Jason Reeves

Jason Reeves is the curator of the University of Tennessee Gardens, located at the West Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center in Jackson. Jason has been cultivating and growing the gardens there for nearly 20 years.

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Plants That Bloom in Late Winter or Early Spring

After the bright lights of the holiday season have been turned off, the dark days of winter seem to drag on forever. Gardeners begin to look through the catalogs, dreaming…
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Garden Tasks for Late Winter or Early Spring

After the darkest days of winter have passed, most gardeners are looking for any excuse to get outside and start working. When spring fever strikes, here are some constructive ways…
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This Underutilized Dwarf Conifer Is a Great Boxwood Substitute

Japanese cedar is an extremely beautiful, variable, and overlooked conifer that offers much appeal in the landscape. Not an actual cedar at all, Japanese cedar is in the genus Cryptomeria,…
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This Low-Maintenance Rugosa Rose Puts on an Impressive Show

In the spring of 2017, I was sent four plants of an unnamed rugosa rose for trialing at the University of Tennessee Gardens in Jackson. They were planted in unamended…
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Galactic Pink® Chaste Tree Delivers an Out-of-This-World Performance

It is not often I am smitten by a new shrub its first year in the garden, but when Galactic Pink® chaste tree bloomed for the first time, it was…
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The New Fairytrail Bride® Hydrangea Offers an Off-the-Charts Performance

A breeding breakthrough, Fairytrail Bride® is the first hydrangea with the ability to produce flowers from every leaf joint, and it has a unique trailing habit to boot. White lacecap…
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Plants That Peak in Winter in the Southeast

Richie Steffen, executive director of the Elisabeth C. Miller Garden in Seattle and a leading expert on plants, discusses the often-undervalued appeal of winter gardens: “What many see as a…
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A Tough, Slender Oak Tree

In 1974, legendary nurseryman Earl Cully planted a thousand acorns from a cross of columnar English oak (Quercus robur ‘Fastigiata’, Zones 4–8) with our native swamp white oak (Q. bicolor,…
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A Flowering Perennial for Shade: ‘Diana Clare’ Pulmonaria

About 15 years ago, I had given up on growing pulmonarias (Pulmonaria spp. and cvs., Zones 3–8) in my Zone 7 garden. In 2005, I received a 2-inch pot of…
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A Sugary-Sweet Shrub That Stays in Bounds

Spireas have generally lost favor over the last 20 years, due in part to their sometimes invasive nature in certain areas of the country. For this reason, they have often…

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