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What’s in Bloom – August 8, 2023

What's In Bloom

Across the Gardens, hydrangeas are blooming bright! Check out the Limelight panicled hydrangea outside the Lyn and Daniel Lerner Visitor’s Center and the Quick Fire panicled hydrangea in the Lerner Garden of the Five Senses. In the Arbor garden, the flowers of the Japanese clethra are opening.

 

 

 

Lyn and Daniel Lerner Visitor Center

Hydrangea paniculata ‘Limelight’
  • Denim ‘n Lace Russian sage – Perovskia atriplicifolia ‘Denim ‘n Lace’
  • Pink Fascinator purple coneflower – Echinacea purpurea ‘Pink Fascinator’
  • Tanna great burnet – Sanguisorba officinalis ‘Tanna’
  • Limelight panicled hydrangea – Hydrangea paniculata ‘Limelight’
  • Great coneflower – Rudbeckia maxima
  • Indigo – Indigofera kirilowii
  • Wild blue flax – Linum lewisii
  • Amazone hosta – Hosta ‘Amazone’

 

 

 

 

 

 

Echinops ritro

Native Butterfly House

  • Millenium ornamental onion – Allium × ‘Millenium’
  • Green Jewel purple coneflower – Echinacea purpurea ‘Green Jewel’
  • Younique Bicolor garden phlox – Phlox paniculata ‘Younique Bicolor’
  • Nodding onion – Allium cernuum
  • Small globe thistle – Echinops ritro
  • White turtlehead – Chelone glabra

 

 

 

 

 

Pond Garden

Clematis ‘New Love’
  • Rainbow Marcella coneflower – Echinacea ‘Rainb299’
  • Hercules calla lily – Zantedeschia aethiopica ‘Hercules’
  • Various panicled hydrangea cultivars – Hydrangea paniculata cultivars
  • Thunderhead stonecrop – Hylotelephium × ‘Thunderhead’
  • Serendipity ornamental onion – Allium × ‘Serendipity’
  • New Love clematis – Clematis ‘New Love’
  • TABLE MOUNTAIN® ice plant – Delosperma ‘John Profit’

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Callirhoe involucrata

Great Lawn Gardens

  • Unexpected Extra daylily – Hemerocallis ‘Unexpected Extra’
  • Russian sage – Salvia yangii
  • Great coneflower – Rudbeckia maxima
  • Prairie dropseed – Sporobolus heterolepis
  • Purple poppy–mallow – Callirhoe involucrata
  • Allan P. McConnell plantain lily – Hosta ‘Allan P. McConnell’

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lerner Garden of the Five Senses

Hydrangea paniculata ‘Bulk’ Quick Fire
  • Cardinal flower – Lobelia cardinalis
  • Goldsturm orange coneflower – Rudbeckia fulgida ‘Goldsturm’
  • Quick Fire panicled hydrangea – Hydrangea paniculata ‘Bulk’ Quick Fire
  • Kobold marsh gayfeather – Liatris spicata ‘Kobold’
  • Kent Belle bellflower – Campanula ‘Kent Belle’
  • Miss Manners obedient plant – Physostegia virginiana ‘Miss Manners’

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sagittaria latifolia

Slater Forest Pond

  • Common arrowhead – Sagittaria latifolia
  • Cutting Edge foamflower – Tiarella ‘Cutting Edge’
  • Attraction water lily – Nymphaea ‘Attraction’
  • Blue cardinal flower – Lobelia siphilitica
  • Variegatum fragrant Solomon’s seal – Polygonatum odoratum pluriflorum ‘Variegatum’

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cleaver Lawn

Aesculus parviflora
  • White Swan coneflower – Echinacea purpurea ‘White Swan’
  • Annabelle smooth hydrangea – Hydrangea arborescens ‘Annabelle’
  • Pink Penny cranesbill – Geranium ‘Pink Penny’
  • Robustissima grape–leaf anemone – Anemone tomentosa ‘Robustissima’
  • Kiyosumi mountain hydrangea – Hydrangea serrata ‘Kiyosumi’
  • RUBY STAR purple coneflower – Echinacea ‘Rubinstern’ Ruby Star
  • Bottlebrush buckeye – Aesculus parviflora

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Veratrum formosanum

Reiser Woodland Garden

  • Great masterwort – Astrantia major
  • Shadowland® plantain lily – Hosta ‘Waterslide’ Shadowland®
  • Veratrum – Veratrum formosanum
  • Western maidenhair fern – Adiantum aleuticum
  • Krossa Regal hosta – Hosta ‘Krossa Regal’

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Arbor Garden

Clethra barbinervis
  • Aphrodite sweetshrub – Calycanthus ‘Aphrodite’
  • Tea of heaven – Platycrater arguta
  • Rosenkuppel ornamental oregano – Origanum ‘Rosenkuppel’
  • Purple–top vervain – Verbena bonariensis
  • Autumn Sun coneflower – Rudbeckia ‘Herbstsonne’
  • Japanese clethra – Clethra barbinervis
  • Patriot plantain lily – Hosta ‘Patriot’

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liatris microcephala

Haney Hillside Garden

  • Cardinal flower – Lobelia cardinalis
  • Rosy meadowsweet – Spiraea tomentosa
  • Pinky Pollen Ring™ smooth hydrangea – Hydrangea arborescens ‘SMHALP’
  • Maryland goldenaster – Chrysopsis mariana
  • Lemon Queen sunflower – Helianthus ‘Lemon Queen’
  • Appalachian blazing star – Liatris microcephala

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vayo Meditation Garden

Anemone ‘MACANE001’
  • Blue Cross gentian – Gentiana cruciata ‘Blue Cross’
  • WILD SWAN™ anemone – Anemone ‘MACANE001’
  • Miss Manners obedient plant – Physostegia virginiana ‘Miss Manners’
  • Spellbound alum–root – Heuchera ‘Spellbound’
  • The King golden male fern – Dryopteris affinis ‘The King’

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Polygonatum odoratum pluriflorum ‘Variegatum’

Giles Rhododendron and Perennial Garden

  • Annabelle smooth hydrangea – Hydrangea arborescens ‘Annabelle’
  • Japanese painted fern – Athyrium niponicum ‘Pictum’
  • Mixed plantain lily cultivars – Hosta
  • Veronica Klose astilbe – Astilbe chinensis ‘Veronica Klose’
  • Variegatum fragrant Solomon’s seal – Polygonatum odoratum pluriflorum ‘Variegatum’

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bibby and Harold Alfond Children’s Garden

Hibiscus syriacus ‘Notwoodthree’ Blue Chiffon®
  • Rusty foxglove – Digitalis ferruginea
  • Downy skullcap – Scutellaria incana
  • Blue Chiffon® rose–of–Sharon – Hibiscus syriacus ‘Notwoodthree’ Blue Chiffon®
  • SNOW FLAKE oak–leaf hydrangea – Hydrangea quercifolia ‘Brido’ SNOW FLAKE
  • Gold Medal water lily – Nymphaea ‘Gold Medal’
  • Bear’s breeches – Acanthus hungaricus
  • Wild petunia – Ruellia humilis

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lilium ‘Tiara’

Burpee Kitchen Garden

  • Yao Ming daylily – Hemerocallis citrina ‘Yao Ming’
  • Black false hellebore – Veratrum nigrum
  • Green Twister purple coneflower – Echinacea purpurea ‘Green Twister’
  • Royal Raspberry hummingbird mint – Agastache ‘Royal Raspberry’
  • STARSHIP™ Blue lobelia – Lobelia × speciosa STARSHIP™ Blue
  • Tiara lily – Lilium ‘Tiara’

 

 

 

 

 

Bosarge Family Education Center Gardens

Cephalanthus occidentalis ‘Sputnik’
  • Purple coneflower – Echinacea purpurea
  • Autumn Bride hairy alumroot – Heuchera villosa ‘Autumn Bride’
  • Rattlesnake–master – Eryngium yuccifolium
  • David garden phlox – Phlox paniculata ‘David’
  • Blue monkshood – Aconitum uncinatum
  • Sputnick buttonbush – Cephalanthus occidentalis ‘Sputnik’
  • Prairie Glow brown–eyed Susan – Rudbeckia triloba ‘Prairie Glow’