This week summersweet (Clethra) is blooming across the gardens! Check out the pink flowers of Ruby Spice summersweet (Clethra alnifolia ‘Ruby Spice’) in the Lerner Garden of the Five Senses, and the long strands of white flowers on the Japanese clethra (Clethra barbinervis) in the Arbor Garden. Other beautiful blooms include the tricolor lily (Lilium tricolor) outside the Daniel and Lyn Lerner Visitor Center and the eastern featherbells (Stenanthium gramineum) in the Cleaver Lawn.
What’s In Bloom – August 15, 2023
Lyn and Daniel Lerner Visitor Center
- 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’
- Amazone hosta – Hosta ‘Amazone’
- Silver Knight Scotch heather – Calluna vulgaris ‘Silver Knight’
- Tricolor lily – Lilium ‘Tricolor’
Native Butterfly House
- Millenium ornamental onion – Allium × ‘Millenium’
- Green Jewel purple coneflower – Echinacea purpurea ‘Green Jewel’
- Younique Bicolor garden phlox – Phlox paniculata ‘Younique Bicolor’
- Small globe thistle – Echinops ritro
- White turtlehead – Chelone glabra
- JOSEPHINE clematis – Clematis ‘Evijohill’
Pond Garden
- 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’
Great Lawn Gardens
- Unexpected Extra daylily – Hemerocallis ‘Unexpected Extra’
- Russian sage – Salvia yangii
- Prairie dropseed – Sporobolus heterolepis
- Purple poppy–mallow – Callirhoe involucrata
- Allan P. McConnell plantain lily – Hosta ‘Allan P. McConnell’
- Sixteen Candles summersweet – Clethra alnifolia ‘Sixteen Candles’
Lerner Garden of the Five Senses
- 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’
- Ruby Spice summersweet – Clethra alnifolia ‘Ruby Spice’
- Angelica – Angelica gigas
Slater Forest Pond
- Common arrowhead – Sagittaria latifolia
- Attraction water lily – Nymphaea ‘Attraction’
- Blue cardinal flower – Lobelia siphilitica
- Variegatum fragrant Solomon’s seal – Polygonatum odoratum var. pluriflorum ‘Variegatum’
Cleaver Lawn
- Annabelle smooth hydrangea – Hydrangea arborescens ‘Annabelle’
- Pink Penny cranesbill – Geranium ‘Pink Penny’
- Robustissima grape–leaf anemone – Anemone tomentosa ‘Robustissima’
- RUBY STAR purple coneflower – Echinacea ‘Rubinstern’ Ruby Star
- Eastern featherbells – Stenanthium gramineum
- Diana rose of Sharon – Hibiscus syriacus ‘Diana’
- Cinnamon clethra – Clethra acuminata
Reiser Woodland Garden
- Great masterwort – Astrantia major
- Shadowland® plantain lily – Hosta ‘Waterslide’ Shadowland®
- Veratrum – Veratrum formosanum
- Western maidenhair fern – Adiantum aleuticum
- Munchkin oak–leaf hydrangea – Hydrangea quercifolia ‘Munchkin’
Arbor Garden
- Aphrodite sweetshrub – Calycanthus ‘Aphrodite’
- Tea of heaven – Platycrater arguta
- Rosenkuppel ornamental oregano – Origanum ‘Rosenkuppel’
- Autumn Sun coneflower – Rudbeckia ‘Herbstsonne’
- Japanese clethra – Clethra barbinervis
- Patriot plantain lily – Hosta ‘Patriot’
- Sage – Salvia transsylvanica
- Michiko Renge Oyama magnolia – Magnolia sieboldii ‘Michiko Renge’
Haney Hillside Garden
- Cardinal flower – Lobelia cardinalis
- Rosy meadowsweet – Spiraea tomentosa
- Pinky Pollen Ring™ smooth hydrangea – Hydrangea arborescens ‘SMHALP’
- Maryland goldenaster – Chrysopsis mariana
- Appalachian blazing star – Liatris microcephala
- Pennsylvania azalea – Rhododendron × pennsylvanicum
- Sourwood – Oxydendrum arboretum
Vayo Meditation Garden
- 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’
Giles Rhododendron and Perennial Garden
- Annabelle smooth hydrangea – Hydrangea arborescens ‘Annabelle’
- Japanese painted fern – Athyrium niponicum ‘Pictum’
- Mixed plantain lily cultivars – Hosta spp.
- Veronica Klose astilbe – Astilbe chinensis ‘Veronica Klose’
- Variegatum fragrant Solomon’s seal – Polygonatum odoratum var. pluriflorum ‘Variegatum’
Bibby and Harold Alfond Children’s Garden
- 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’
- Wild petunia – Ruellia humilis
- Clustered sage – Salvia dolichantha
- Purple flowering raspberry – Rubus odoratus
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’
- Brownies hairy alum root – Heuchera villosa ‘Brownies’
Bosarge Family Education Center Gardens
- 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’
- Tall larkspur – Delphinium exaltatum