scent is called Tropicana. We used to grow roses for Jackson & Perkins.

[@xiaoqiaoxie]

The shrub with papery flowers might be some kind of bougainvillea. It is very popular in southern China as a specimen plant. The shrub form of bougainvillea is often used in city landscape - for example, a low screen between the bike lanes and car lanes. It also has vine and tree forms and Many different colors. People grow the vine form on their balcony into a screen for privacy and sun block. And the tree form is often grown into a lollipop shape. It takes pruning very well so the shrub form can be trained as bonsai. In cities like Hong Kong you can see this plant everywhere.

[@deniseb2571]

Beautiful!

[@SwatchQueen]

Boxleaf honeysuckle for paper like petal flowers you said

[@susanharper7113]

Thanks for the tour, Danielle. What is the podcast you mentioned?

[@critcalreader4160]

Wonderful.

[@junemilliken6888]

Thank you!

[@capistranogardener6100]

I am pretty sure the shrub @12:50 is a Dodonea Viscosa (Florida hopbush)

[@peony2569]

❤

[@irenadidichenko5429]

Perhaps that shrub with apricot color flowers is bougainvillea.

[@2BitRanch]

Maybe the "bee balm" is lemon mint.

[@crazyflowerlady1060]

That papery bush is Yunnan honeysuckle / Boxleaf honeysuckles

[@suzywollaston4681]

The plant you think might be a bee balm could possibly be a phlomis

[@cyhomer]

..or Lambada? I guess we’d have to be closer….

[@suzywollaston4681]

@@cyhomer Having looked at Lambada it seems a more likely possibility. Here in UK the Phlomis flowers earlier than the Lambada, perhaps different over there? You're right though, need to be closer

[@bloomy974]

The lavender one is maybe Quicksilver

[@claytoncurry4374]

I used my plant indentation app and the plant is called yunnan honeysuckle boxleaf honeysuckle

[@wbflowersvt]

Wild guess, but could that monarda be lambada?

[@andrenemullings]

The shrub looks like a Chinese Hat plant

[@courtneysediblegarden518]

I can’t quite see the flower you’re talking about but maybe spotted bee balm?

[@courtneysediblegarden518]

Also there’s a perennial type of bachelors button that looks kind of like bee balm

[@henryhueffed4904]

I am going to say that orange rose is Pat Austin rather than Lady Emma Hamilton based on the habit of the shrub being closer to Pat Austin and I have both roses in my garden

[@henryhueffed4904]

Although I could be wrong

[@cathyhatfield5340]

That plant looks like bougainvillea did it have thorns?

[@cathyhatfield5340]

Dipelta floribunda maxim!

[@jeannet9592]

According to Picture This Ap.

[@AmericanaGardens]

Where is this?

[@teresacleckner7994]

Morris Arboretum In Philadelphia, PA-fun garden especially if you have children! The train area was so fun!-& I don’t have kids! It made us feel like we were kids😊

[@jeannet9592]

Chinese hat plant Holmskioldia sanguinea

[@chandaschooley]

Hi Danielle. The purple flower that you mentioned looks like a new variety of Jerusalem sage. The orange rose looks like David Austin "Pat Austin". I have one in my garden, it's smells amazing. Thank you for sharing your video.

[@wajidlohar2184]

[@asianangie7209]

Beautiful!