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What’s In Bloom – August 29, 2023

What's In Bloom

Rose mallow continues to bloom across the Gardens! Check out the bright white flowers of the Blue River II rose mallow (Hibiscus ‘Blue River II’) in the Lerner Garden of the Five Senses and the scarlet red flowers of the Midnight Marvel rose mallow (Hibiscus ‘Midnight Marvel’) in the Entrance Gardens. Also blooming are the Appalachian bugbane (Actaea cordifolia) in the Bibby and Harold Alfond Children’s Garden and the Blue Wonder toad lily (Tricyrtis ‘Blue Wonder’) in the Arbor Garden.

 

 

 

midnight marvel
Hibiscus ‘Midnight Marvel’

Lyn and Daniel Lerner Visitor Center

  • Denim ‘n Lace Russian sage – Perovskia atriplicifolia ‘Denim ‘n Lace’
  • Limelight panicled hydrangea – Hydrangea paniculata ‘Limelight’
  • Midnight Marvel rose–mallow – Hibiscus ‘Midnight Marvel’
  • Double Blue balloon flower – Platycodon × (Double Blue)
  • German garlic – Allium senescens
  • Red Riding Hood garden phlox – Phlox paniculata ‘Red Riding Hood’

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Native Butterfly House

canada burnet
Sanguisorba canadensis
  • White turtlehead – Chelone glabra
  • JOSEPHINE clematis – Clematis ‘Evijohill’
  • Canada burnet – Sanguisorba canadensis
  • Northern Plains gayfeather – Liatris ligulistylis
  • Common sneezeweed – Helenium autumnale
  • Wild bergamot – Monarda fistulosa

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ballet slippers
Hibiscus × ‘Ballet Slippers’

Pond Garden

  • Various panicled hydrangea cultivars – Hydrangea paniculata cultivars
  • New Love clematis – Clematis ‘New Love’
  • TABLE MOUNTAIN® ice plant – Delosperma ‘John Profit’
  • Pollypetite® Rose–of–Sharon – Hibiscus ‘Rosina’
  • LI’L BANG™ Enchanted Eve tickseed – Coreopsis ‘Enchanted Eve’
  • SUMMERIFIC® Ballet Slippers hibiscus – Hibiscus × ‘Ballet Slippers’

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Great Lawn Garden

rough blazing star
Liatris aspera
  • Prairie dropseed – Sporobolus heterolepis
  • Sixteen Candles summersweet – Clethra alnifolia ‘Sixteen Candles’
  • SUMMERIFIC® Berry Awesome rose–mallow – Hibiscus ‘Berry Awesome’
  • Hollyhock – Alcea rugosa
  • Rough blazing star – Liatris aspera
  • Autumn Glow toad–lily – Tricyrtis formosana ‘Autumn Glow’
  • Lavender Bubbles allium – Allium ‘Lavender Bubbles’

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

angelica
Angelica gigas

Lerner Garden of the Five Senses

  • Cardinal flower – Lobelia cardinalis
  • Blue River II rose mallow – Hibiscus moscheutos ‘Blue River II’
  • Ruby Spice summersweet – Clethra alnifolia ‘Ruby Spice’
  • Angelica – Angelica gigas
  • Purple cyclamen – Cyclamen purpurascens
  • Starry Starry Night rose mallow – Hibiscus ‘Starry Starry Night’
  • True Blue gentian – Gentiana ‘True Blue’

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Slater Forest Pond

fabiola
Nymphaea ‘Fabiola’
  • Common arrowhead – Sagittaria latifolia
  • Attraction water lily – Nymphaea ‘Attraction’
  • Fabiola water lily – Nymphaea ‘Fabiola’
  • Blue cardinal flower – Lobelia siphilitica

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

autumn fire
Hylotelephium ‘Autumn Fire’

Cleaver Lawn

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

 

 

 

 

 

Reiser Woodland Garden

munchkin
Hydrangea quercifolia ‘Munchkin’
  • Great masterwort – Astrantia major
  • Shadowland® plantain lily – Hosta ‘Waterslide’ Shadowland®
  • Himalayan maidenhair fern – Adiantum venustum
  • Munchkin oak–leaf hydrangea – Hydrangea quercifolia ‘Munchkin’
  • Brunette bugbane – Actaea simplex ‘Brunette’

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

toad lily
Tricyrtis ‘Blue Wonder’

Arbor Garden

  • Aphrodite sweetshrub – Calycanthus ‘Aphrodite’
  • Tea of heaven – Platycrater arguta
  • 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’

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Haney Hillside Garden

maryland goldenaster
Chrysopsis mariana
  • Cardinal flower – Lobelia cardinalis
  • Maryland goldenaster – Chrysopsis mariana
  • Appalachian blazing star – Liatris microcephala
  • Virginia agave – Agave virginica
  • Culver’s–root – Veronicastrum virginicum
  • Lemon Queen sunflower – Helianthus ‘Lemon Queen’

 

 

 

 

 

 

spellbound
Heuchera ‘Spellbound’

Vayo Meditation Garden

  • WILD SWAN™ anemone – Anemone ‘MACANE001’
  • Spellbound alum–root – Heuchera ‘Spellbound’
  • Ghost Japanese painted fern – Athyrium ‘Ghost’
  • Blue cardinal flower – Lobelia siphilitica

 

 

 

 

 

 

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’

 

Bibby and Harold Alfond Children’s Garden

september beauty
Clethra alnifolia ‘September Beauty’
  • 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’
  • September Beauty summersweet – Clethra alnifolia ‘September Beauty’
  • Tiny Toy aster – Aster ‘Tiny Toy’
  • Rooguchi solitary clematis – Clematis ‘Rooguchi’
  • Appalachian bugbane – Actaea cordifolia

 

 

 

 

 

 

lobelia x speciosa starship blue
Lobelia × speciosa STARSHIP™ Blue

Burpee Kitchen Garden

  • Royal Raspberry hummingbird mint – Agastache ‘Royal Raspberry’
  • STARSHIP™ Blue lobelia – Lobelia × speciosa STARSHIP™ Blue
  • Common rose–mallow – Hibiscus moscheutos
  • Zebrina striped mallow – Malva sylvestris ‘Zebrina’
  • Cut–leaf prairie dock – Silphium terebinthinaceum pinnatifidum
  • Double Blue balloon flower – Platycodon grandiflorus ‘Double Blue’

 

 

 

 

 

Bosarge Family Education Center Gardens

  • Rattlesnake–master – Eryngium yuccifolium
  • David garden phlox – Phlox paniculata ‘David’
  • Prairie Glow brown–eyed Susan – Rudbeckia triloba ‘Prairie Glow’
  • Clustered mountain–mint – Pycnanthemum muticum
  • Lemon Queen sunflower – Helianthus ‘Lemon Queen’