Highlights: This week, a rainbow of various false indigo cultivars (Baptisia spp.) reach the peak of their blooms throughout Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens. The vivid magenta blooms of the Sonic Bloom® Pink weigela (Weigela florida ‘Bokrasopin’) can be spotted encircling the ponds in the Pond Garden. A definitive must-see area is the Arbor Garden, whose namesake structure is enveloped in a stunning climbing hydrangea (Hydrangea petiolaris) and flanked by blooming roses (Rosa spp.)—a favorite of both our visitors and our pollinators!
Lyn and Daniel Lerner Visitor’s Center
1) Yuki Cherry Blossom® deutzia – Deutzia ‘NCDX2’
2) Cora Stubbs common garden peony – Paeonia lactiflora ‘Cora Stubbs’
3) American Goldfinch false indigo – Baptisia ‘American Goldfinch’
4) Indigo – Indigofera kirilowii
5) Shirley Temple common garden peony – Paeonia lactiflora ‘Shirley Temple’
6) Chionoides rhododendron – Rhododendron × ‘Chionoides’
Butterfly House
1) Common golden Alexanders – Zizia aurea
2) Eastern beebalm – Monarda bradburiana
3) Turkish sage – Phlomis russeliana
4) Caramia sage – Salvia nemorosa ‘Caramia’
5) Common rue – Ruta graveolens
Pond Garden
1) Sensation Deep Rose Improved sage – Salvia nemorosa ‘Sensation Deep Rose Improved’
2) Sonic Bloom® Pink weigela – Weigela florida ‘Bokrasopin’
3) Color Spires® Indiglo Girl salvia – Salvia × ‘Indiglo Girl’
4) DECADENCE® Deluxe Pink Lemonade false indigo – Baptisia × ‘Pink Lemonade’
5) Prairieblues Twilight false indigo – Baptisia × variicolor ‘Twilite’
Café Walk
1) Chinese fringe tree – Chionanthus retusus
2) Goat’s beard – Aruncus dioicus
3) Top Brass common garden peony – Paeonia lactiflora ‘Top Brass’
4) Hartlage Wine sweetshrub – Calycanthus × raulstonii ‘Hartlage Wine’
Great Lawn
1) DECADENCE® Blueberry Sundae false indigo – Baptisia ‘Blueberry Sundae’
2) Large yellow foxglove – Digitalis grandiflora
3) Carolina Moonlight false indigo – Baptisia ‘Carolina Moonlight’
4) Meadow rue – Thalictrum petaloideum
5) Pastel Sunrise peony – Paeonia ‘Pastel Sunrise’
6) Pretty Belinda yarrow – Achillea millefolium ‘Pretty Belinda’
Lerner Garden of the Five Senses
1) Globemaster ornamental onion – Allium ‘Globemaster’
2) Meadow rue – Thalictrum rochebruneanum
3) Do Tell common garden peony – Paeonia lactiflora ‘Do Tell’
4) Snowbell mock orange – Philadelphus ‘Snowbelle’
5) Bartzella Itoh peony – Paeonia ‘Bartzella’
6) All the Rage Easy Elegance® rose – Rosa ‘BAIrage’
Slater Forest Pond
1) Bilberry Ice spiderwort – Tradescantia ‘Bilberry Ice’
2) Showy lady’s slipper – Cypripedium reginae
3) White Showy Lady’s Slipper – Cypripedium reginae f. albolabium
4) Japanese primrose – Primula japonica
5) White lightening azalea – Rhododendron ‘White Lightning’
6) Assorted water lily cultivars – Nymphaea spp.
Cleaver Lawn
1) Blanc Double de Courbert rose – Rosa ‘Blanc Double de Courbert’
2) Chinese fringe tree – Chionanthus retusus
3) Stainless Steel coral bells – Heuchera ‘Stainless Steel’
4) Heart Throb kousa dogwood – Cornus kousa ‘Schmred’
5) STARLITE PRAIRIEBLUES false indigo – Baptisia × bicolor ‘Starlite’
Reiser Woodland Garden
1) Firefly coral bells – Heuchera ‘Leuchtkafer’
2) Vanilla Gorilla great masterwort – Astrantia major ‘Vanilla Gorilla’
3) Misty Lace goat’s beard – Aruncus ‘Misty Lace’
4) White-striped cobra lily – Arisaema candidissimum
Arbor Garden
1) Marie Bugnet rose – Rosa ‘Marie Bugnet’
2) Doreen common garden peony – Paeonia lactiflora ‘Doreen’
3) Die Schone rodgersia – Rodgersia ‘Die Schone’
4) Lillian Gibson rose – Rosa ‘Lillian Gibson’
5) Climbing hydrangea – Hydrangea petiolaris
6) Broad-leaved speedwell – Veronica austriaca subsp. teucrium
Haney Hillside Garden
1) Hubricht’s blue star – Amsonia hubrichtii
2) Purple Flame blue flag – Iris versicolor ‘Purple Flame’
3) Hoffman’s Pink mountain laurel – Kalmia latifolia ‘Hoffman’s Pink’
4) Elf mountain laurel – Kalmia latifolia ‘Elf’
5) Morris Berd smooth phlox – Phlox glaberrima ‘Morris Berd’
Vayo Meditation Garden
1) Ruth Jolly meadow rue – Thalictrum ‘Ruth Jolly’
2) Dancing crane cobra lily – Arisaema heterophyllum
3) Northern blue flag – Iris versicolor
Giles Rhododendron and Perennial Garden
1) Japanese primrose – Primula japonica
2) Rodgersia – Rodgersia aesculifolia
3) Pohjola’s Daughter rhododendron – Rhododendron ‘Pohjola’s Daughter’
4) Leslie Peck common garden peony – Paeonia lactiflora ‘Leslie Peck’
Bibby and Harold Alfond Children’s Garden
1) Tree peony – Paeonia ostii
2) Purple Rain ornamental onion – Allium ‘Purple Rain’
3) Cleopatra foxtail lily – Eremurus × isabellinus ‘Cleopatra’
4) Jerusalem sage – Phlomoides tuberosa
5) Gold Medal water lily – Nymphaea ‘Gold Medal’
Burpee Kitchen Garden
1) Screamin’ Yellow false indigo – Baptisia sphaerocarpa ‘Screamin’ Yellow’
2) California poppy – Eschscholzia californica subsp. californica
3) Jan van Leeuwen common garden peony – Paeonia lactiflora ‘Jan van Leeuwen’
4) Moonshine yarrow – Achillea ‘Moonshine’
Education Center Gardens
1) Canada windflower – Anemone canadensis
2) Midnight Prairieblues™ false indigo – Baptisia ‘Midnight’
3) Eastern beebalm – Monarda bradburiana
4) Husker Red smooth beard-tongue – Penstemon digitalis ‘Husker Red’
5) Northern blue flag – Iris versicolor
