What’s In Bloom – September 12, 2023

What's In Bloom

Pink and white anemones are blooming across the Gardens! Be sure to see the Robustissima grape-leaf anemone (Anemone tomentosa ‘Robustissima’) on the Cleaver Lawn, the WILD SWAN™ anemone (Anemone ‘MACANE001’) in the Vayo Meditation Garden, and the Whirlwind Japanese anemone (Anemone ‘Whirlwind’) outside the Burpee Kitchen Garden. Also blooming are two unusual woody plants: the Franklin tree (Franklinia alatamaha) in the Pond Garden, and the seven-son flower (Heptacodium miconioides) on the Haney Hillside.

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Lyn and Daniel Lerner Visitor Center

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Hibiscus ‘Midnight Marvel’
  • Limelight panicled hydrangea – Hydrangea paniculata ‘Limelight’
  • Midnight Marvel rose–mallow – Hibiscus ‘Midnight Marvel’
  • Nekan blue sage – Salvia azurea ‘Nekan’
  • Starry Starry Night rose–mallow – Hibiscus ‘Starry Starry Night’
  • reed grass – Calamagrostis arundinacea
  • Mignonette strawberry – Fragaria ‘Mignonette’

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Helenium autumnale

Native Butterfly House

  • JOSEPHINE clematis – Clematis ‘Evijohill’
  • common sneezeweed – Helenium autumnale
  • showy goldenrod – Solidago speciosa
  • Wood’s Pink aster – Aster ‘Wood’s Pink’

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pond Garden

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Anemone hupehensis ‘Pink Saucer’
  • various panicled hydrangea cultivars – Hydrangea paniculata cultivars
  • LI’L BANG™ Enchanted Eve tickseed – Coreopsis ‘Enchanted Eve’
  • Raydon’s Favorite aromatic aster – Symphyotrichum oblongifolium ‘Raydon’s Favorite’
  • flaxleaf whitetop – Ionactis linariifolia
  • Southern Cross ironweed – Vernonia × ‘Southern Cross’
  • Franklin tree – Franklinia alatamaha
  • Pink Saucer Japanese anemone – Anemone hupehensis ‘Pink Saucer’

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Tricyrtis formosana ‘Autumn Glow’

Great Lawn Gardens

  • prairie dropseed – Sporobolus heterolepis
  • rough blazing star – Liatris aspera
  • Autumn Glow toad–lily – Tricyrtis formosana ‘Autumn Glow’
  • The Blues little bluestem – Schizachyrium scoparium ‘The Blues’
  • tall tickseed – Coreopsis tripteris

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lerner Garden of the Five Senses

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Angelica polymorpha
  • cardinal flower – Lobelia cardinalis
  • Blue River II rose mallow – Hibiscus moscheutos ‘Blue River II’
  • purple cyclamen – Cyclamen purpurascens
  • Starry Starry Night rose mallow – Hibiscus ‘Starry Starry Night’
  • True Blue gentian – Gentiana ‘True Blue’
  • Chinese angelica – Angelica polymorpha
  • Curtain Call Deep Rose anemone – Anemone ‘Curtain Call Deep Rose’

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Tricyrtis macropoda

Slater Forest Pond

  • toad–lily – Tricyrtis macropoda
  • meadow bottle gentian – Gentiana clausa
  • Fabiola water lily – Nymphaea ‘Fabiola’

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cleaver Lawn

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Hibiscus syriacus ‘Diana’
  • Pink Penny cranesbill – Geranium ‘Pink Penny’
  • Robustissima grape–leaf anemone – Anemone tomentosa ‘Robustissima’
  • Diana rose of Sharon – Hibiscus syriacus ‘Diana’
  • Autumn Fire stonecrop – Hylotelephium ‘Autumn Fire’
  • Sweet Summer panicled hydrangea – Hydrangea paniculata ‘Bokrathirteen’ Sweet Summer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Actaea simplex ‘Brunette’

Reiser Woodland Garden

  • Shadowland® plantain lily – Hosta ‘Waterslide’ Shadowland®
  • Himalayan maidenhair fern – Adiantum venustum
  • beech fern – Phegopteris decursive–pinnata
  • Brunette bugbane – Actaea simplex ‘Brunette’
  • Bevis soft shield fern – Polystichum setiferum ‘Bevis’

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Arbor Garden

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Lonicera sempervirens ‘Superba’
  • sage – Salvia transsylvanica
  • Michiko Renge Oyama magnolia – Magnolia sieboldii ‘Michiko Renge’
  • Rex stonecrop – Hylotelephium ‘T. Rex’
  • Issai beautyberry – Callicarpa dichotoma ‘Issai’
  • Blue Wonder toad–lily – Tricyrtis ‘Blue Wonder’
  • Superba trumpet honeysuckle – Lonicera sempervirens ‘Superba’

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Chrysopsis mariana

Haney Hillside Garden

  • cardinal flower – Lobelia cardinalis
  • Maryland goldenaster – Chrysopsis mariana
  • Virginia agave – Agave virginica
  • Lemon Queen sunflower – Helianthus ‘Lemon Queen’
  • switch grass – Panicum virgatum
  • Nally’s Green Dot white doll’s–daisy – Boltonia asteroides ‘Nally’s Green Dot’
  • seven–son flower – Heptacodium miconioides

 

 

 

 

 

Vayo Meditation Garden

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Heuchera ‘Spellbound’
  • WILD SWAN™ anemone – Anemone ‘MACANE001’
  • Spellbound alum–root – Heuchera ‘Spellbound’
  • Ghost Japanese painted fern – Athyrium ‘Ghost’
  • Silver Sceptre Japanese sedge – Carex morrowii ‘Silver Sceptre’
  • white turtlehead – Chelone glabra

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Giles Rhododendron and Perennial Garden

  • Japanese painted fern – Athyrium niponicum ‘Pictum’
  • mixed plantain lily cultivars – Hosta
  • Albo Striata Japanese forest grass – Hakonechloa macra ‘Albo Striata’
  • yellow waxbells – Kirengeshoma palmata
  • Silver Ghost lacebark pine – Pinus bungeana ‘Silver Ghost’

 

 

Bibby and Harold Alfond Children’s Garden

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Nymphaea ‘Gold Medal’
  • SNOW FLAKE oak–leaf hydrangea – Hydrangea quercifolia ‘Brido’ SNOW FLAKE
  • Gold Medal water lily – Nymphaea ‘Gold Medal’
  • Tiny Toy aster – Aster ‘Tiny Toy’
  • Rooguchi solitary clematis – Clematis ‘Rooguchi’
  • Dark Knight bluebeard – Caryopteris × clandonensis ‘Dark Knight’
  • New York ironweed – Vernonia noveboracensis

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Silphium terebinthinaceum pinnatifidum

Burpee Kitchen Garden

  • Royal Raspberry hummingbird mint – Agastache ‘Royal Raspberry’
  • common rose–mallow – Hibiscus moscheutos
  • Zebrina striped mallow – Malva sylvestris ‘Zebrina’
  • cut–leaf prairie dock – Silphium terebinthinaceum pinnatifidum
  • Brunette bugbane – Actaea simplex ‘Brunette’
  • Whirlwind Japanese anemone – Anemone ‘Whirlwind’

 

 

 

 

 

Bosarge Family Education Center Gardens

  • Prairie Glow brown–eyed Susan – Rudbeckia triloba ‘Prairie Glow’
  • clustered mountain–mint – Pycnanthemum muticum
  • Lemon Queen sunflower – Helianthus ‘Lemon Queen’
  • cut–leaf prairie dock – Silphium terebinthinaceum pinnatifidum
  • Goldsturm orange coneflower – Rudbeckia fulgida ‘Goldsturm’

 

 

 

 

 

 

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