In July, the Arnold Arboretum’s landscape comes alive with the broad, luminous blooms of temperate hydrangeas—plants that reward close observation, particularly when encountered in their diversity. Across the Arboretum’s living collections, 183 hydrangeas representing 79 accessions—comprising 15 species and many varieties and cultivars—offer a vivid panorama of form, texture, and color as summer takes hold. Each species tells its own story in the landscape. Bigleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla) represents perhaps the most familiar species in American gardens, offering an array of mophead and lacecap flowers whose colors shift with soil chemistry—from saturated blues to pinks…
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Jamaica Plain nonprofit Youth Enrichment Services (YES) celebrated the groundbreaking of its future headquarters on Amory Street on Jan. 29.
The owners of Hatoff’s Gas Station have filed plans with the city to expand the existing gas station. This comes on the heels of the news that they’ve also proposed getting rid of the gas station for two apartment buildings.
An arrest warrant has been issued for a man who failed to appear in court Tuesday to be arraigned on charges of animal cruelty for allegedly leaving his dog unattended in a vehicle in Jamaica Plain on Aug. 1, leading to the dog’s death.