Tour 21: 
J.C. Raulston Arboretum,
Industry and Nursery

Plant Delights Nursery is an international mail order company specializing in unusual perennials.  They have one of the most extensive hosta breeding programs in the country.  Our second stop will be Bayer Environmental Science research center, where they conduct product research and development and turf testing.  The last stop will be at the JC Raulston Arboretum which is a nationally acclaimed garden with the most diverse collection of cold hardy temperate zone plants in the southeastern US. As a part of the Department of Horticultural Science at NC State University, the Arboretum is primarily a working research and teaching garden that focuses on the evaluation, selection and display of plant material gathered from around the world. Plants especially adapted to Piedmont North Carolina conditions are identified in an effort to find better plants for southern landscapes.

Plant Delights Nursery

 

Bayer Environmental Science

 

JC Raulston Arboretum

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