Staff Picks
One of my favorite foxgloves is Digitalis ferruginea, the rusty foxglove. The idea of rust does not do this plant justice as the peachy, creamy color is divine! Perfect for a vertical element and attractive to pollinators this plant is an excellent choice for your garden. Watch as bumble bees and hummingbirds vie for a chance to collect nectar from the tubular blossoms in the Alfond Children’s Garden. – Jen, horticulturist
Bachelors buttons (Centaurea cyanus) are such soft and sweetly wild little flowers! I caught these ones on a cloudy rainy day and they just looked so friendly, nodding their heads into the pathway in the Lerner Garden to greet me! – Jo, guest services & front desk coordinator
Be sure to walk the path between the northern bed of the Great Lawn and the Burpee Kitchen Garden to check out these beyond vibrant sweet peas, Lathyrus odoratus ‘Prince of Orange.’ – Syretha, horticulturist
Hemerocallis ‘Strawberry Candy’ (Daylily) is lighting up the Lerner Garden. – Will, horticulturist
This late day light on the drumstick allium (Allium sphaerocephalon) in the Perennial and Rose Garden made for magnificent color and contrast, and I loved the luminescent quality of them. They’re also great because they attract so many bees – and I love honey! – Melissa, guest services
This Giant Meadow Rue (Thalictrum rochebrunianum) adds a mist of delicate and airy flowers peaking above the other plants in the Cleaver Event Lawn. – Anna, horticulturist
This queen-of-the-prairie (Filipendula rubra ‘Venusta’) is so soft and delicate around the Great Lawn, and I think that I saw three fairies peeking through the blossoms. – Diane, guest services
Rhododendron ‘Weston’s Sparkler’ – The last act for azaleas in the Gardens, this brightly-colored cultivar developed in Massachusetts has been welcomed into multiple spots in the gardens here at CMBG. Find it in the Giles Rhododendron Garden. – Dan, horticulturist
Drumstick allium (Allium sphaerocephalon) is in full roar in the Burpee Kitchen Garden. – Diane, horticulturist
Not only is this pitcher plant really cool because it’s carnivorous, it also has one of the most unusual blossoms I have ever seen. Beautiful and unique! Find Sarracenia ‘Green Dragon’ in the Bibby and Harold Alfond Children’s Garden. – Libby, guest services
New Jersey tea (Ceanothus americanus) on the Haney Hillside is a beautiful splash of white. – Patty, horticulturist
One of two Abutilons in my containers at the Norweb Entrance Garden, just starting to bloom–this one is ‘Biltmore Ballgown’ and is named for the Biltmore Estate. – Sharmon, horticulturist
Be sure to stop by the Perennial and Rose Garden to check out the stunning combination of Allium sphaerocephalon (drumstick dllium) and Eryngium planum ‘Blue Glitter’ – a crowd-pleaser for people and both honey and bumble bees alike! – Syretha, horticulturist
A shout out to this gem of a plant, Scabiosa stellata ‘Sternkugel.’ While the flower is small and light, the true glory of this plant and the reason many people grow it is for the decorative seed head! Aptly named, Star Ball, you’ll find this beauty near the Cottage Garden in the Bibby and Harold Alfond Children’s Garden. Stay tuned! – Jen, horticulturist
Thalictrum flavum ssp. glaucum – Over elephant-grey leaves, buttery-yellow heads sway in the breeze, calling to bees and other hungry nectar-seeking insects around the pond in the Giles Rhododendron Garden. A statuesque plant worthy of more widespread planting! – Dan, horticulturist
Full List
Bibby and Harold Alfond Children’s Garden
Acanthus hungaricus – Bear’s Breeches
Agastache ‘Blue Fortune’ – Giant Hyssop
Allium ‘Pink Planet’ – Ornamental Onion
Allium sphaerocephalon – Drumstick Allium
Alstroemeria ‘Tangerine Tango’ – Peruvian Lily
Asclepias incarnate – Swamp Milkweed
Asclepias speciosa ‘Davis’ – Showy Milkweed
Astilbe ‘Key West’ – Plume Flower
Benthamidia japonica ‘Satomi’ – Dogwood
Buddleja ‘Miss Ruby’ – Butterfly Bush
Campanula persicifolia ‘Telham Beauty’ – Peach-leaved Bellflower
Chamaepericlymenum canadense – Bunchberry
Clematis ‘Etoile Violette’
Clematis ‘Nelly Moser’
Clematis ‘Rooguchi’
Delphinium grandiflorum ‘Dwarf Blue Butterfly’ – Siberian Larkspur
Digitalis ferruginea – Rusty Foxglove
Echinacea Crazy Pink ‘Adam Saul’ Big Sky Series – Big Sky Crazy Pink Coneflower
Echinacea Ruby Star ‘Rubinstern’ – Ruby Star Purple Coneflower
Echinacea purpurea ‘Virgin’ – Coneflower
Gentiana scabra – Scabrous Gentian
Helenium ‘Moerheim Beauty’ – Sneezeweed
Helenium ‘Red Jewel’ – Sneezeweed
Hemerocallis ‘Baja’ – Daylily
Hemerocallis ‘Big Time Happy’ Happy Ever Appster – Daylily
Hemerocallis ‘Fairy Tale Pink’ – Daylily
Hemerocallis ‘French Tudor’ – Daylily
Hosta ‘Big Daddy’ – Plantain Lily
Hosta ‘Blue Mouse Ears’ Designer Hosta Collection – Plantain Lily
Hydrangea arborescens Incrediball ‘Abetwo’ – Incrediball Smooth Hydrangea
Hydrangea arborescens Invincibelle Spirit ‘NCHA1’ – Invincibelle Spirit Smooth Hydrangea
Iris ensata ‘Jocasta’ – Japanese Iris
Iris ensata ‘Lion King’ – Japanese Iris
Itea virginica Little Henry ‘Sprich’ – Little Henry Sweetspire
Lavandula angustifolia ‘Hidcote’ – English Lavender
Lavandula angustifolia ‘Munstead’ – English Lavender
Leucanthemum x superbum ‘Becky’ – Shasta Daisy
Ligularia japonica – Japanese Ligularia
Lonicera sempervirens ‘Major Wheeler’ – Trumpet Honeysuckle
Rhododendron ‘Weston’s Sparkler’ – Azalea
Rosa (Garden Art Group) Yellow Submarine Easy Elegance ‘BaIine’
Rosa (Garden Path Group) Sunrise Sunset Easy Elegance ‘BaIset’
Rosa Good ‘n Plenty ‘Jacmound’ – Good ‘n Plenty Rose
Rosa Outta the Blue ‘Wekstephitsu’ – Outta the Blue Rose
Rosa Roseberry Blanket ‘Kortwente’ – Roseberry Blanket Rose
Rubus odoratus – Flowering Raspberry
Rudbeckia fulgida ‘Goldsturm’ – Black-eyed Susan
Salvia nemorosa ‘Caradonna’ – Meadow Sage
Syneilesis x hybrida
Thalictrum flavum ssp. glaucum – Meadow-rue
Vaccinium angustifolium – Lowbush Blueberry
Vaccinium corymbosum ‘Bluecrop’ – Highbush Blueberry
Vaccinium corymbosum ‘Bluetta’ – Highbush Blueberry
Vaccinium corymbosum ‘Chandler’ – Highbush Blueberry
Vaccinium corymbosum ‘Earliblue’ – Highbush Blueberry
Vaccinium ‘Pink Lemonade’ – Pink Blueberry
Veronica ‘Purpleicious’ – Spiked Speedwell
Veronica ‘Sunny Border Blue’ – Speedwell
Birch Allee
Hosta ‘Limey Lisa’
Hydrangea quercifolia SNOW FLAKE ‘Brido’ – Oak-leaf Hydrangea
Ligularia ‘Bottle Rocket’
Bosarge Family Education Center
Asclepias incarnata ‘Ice Ballet’ – Butterfly Weed
Asclepias speciosa ‘Davis’ – Showy Milkweed
Eutrochium fistulosum – Hollow Joe-pye Weed
Heliopsis ‘Bressingham Doubloon’ – False Sunflower; Ox-eye Daisy
Monarda ‘Judith’s Fancy Fuchsia’ – Bee Balm
Oenothera fruticosa Fireworks ‘Fyrverkeri’ – Fireworks Sundrops
Rhododendron maximum – Rosebay
Rosa Carolina – Carolina Rose
Stokesia laevis ‘Blue Danube’ – Stokes’-aster
Burpee Kitchen Garden and Terrace
Allium ‘Hair’ – Ornamental Onion
Echinacea ‘Milkshake’ – Cone-fections Series Coneflower
Geranium Rozanne ‘Gerwat’ – Rozanne Cranesbill
Geranium ‘Jolly Bee’ – Cranesbill
Hemerocallis citrina – Daylily
Hemerocallis ‘Stella D’Oro’ – Daylily
Lilium regale – Regal Lily
Phytolacca acinosa – Indian Pokeweed
Potentilla fruticosa ‘Katherine Dykes’ – Shrubby Cinquefoil
Potentilla fruticosa ‘Primrose Beauty’ – Shrubby Cinquefoil
Rhododendron ‘Golden Showers’ – Azalea
Rosa (Garden Path Group) Sunrise Sunset Easy Elegance ‘BAIset’
Viburnum nudum ‘Winterthur’ – Smooth Witherod
Coreopsis ‘Route 66’ – Thread-leaf Coreopsis
Cleaver Event Lawn
Allium ‘Millenium’ – Ornamental Onion
Astilbe ‘Avalanche’
Astilbe biternata – False Goatsbeard
Astilbe hybrida ‘Rock and Roll’ – Plume Flower
Astilbe japonica ‘Touch of Pink’
Astilbe thunbergii ‘Straussenfeder’ – Ostrich Plume
Astilbe x arendsii ‘Bressingham Beauty’
Astilbe x arendsii ‘Weisse Gloria’
Coreopsis verticillata ‘Creme Brulee’ – Thread-leaf Coreopsis
Echinacea Ruby Star ‘Rubinstern’ – Ruby Star Purple Coneflower
Echinacea ‘Passion Flute’ – Coneflower
Echinacea purpurea ‘White Swan’ – Coneflower
Geranium Rozanne ‘Gerwat’ – Rozanne Cranesbill
Geranium ‘Pink Penny’ – Cranesbill
Hemerocallis ‘Gordon Biggs’ – Daylily
Hemerocallis ‘Ice Carnival’ – Daylily
Hemerocallis ‘Sirocco’ – Daylily
Hemerocallis ‘Strutter’s Ball’ Designer Daylily Collection – Daylily
Hosta ‘Empress Wu’
Liatris spicata Floristan White ‘Floristan Weiss’ – Floristan White Gay-feather
Lilium regale – Regal Lily
Phlox paniculata ‘Danielle’ – Garden Phlox
Phlox paniculata ‘Franz Schubert’ – Garden Phlox
Phytolacca americana ‘Silberstein’ – Pokeweed
Spigelia marilandica – Indian Pink
Stachys byzantina ‘Helen Von Stein’ – Lamb’s-ears
Stachys byzantina ‘Silver Carpet’ – Lamb’s-ears
Syringa reticulata ‘Ivory Silk’ – Japanese Tree Lilac
Thalictrum delavayi var. acuminatum ex MD97110 – Meadow-rue (MD97110 Seedling)
Vaccinium angustifolium – Lowbush Blueberry
Verbascum ‘Christo’s Yellow Lightning’ – Mullein
Verbascum phoeniceum ‘Flush of White’ – Purple Mullein
Veronicastrum virginicum ‘Fascination’ – Culver’s Root
Entry Walk
Agastache ‘Blue Fortune’ – Giant Hyssop
Alstroemeria ‘Sweet Laura’ – Peruvian Lily
Astilbe ‘Moerheim Glory’
Astilbe simplicifolia ‘Pink Lightning’ – False Spiraea
Calycanthus ‘Aphrodite’ – Sweetshrub
Calycanthus x raulstonii ‘Hartlage Wine’ – Sweetshrub
Daphne x transatlantica ‘BLAFRA’ – Eternal Fragrance Daphne
Delphinium ‘Summer Morning’ – Larkspur
Geranium Rozanne ‘Gerwat’ – Rozanne Cranesbill
Hosta ‘Big Daddy’ – Plantain Lily
Hosta ‘Frances Williams’
Hosta ‘Northern Exposure’ – Plantain Lily
Hosta ‘Paul’s Glory’
Lavandula x intermedia ‘Phenomenal’ – Lavandin
Potentilla fruticosa ‘Pink Beauty’
Rodgersia pinnata ‘Fireworks’ – Rodger’s Flower
Stachys officinalis ‘Hummelo’ – Betony
Founder’s Grove
Vaccinium angustifolium – Lowbush Blueberry
The Giles Rhododendron Garden
Allium macranthum
Astilbe ‘Avalanche’
Astilbe ‘Deutschland’ – False Spiraea
Astilbe japonica ‘Touch of Pink’
Astilbe simplicifolia ‘Hennie Graafland’
Astilbe x arendsii ‘Weisse Gloria’
Dicentra ‘Burning Hearts’ – Bleeding-heart
Hosta (Tardiana Group) ‘Hadspen Blue’ – Plantain Lily
Hosta ‘Big Daddy’ – Plantain Lily
Hosta ‘Empress Wu’
Hosta ‘Paul’s Glory’
Hosta ‘Reversed’
Hosta ‘Sagae’ – Plantain Lily
Hosta ‘Sun Power’
Hosta ‘Whirlwind’ – Plantain Lily
Hydrangea arborescens ‘A. G. Annabelle’ – Smooth Hydrangea
Iris ‘Emotion’
Iris sibirica ‘Ruffled Velvet’ – Siberian Iris
Rhododendron ‘Golden Showers’ – Azalea
Rhododendron maximum – Rosebay
Rhododendron ‘Millenium’ – Azalea
Rhododendron ‘Red Salute’ – Azalea
Rhododendron ‘Weston’s Firecracker’ – Azalea
Rhododendron ‘Weston’s Sparkler’ – Azalea
Rosa virginiana Virginia Rose
Thalictrum flavum ssp. glaucum – Meadow-rue
Vaccinium angustifolium – Lowbush Blueberry
Great Lawn
Buddleja davidii Nanho Blue ‘Mongo’ – Nanho Blue Butterfly Bush
Echinacea hybrida ‘Hot Papaya’ Cone-fections Series – Coneflower
Helenium hybrida Mardi Gras ‘Helbro’ – Mardi Gras Sneezeweed
Callirhoe involucrate – Purple Poppy-mallow
Echinacea Salsa Red ‘Balsomsed’ – Sombrero Series Salsa Red Coneflower
Echinacea [Sandy Yellow] ‘Balsomselo’ – Sombrero Series Sandy Yellow Coneflower
Echinacea Sundown ‘Evan Saul’ – Big Sky Sundown Coneflower
Echinacea purpurea ‘Kim’s Knee High’ – Coneflower
Echinacea purpurea ‘White Swan’ – Coneflower
Echinacea x hybrida Hot Coral ‘Balsomcor’ – Sombrero Series Hot Coral Echinacea
Geranium Rozanne ‘Gerwat’ – Rozanne Cranesbill
Heliopsis helianthoides var. scabra Summer Sun ‘Sommersonne’ – Summer Sun False Sunflower
Hemerocallis ‘Hyperion’ – Daylily
Perovskia atriplicifolia – Russian Sage
Salvia ‘Rose Queen’ – Sage
Asclepias tuberosa – Butterfly Weed
Astilbe x arendsii ‘Bressingham Beauty’
Coreopsis ‘Red Satin’ Permathread Series – Permathread Series Thread-leaf Coreopsis
Coreopsis ‘Route 66’ – Thread-leaf Coreopsis
Geum ‘Mai Tai’ Cocktail Series – (Cocktail Series) Avens
Malva sylvestris ‘Zebrina’ – Striped Mallow
Rhus aromatica ‘Gro-low’ – Fragrant Sumac
Thalictrum rochebruneanum – Meadow Rue
Yucca filamentosa ‘Color Guard’ – Adam’s-needle
Haney Hillside Garden
Aralia racemosa – Spikenard
Ceanothus americanus – New Jersey Tea
Corydalis lutea – Fumewort
Dicentra ‘King of Hearts’ – Bleeding-heart
Echinacea purpurea ‘White Swan’ – Coneflower
Kalmia latifolia ‘Hoffman’s Pink’ – Mountain Laurel
Penstemon digitalis – Smooth Beard-tongue
Rhododendron maximum – Rosebay
Rosa Pinktopia Easy Elegance ‘BAImas’ Easy Elegance Rose Collection
Sempervivum arachnoideum – Cobweb Houseleek
Sempervivum ‘Purple Beauty’ – Hens and Chicks
Vaccinium angustifolium – Lowbush Blueberry
Vaccinium corymbosum ‘Jersey’ – Highbush Blueberry
Vaccinium corymbosum ‘Rubel’ – Highbush Blueberry
The Lerner Garden of the Five Senses
Achillea ‘Moonshine’ – Yarrow
Allium cernuum – Nodding Onion
Allium ‘Mt. Sinai’ – Chives
Calycanthus floridus ‘Michael Lindsey’ – Carolina Allspice
Delphinium ‘Pagan Purples’ New Millenium Series – New Millenium Series Larkspur
Echinacea Sandy Yellow ‘Balsomselo’ Sombrero Series – Sombrero Series Sandy Yellow Coneflower
Echinacea purpurea ‘Fragrant Angel’ – Coneflower
Eryngium planum ‘Tiny Jackpot’ – Sea Holly
Gentiana triflora var. montana – Three-flower Gentian
Gentiana ‘True Blue’ – Gentian
Geranium ‘Pink Penny’ – Cranesbill
Hemerocallis ‘Joan Senior’ – Daylily
Hemerocallis ‘Strawberry Candy’ – Daylily
Hosta ‘Empress Wu’
Hosta ‘Tick Tock’ – Plantain Lily
Hydrangea paniculata ‘Dharuma’ – Panicle Hydrangea
Hydrangea quercifolia ‘Sike’s Dwarf’ – Oak-leaf Hydrangea
Iris ensata ‘Katy Mendez’ – Japanese Iris
Lavandula angustifolia ‘Hidcote Variety’ – English Lavender
Lavandula x intermedia ‘Phenomenal’ – Lavandin
Leucanthemum x superbum ‘Becky’ – Shasta Daisy
Liatris spicata ‘Kobold’ – Gay-feather
Melanthium virginicum – Bunchflower
Monarda Prairie Night ‘Prarienacht’ – Prairie Night Bee Balm
Nymphaea ‘Joey Tomocik’ – Water Lily
Phegopteris decursive-pinnata – Japanese Beech Fern
Phlox paniculata ‘Danielle’ – Garden Phlox
Platycodon grandiflorus ‘Sentimental Blue’ – Balloon-flower
Rosa (Lifestyle Garden Group) All the Rage Easy Elegance ‘BaIrage’
Rosa ‘Nearly Wild’ – Floribunda Rose
Rosa ‘Radcor’ – Rainbow Knock Out Shrub Rose
Rudbeckia fulgida ‘Goldsturm’ – Black-eyed Susan
Salvia x sylvestris May Night ‘Mainacht’ – May Night Sage
Sedum rupestre ‘Angelina’ – Stonecrop
Stewartia pseudocamellia
Vaccinium ‘Sunshine Blue’ – Highbush Blueberry
Norweb Main Entrance
Clematis (I am Group) Red Robin ‘Zorero’ – I am Red Robin Clematis
Lupinus ‘Noble Maiden’ Band of Nobles Series – (Russell Hybrid) Lupine
The Rose and Perennial Garden
Achillea ‘Coronation Gold’ – Yarrow
Actaea racemose – Black Snakeroot
Agapanthus ‘Cally Hardy Mix’ – African Lily
Agastache ‘Blue Blazes’ – Hummingbird-mint
Agastache cana ‘Rosita’ – Humminbird-mint
Agastache ‘Desert Solstice’ – Hummingbird-mint
Agastache rupestris – Threadleaf Giant Hyssop
Alchemilla mollis – Lady’s Mantle
Allium sphaerocephalon – Drumstick Allium
Astilbe chinensis var. taquetii ‘Superba’
Astilbe ‘Deutschland’ – False Spiraea
Calycanthus ‘Aphrodite’ – Sweetshrub
Calycanthus ‘Venus’ – Sweetshrub
Clematis ‘Comtesse de Bouchaud’
Clematis ‘Hagley Hybrid’
Clematis ‘Multi Blue’
Cotinus coggygria ‘Royal Purple’ – Smokebush
Delosperma Violet Wonder ‘Wowdrw5’ Wheels of Wonder Series – Violet Wonder Ice Plant
Delphinium elatum ‘Blue Lace’ New Millenium Delphiniums – New Millenium Series Larkspur
Diervilla sessifolia Cool Splash ‘LPDC Podaras’ – First Editions Cool Splash Southern Bush Honeysuckle
Echinacea hybrida ‘Hot Papaya’ Cone-fections Series – Coneflower
Echinacea purpurea ‘Magnus’ – Purple Coneflower
Echinacea purpurea ‘Virgin’ – Coneflower
Eryngium x zabelli ‘Big Blue’ – Sea Holly
Hosta ‘Abiqua Drinking Gourd’ – Plantain Lily
Hosta ‘Krossa Regal’
Hyssopus officinalis ‘Blue’ – Blue Hyssop
Kniphofia multiflora – Giant Poker
Kniphofia uvaria ‘First Sunrise’ – Red-hot-poker
Lavandula angustifolia ‘Hidcote’ – English Lavender
Lavandula angustifolia ‘Munstead’ – English Lavender
Liatris spicata Floristan White ‘Floristan Weiss’ – Floristan White Gay-feather
Liatris spicata ‘Kobold’ – Gay-feather
Ligularia ‘Bottle Rocket’
Lonicera sempervirens ‘Superba’ – Trumpet Honeysuckle
Oenothera tetragona – Sundrops
Origanum ‘Rosenkuppel’ – Ornamental Oregano
Paeonia lactiflora ‘Doreen’ – Common Garden Peony
Phedimus floriferus ‘Weihenstephaner Gold’ – Orange Stonecrop
Rodgersia ‘Die Schone’ Featherleaf – Rodger’s Flower
Rosa Black Forest ‘Korschwill’ – Black Forest Floribunda Rose
Rosa Bonica ‘Meidomonac’ – Bonica Rose
Rosa Jasmina ‘Korcentex’ – Jasmina Large-flowered Climbing Rose
Rosa Larissa ‘Korbaspro’ – Larissa Shrub Rose
Rosa Lion’s Fairy Tale ‘Korvanaber’ – Lion’s Fairy Tale Floribunda Rose
Rosa Lupo ‘Kordwarul’ – Lupo Miniature Rose
Rosa Poseidon ‘Korfriedhar’ – Poseidon Floribunda Rose
Rosa Roxy ‘Korsineo’ Vigorosa Collection – Roxy Shrub Rose (Vigorosa Collection)
Rosa ‘Kent’
Rosa ‘New Dawn’
Rosa ‘Prairie Joy’ Parkland Series – Parkland Rose
Rosa rugosa ‘Therese Bugnet’
Sempervivum ‘Red Beauty’ – Hens and Chicks
Spiraea japonica ‘Anthony Waterer’
Verbascum olympicum – Olympic Mullein
Viburnum nudum ‘Longwood’ – Swamp-haw
Yucca filamentosa ‘Bright Edge’ – Adam’s-needle
Slater Forest Pond and Stream
Actaea racemose – Black Snakeroot
Astilboides tabularis
Astrantia ‘Hadspen Blood’ – Masterwort
Gentiana dahurica – Gentian
Itea virginica Little Henry ‘Sprich’ – Little Henry Sweetspire
Ligularia ‘The Rocket’ – Golden-ray
Magnolia sieboldii – Oyama Magnolia
Vaccinium angustifolium – Lowbush Blueberry
Hemerocallis ‘Hush Little Baby’ – Daylily
Campanula ‘Kent Belle’ – Bellflower
Hydrangea paniculata Quick Fire ‘Bulk’ – Quick Fire Panicle Hydrangea
Vayo Meditation Garden
Ajuga reptans Chocolate Chip ‘Alfredda’ – Chocolate Chip Bugleweed
Visitor Center Garden
Magnolia virginiana – Sweet Bay
Rhododendron x pennsylvanicum – Pennsylvania Rhododendron
Stewartia pseudocamellia – Japanese Stewartia
Woodland Garden
Actaea racemose – Black Snakeroot
Astrantia major ‘Star of Beauty’ – Masterwort
Geranium ‘Sue Crug’ – Cranesbill
Hosta ‘Church Mouse’
Hosta ‘Frances Williams’
Hosta ‘Lakeside Shore Master’
Tricyrtis formosana ‘Autumn Glow’ – Toad Lily
