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What’s in Bloom – August 3, 2022

Horticulture, What's In Bloom

Highlight: Hydrangeas are blooming bright throughout the garden! Check out the delicate flowers of the sourwood opening on the Haney Hillside. Great coneflower is standing tall in the Butterfly House garden. The purple flowers of bear’s breeches are opening in the Alfond Children’s Garden.

Lyn and Daniel Lerner Visitor Center

Up close of Hydrangea paniculata 'Le Vasterival', plant with clusters of small white flowers
Hydrangea paniculata ‘Le Vasterival’
  • Pink Fascinator purple coneflower – Echinacea purpurea ‘Pink Fascinator’
  • Denim ‘n Lace Russian Sage – Perovskia atriplicifolia ‘Denim ‘n Lace’
  • Supreme™ Cantaloupe Coneflower – Echinacea ‘Cantaloupe’
  • Little Adder Purple Giant Hyssop – Agastache ‘Little Adder’
  • FIRST EDITIONS® GREAT STAR Panicled Hydrangea – Hydrangea paniculata ‘Le Vasterival’
  • Rainbow’s End Hosta – Hosta ‘Rainbow’s End’
  • Little Lamb Panicled Hydrangea – Hydrangea paniculata ‘Little Lamb’

Native Butterfly House

Liatris ligulistylis, purple spikes of the Gayfeather plant against a sky of blue.
Liatris ligulistylis
  • Butterfly Weed – Asclepias tuberosa ‘Hello Yellow’
  • Younique Bicolor Garden Phlox – Phlox paniculata ‘Younique Bicolor’
  • Blue Hobbit Sea Holly – Eryngium planum ‘Blue Hobbit’
  • Blushing Meadow Mama Coneflower – Echinacea ‘Blushing Meadow Mama’
  • Hoary Mountain Mint – Pycnanthemum incanum
  • Northern Plains Gayfeather – Liatris ligulistylis
  • White Turtlehead – Chelone glabra
  • Small Globe Thistle – Echinops ritro
  • Great Coneflower – Rudbeckia maxima
  • Laughing Meadow Mama Coneflower – Echinacea ‘Laughing Meadow Mama’

Pond Gardens

  • Daydream Smoketree – Cotinus coggygria ‘Daydream’
  • Rainbow Marcella Coneflower – Echinacea ‘Rainb299’
  • Indian Summer Black-eyed Susan – Rudbeckia hirta ‘Indian Summer’
  • Prairie Sun Black-eyed Susan – Rudbeckia hirta ‘Prairie Sun’
  • BERRY WHITE® panicled hydrangea – Hydrangea paniculata ‘Renba’
  • Blue Chiffon® Rose-of-Sharon – Hibiscus syriacus ‘Notwoodthree’ Blue Chiffon®
  • Nodding Onion – Allium cernuum
  • New Love Clematis – Clematis ‘New Love’
  • Purple Tears Switch Grass – Panicum virgatum ‘Purple Tears’

Great Lawn Gardens

  • Cup Plant – Silphium perfoliatum
  • Plantain Lily – Hosta ‘Lakeside Paisley Print’
  • Plantain Lily – Hosta ‘Allan P. McConnell’
  • Bottlebrush Buckeye – Aesculus parviflora
  • Prairie Dropseed – Sporobolus heterolepis
  • Russian Sage – Salvia yangii
  • Meadow Rue – Thalictrum rochebruneanum
  • Great Coneflower – Rudbeckia maxima

Burpee Kitchen Garden

Lilium 'Tiara', light pink lily on dark background
Lilium ‘Tiara’
  • Cardinal Climber – Ipomoea x multifidi
  • Annabelle Smooth Hydrangea – Hydrangea arborescens ‘Annabelle’
  • Daylily – Hemerocallis citrina ‘Yao Ming’
  • Starship Blue Hybrid Lobelia – Lobelia x speciosa STARSHIP™ blue
  • Daylily – Hemerocallis citrina
  • Jungle Queen Firecracker Vine – Ipomoea lobata ‘Jungle Queen Yellow’
  • Permathread™ Shades of Rose Tickseed – Coreopsis ‘Shades of Rose’
  • Cleopatra Garden Phlox – Phlox ‘Cleopatra’
  • Tiara Lily – Lilium ‘Tiara’

Bibby and Harold Alfond Children’s Garden

Hibiscus syriacus 'Notwoodthree' Blue Chiffon®, blue-violet flowers with dark purple throats on a large green shrub
Hibiscus syriacus ‘Notwoodthree’ Blue Chiffon®
  • Water Lily – Nymphaea ‘Gold Medal’
  • Daylily – Hemerocallis ‘French Tudor’
  • Becky Shasta Daisy – Leucanthemum × superbum ‘Becky’
  • Hidcote English Lavender – Lavandula angustifolia ‘Hidcote’
  • Bear’s Breeches – Acanthus hungaricus
  • Wild Petunia – Ruellia humilis
  • Balloon-flower – Platycodon grandiflorus (Hybrid Pink)
  • Prairie Blazing Star – Liatris pycnostachya
  • Downy Skullcap – Scutellaria incana
  • Blue Chiffon® Rose-of-Sharon – Hibiscus syriacus ‘Notwoodthree’ Blue Chiffon®

Bosarge Family Education Building Gardens

Pycnanthemum tenuifolium, small white flower clusters with two honey bees sitting on plant
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
  • Sunburst St. John’s wort – Hypericum frondrosum ‘Sunburst’
  • Rattlesnake-master – Eryngium yuccifolium
  • Blue Monkshood – Aconitum uncinatum
  • Wild Bergamot – Monarda fistulosa
  • Eastern Purple Coneflower – Echinacea purpurea
  • Slender Mountain Mint – Pycnanthemum tenuifolium

Cleaver Lawn

Phlox paniculata 'David', White flower clusters on tall green leafy plant in dappled sunlight
Phlox paniculata ‘David’
  • Rozanne Cranesbill – Geranium ‘Gerwat’ Rozanne
  • Garden Phlox – Phlox paniculata ‘David’
  • Coneflower – Echinacea purpurea ‘White Swan’
  • Tufted Hair Grass – Deschampsia cespitosa ‘Schottland’
  • RUBY STAR Purple Coneflower – Echinacea ‘Rubinstern’ Ruby Star
  • Daylily – Hemerocallis ‘Ice Carnival’
  • Millenium Ornamental Onion – Allium × ‘Millenium’
  • Red Jewel Sneezeweed – Helenium ‘Red Jewel’
  • Blanc Double de Courbert Rose – Rosa ‘Blanc Double de Courbert’

Arbor Garden

Clethra barbinervis, dainty white flower fronds on a tree with long green leaves
Clethra barbinervis
  • Superba Trumpet Honeysuckle – Lonicera sempervirens ‘Superba’
  • John Clayton Trumpet Honeysuckle – Lonicera sempervirens ‘John Clayton’
  • Magnus Purple Coneflower – Echinacea purpurea ‘Magnus’
  • Tea of Heaven – Platycrater arguta
  • Aphrodite Sweetshrub – Calycanthus ‘Aphrodite’
  • Patriot Hosta – Hosta ‘Patriot’
  • Japanese Clethra – Clethra barbinervis

Reiser Woodland Garden

Veratrum formosanum, small dark red alternating flowers on short stems in a garden bed
Veratrum formosanum
  • Japanese Painted Fern – Athyrium niponicum ‘Pictum’
  • Plantain Lily – Hosta ‘Lakeside Shore Master’
  • Veratrum – Veratrum formosanum
  • Lady in Red lady fern – Athyrium filix-femina ‘Lady in Red’

Haney Hillside Garden

Oxydendrum arboretum, long white tendril flowers extending from long green leaves. A bee sits on the flowers
Oxydendrum arboretum
  • Moody Blues Mauve Spiked Speedwell – Veronica spicata ‘Novavermau’ Moody Blues™ Mauve
  • Jersey High-bush Blueberry – Vaccinium corymbosum ‘Jersey’
  • Cardinal Flower – Lobelia cardinalis
  • Bog Jacob’s-ladder – Polemonium vanbruntiae
  • Sourwood – Oxydendrum arboretum
  • American Spikenard – Aralia racemose
  • Lemon Queen Sunflower – Helianthus ‘Lemon Queen’

Vayo Meditation Garden

Echinacea purpurea, white coneflowers with orange centers on lush green background
Echinacea purpurea ‘White Swan’
  • Ghost Fern – Athyrium ‘Ghost’
  • Lady in Red Lady Fern – Athyrium filix-femina ‘Lady in Red’
  • Coral Bells – Heuchera ‘Spellbound’
  • Alexandria Siberian Bugloss – Brunnera macrophylla ‘Alexandria’
  • Cross Gentian – Gentiana cruciata ‘Blue Cross’
  • Coneflower – Echinacea purpurea ‘White Swan’

Slater Forest Pond

Hydrangea paniculata 'Dharuma', tiny white flowers branching out from green shrub
Hydrangea paniculata ‘Dharuma’
  • Water Lily – Nymphaea ‘Attraction’
  • Panicle Hydrangea – Hydrangea paniculata ‘Dharuma’
  • Blue Cardinal Flower – Lobelia siphilitica

Lerner Garden of the Five Senses

Lobelia cardinalis, tall red flower spike on green background
Lobelia cardinalis
  • Water Lily – Nymphaea ‘Attraction’
  • Shasta Daisy – Leucanthemum × superbum ‘Becky’
  • Cardinal Flower – Lobelia cardinalis
  • Daylily – Hemerocallis ‘Spider Miracle’
  • Blue Cardinal Flower – Lobelia siphilitica
  • Goldsturm Orange Coneflower – Rudbeckia fulgida ‘Goldsturm’

Giles Rhododendron and Perennial Garden

Hosta spp. Large dark blue-green textured heart shaped leaves
Hosta spp.
  • Japanese Painted Fern – Athyrium niponicum ‘Pictum’
  • Hosta selections – Hosta
  • Annabelle Smooth Hydrangea – Hydrangea arborescens ‘Annabelle’
  • Azalea – Rhododendron ‘Millenium’
  • Northern Maidenhair Fern – Adiantum pedatum