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Mal’s Favorites: Vanilla Strawberry & Lime Rickey
A lifelong gardener, Mal has been collecting, propagating, and growing hydrangeas for more than 40 years. An engineer by education and profession, he is strongly committed to the continuing development of the genus – always searching for new and better plants, evaluating their landscape performance, and finding superior ways to produce and grow them. His Hydrangea Farm Nursery on Nantucket Island, [...]
Chronicle: Stop & Smell The Rhododendron
Daytripping to Sandwich Jul 14, 2020 Take a breath, float on, stop and smell the rhododendron. If your deprived senses are craving some Cape Cod stimulation, sample Sandwich. More From Our Media Room
Rhododendron Propagation
Heritage Museums & Gardens' Director of Horticulture, Les Lutz, explains how to propagate Rhododendrons at home.
The Man Behind the Rhododendrons
Charles Owen Dexter got some bad news in 1921. At age 59, his doctor told him he didn’t have long to live. What would you do if you got news like that? If you were Charles Dexter, you’d buy some beautiful, rolling farmland on Cape Cod and start hybridizing rhododendrons like there’s no tomorrow. And according to his diagnosis, his [...]
Hydrangea Arborescens
The Species Has Much to Offer October 1, 2019 The summer of 2019 was open season on Hydrangea arborescens as I encountered/observed/studied the species in Cloudland Canyon State Park (Rising Fawn, Ga.); Cumberland Plateau (Sewanee, Tenn.), and the Blue Ridge Parkway from Oconaluftee (southern terminus), to 6,053 feet at Buck Knob, N.C., the highest elevation on the parkway where extensive [...]
Sandwich Community TV: Cape Hydrangeas
Hydrangea Season is Here Jul 12, 2019 Melinda welcomes Mal Condon, Curator of Hydrangea's at Heritage Museums and Gardens to talk about the upcoming Cape Cod Hydrangea Festival and the gardens and classes offered at the Museum. More From Our Media Room
Spring Update: Hydrangea Propagation
Follow Up: Winter Propagation of Hardwood Trees & Shrubs Late last fall I discussed winter propagation of hardwood trees and shrubs. I decided to do a follow-up article now to let you know the latest results. As I mentioned, fall is the time to start the process of this type of cutting propagation but now is when you start [...]
Creating a Plant Community
Hybrid of Horticulture and Ecology Plants like communities too. When we built the new parking lot at Heritage Museums & Gardens, the general concept behind the landscape was that of creating a plant community. We chose plants that are (mostly) native to the northeast and grouped them so the effect would be a natural group of plants that could [...]
