Echinops ritro – Globe Thistle
Hosta ‘Halcyon’ – Halcyon Hosta
Persicaria amplexicaulis ‘Taurus’ – Mountain Fleece Flower/ Knotweed
Stipa gigantea – Giant Feather Grass
Stachys byzantina (S. lanata) – Lamb’s Ears

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**Editor’s Note: A special thank you to our wonderful volunteers who created this work of art. 

Acanthus spinosus – Bear’s Breeches
Actaea ‘Brunnette’ and ‘Black Negligee’ – Dark-leafed Bugbane
Athryium nipponicum ‘Pictum’ – Japanese Painted Fern
Hydrangea quercifolia – Oak-leaf Hydrangea

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**Editor’s Note: A special thank you to our wonderful volunteers who created this work of art. 

A most outstanding hybrid lily known worldwide for its hardiness, vigor, and overall dependability in the garden. ‘Scheherazade’ was one of the first interspecific hybrids introduced on the market and began a trend that would revolutionize the world of lily breeding. Bred by L. Freimann using tetraploid (double the number chromosomes a plant typically has) forms of a cultivar called ‘Thunderbolt’ and a tetraploid form of the famous ‘Black Beauty’, you get a most unusual mahogany crimson edged in gold and later fading to cream born in profusion over stalks that have often been referred to as “Lily Trees”. 

It’s finally beginning to feel like summer; fairly consistent warm temperatures, scrambling to get containers adequately watered, and gravitation towards shade when working outdoors!
The past few weeks have been so busy and incredibly productive as we’ve been fortunate to have an arsenal of interns, work study students, and volunteers help us out in grounds several times a week this summer. 

News and media reports on the State Route 520 Bridge Replacement

Google News
Seattle Times
Seattle PI
The Stranger
PNWLocalNews.com 

The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) is conducting a cultural resources study on Foster Island as part of the I-5 to Medina: Bridge Replacement and HOV Project. This important safety and mobility project will build a safer floating bridge and give new options to people crossing Lake Washington.
Foster Island Study Fact Sheet 

Fuchsia magellanica
Hydrangea macrophylla ‘Blue Bird’
Ilex purpurea
Lomatia myricoides

**Editor’s Note: Buddleja ‘Lochinch’ (Butterfly Bush) was removed from this list due to concerns over invasiveness potential.
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On July 14 a UWBG Facebook fan asked us what’s the story of Herb Robert at the Arboretum. UWBG Horticulturalist, David Zuckerman, replies with background information and his personal experience with this stinky weed.
Herb Robert, aka, Stinking Robert. Geranium robertianum is an escaped ornamental herbaceous perennial native to Europe. It has quite a history of folklore and medicinal uses. It is a class B noxious weed in Washington(1998?) and first seen in our state in 1911, Klickitat. 

Alangium platanifolium
Fagus sylvatica ‘Asplenifolia’ (Cut-leaf Beech)
Pterostyrax psilophylla (Epaulette Tree)
Quercus x bushii ‘Seattle Trident’
Stewartia monadelpha (Orangebark Stewartia)

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We are experiencing quite a heatwave after weeks of cloudy, overcast and rainy days here in Seattle. We’re thankful for the sunshine and all, but the sudden warmth is a little unbearable without the transition to warmer temperatures we should have had in late May.
Everything is picking up with this surge of heat as irrigation is also in full swing.