Staff Picks
Lavender is one of my all-time favorite aromatic herbs. This planting of ‘Hidcote’ (Lavandula angustifolia ‘Hidcote’) in the Bibby and Harold Alfond Children’s Garden is stunning as the flowers begin to open. In fact, the best time to collect lavender flowers is just before they open. Stash a bundle under your pillow or steep in the tub for a nice calming and relaxing effect. – Jen, horticulturist
In the Great Lawn East Bed (closest to the Lerner Garden entrance arch), be sure to check out the stunning Papaver somneriferum ‘Black Peony,’ an opium poppy cultivar. While the plants themselves are annual, opium poppies self seed readily, and the seeds are easily saved for sowing in the spring. This variety is supposed to be a double, but has proven to be a lovely mix or double and single flowers! – Syretha, horticulturist
Campanula poscharskyana is seeding into the faces of the wall in the Giles Rhododendron Garden, and in full, glorious bloom! – Dan, horticulturist
As soon as you walk out of the Visitors Center, this bright, beautiful natural bouquet of reds and pinks from Papaver rhoeas ‘Angel’s Choir Mixed’ catches your eye along the Great Lawn. Combined with the captivating granite and gold leaf sculpture “Ascension II,” this is something that can’t be missed! – Christabel, events & group tour coordinator
This Rosa ‘Yellow Submarine’ is in the Lerner Garden of the Five Senses – one word: STUNNING! – Will, horticulturist
Verbascum (mullein) are awesome plants, not only for their beautiful towering flower stalks, but also because of their practical and medicinal uses. A tea made from the plant is a traditional treatment for respiratory problems, and an oil infusion can be used to treat ear infections. Another cool traditional use of this plant is for fishing. Fish are temporarily paralyzed by a compound in the Mullein seeds, causing them to float to the surface and be caught more easily. This beauty ‘Christo’s Yellow Lightning’ can be found in the Cleaver Event Lawn. – Anna, horticulturist
This Penstemon digitalis ‘Husker Red’ (beard-tongue) looks great along the Haney Hillside. – Patty, horticulturist
I love these happy little sundrops (Oenothera fruticosa ‘Fyrverkeri’) outside of the Bosarge Family Education Center! They look like the big brother of the buttercups that I used to pick when I was a kid. The bright, perky color are always good for a smile! – Taylor, office coordinator
Papaver somniferum (bread seed poppy) are WOW WOW WOW in the Kitchen Garden! – Diane, horticulturist
Everyone always asks about this beautiful native red elderberry, or Sambucus racemosa, along the path in the Woodland Garden, which puts out white flowers on the spring and these brilliant red berries in July. – Sharmon, horticulturist
In the Perennial and Rose Garden you can’t miss the aptly named foxtail lilies (Eremurus stenophyllus). These tall beauties are actually native to South East Asia and the Himalayas, and can be tricky to grow here, mainly because of our wet winters. Last year nary a one bloomed, but this year they are happy as can be! Catch them while you can, they’ll be gone all too soon! – Syretha, horticulturist
Later season Azaleas are still showing good color, with ‘Weston’s Innocence’ showing off its delicate near-white blooms in the Giles Rhododendron Garden. – Dan, horticulturist
Full List
Bosarge Family Education Center
Anemone canadensis – Canada Anemone
Asclepias speciosa ‘Davis’ – Showy Milkweed
Diervilla lonicera – Bush Honeysuckle
Gillenia trifoliata ‘Pink Profusion’ – Bowman’s Root
Heliopsis ‘Bressingham Doubloon’ – False Sunflower; Ox-eye Daisy
Lilium canadense – Canada Lily
Oenothera fruticosa Fireworks ‘Fyrverkeri’ – Fireworks Sundrops
Penstemon digitalis ‘Husker Red’ – Beard-tongue
Polygonatum biflorum – Small Solomon’s-seal
Rhododendron maximum – Rosebay
Rhododendron viscosum – Swamp Azalea
Rosa Carolina – Carolina Rose
Rosa palustris – Swamp Rose
The Bibby and Harold Alfond Children’s Garden
Allium caeruleum – Blue-of-the-heavens
Allium ‘Pink Planet’ – Ornamental Onion
Allium schubertii – Tumbleweed Onion
Alstroemeria ‘Sweet Laura’ – Peruvian Lily
Amsonia ‘Blue Ice’ – Blue Star
Anchusa azurea Italian Bugloss
Arisaema triphyllum ssp. stewardsonii ‘Wide Whale Corduroy’ – Jack-in-the-pulpit
Arnica chamissonis – Chamisso Arnica
Astilbe ‘Key West’ – Plume Flower
Astilboides tabularis
Benthamidia japonica ‘Satomi’ – Dogwood
Campanula persicifolia ‘Telham Beauty’ – Peach-leaved Bellflower
Chiastophyllum oppositifolium – Lamb’s-tail
Chrysogonum virginianum var. australe – Green and Gold
Clematis ‘Etoile Violette’
Clematis ‘Rooguchi’
Delphinium grandiflorum ‘Dwarf Blue Butterfly’ – Siberian Larkspur
Digitalis purpurea Camelot Series – (Camelot Series) Foxglove Mix
Digitalis ‘Spice Island’ – Foxglove
Echinacea purpurea ‘Virgin’ – Coneflower
Geranium ‘Tiny Monster’
Helenium ‘Moerheim Beauty’ – Sneezeweed
Helenium ‘Red Jewel’ – Sneezeweed
Hosta ‘Big Daddy’ – Plantain Lily
Hydrangea macrophylla The Original ‘Bailmer’ Endless Summer – Bigleaf Hydrangea
Kniphofia northiae – Red-hot-poker
Lavandula angustifolia ‘Hidcote’ – English Lavender
Lavandula angustifolia ‘Munstead’ – English Lavender
Lonicera hirsuta var. hirsute – Hairy Honeysuckle
Lonicera sempervirens ‘Major Wheeler’ – Trumpet Honeysuckle
Paeonia lactiflora ‘Hot Chocolate’ – Common Garden Peony
Pyrus ‘Gourmet’ – Pear
Rheum officinale var. – Chinese Rhubarb
Rhododendron ‘Nectar’ – Azalea
Rhododendron ‘Weston’s Firecracker’ – Azalea
Rhododendron ‘Weston’s Sparkler’ – Azalea
Rodgersia pinnata ‘Fireworks’ – Rodger’s Flower
Rosa (Garden Art Group) Macy’s Pride Easy Elegance ‘BaIcream’ – Macy’s Pride Easy Elegance Rose
Rosa (Garden Art Group) Yellow Submarine Easy Elegance ‘BaIine’ –Yellow Submarine Easy Elegance Rose
Rosa (Garden Path Group) Sunrise Sunset Easy Elegance ‘BaIset’ – Sunrise Sunset Easy Elegance Rose
Rosa Good ‘n Plenty ‘Jacmound’ – Good ‘n Plenty Rose
Rosa Outta the Blue ‘WEKstephitsu’ – Outta the Blue Rose
Rubus odoratus – Flowering Raspberry
Salvia nemorosa ‘Caradonna’ – Meadow Sage
Salvia verticillata ‘Endless Love’ – Lilac Sage
Salvia verticillata ‘Purple Rain’ – Lilac Sage
Thalictrum flavum ssp. glaucum – Meadow-rue
Vaccinium angustifolium – Lowbush Blueberry
Vaccinium corymbosum ‘Bluecrop’ – Highbush Blueberry
Vaccinium corymbosum ‘Bluetta’ – Highbush Blueberry
Vaccinium corymbosum ‘Elliott’ – Highbush Blueberry
Vaccinium ‘Pink Lemonade’ – Pink Blueberry
Vaccinium ‘Polaris’ – Half-high Blueberry
Veronica austriaca ssp. teucrium ‘Crater Lake Blue’ – Speedwell
Wisteria macrostachya ‘Aunt Dee’ – Kentucky Wisteria
Entry Walk
Astilbe chinensis ‘Vision in Red’
Astilbe ‘Moerheim Glory’
Astilbe simplicifolia ‘Pink Lightning’ – False Spiraea
Benthamidia japonica var. chinensis Samaritan ‘Samzam’ – Samaritan Dogwood
Calycanthus ‘Aphrodite’ – Sweetshrub
Calycanthus x raulstonii ‘Hartlage Wine’ – Sweetshrub
Daphne x transatlantica Eternal Fragrance ‘BLAFRA’ – Eternal Fragrance Daphne
Geranium Rozanne ‘Gerwat’ – Rozanne Cranesbill
Hosta ‘Big Daddy’ – Plantain Lily
Hosta ‘Frances Williams’
Hosta ‘Northern Exposure’ – Plantain Lily
Lavandula x intermedia ‘Phenomenal’ – Lavandin
Potentilla fruticosa ‘Pink Beauty’
Rodgersia aesculifolia ‘Big Mama’ – Rodger’s Flower
Rodgersia pinnata ‘Fireworks’ – Rodger’s Flower
Stachys officinalis ‘Hummelo’ – Betony
Vaccinium angustifolium – Lowbush Blueberry
Cleaver Event Lawn
Actaea simplex (Atropurpurea Group) ‘Brunette’ – Bugbane
Allium ‘Millenium’ – Ornamental Onion
Astilbe ‘Avalanche’
Astilbe biternata – False Goatsbeard
Astilbe thunbergii ‘Straussenfeder’ – Ostrich Plume
Astilbe x arendsii ‘Bressingham Beauty’
Astilbe x arendsii ‘Weisse Gloria’
Baptisia perfoliata – Catbells
Benthamidia japonica Heart Throb ‘Schmred’ – Heart Throb Dogwood
Benthamidia japonica ‘Big Apple’ – Dogwood
Benthamidia japonica ‘Dwarf Pink’ – Dogwood
Benthamidia japonica ‘Gold Cup’ – Dogwood
Benthamidia japonica ‘Lustgarten Weeping’ – Dogwood
Benthamidia japonica ‘Moonbeam’ – Dogwood
Benthamidia japonica ‘Moonsplash’ – Dogwood
Clematis ‘Nelly Moser’
Coreopsis verticillata ‘Creme Brulee’ – Thread-leaf Coreopsis
Digitalis purpurea ‘Dalmation White’ – Foxglove
Echinacea purpurea ‘White Swan’ – Coneflower
Geranium Rozanne ‘Gerwat’ – Rozanne Cranesbill
Geranium ‘Pink Penny’ – Cranesbill
Gillenia trifoliate – Bowman’s Root
Perovskia atriplicifolia ‘Little Spire’ – Russian Sage
Rosa ‘Blanc Double de Courbert’
Stachys byzantina ‘Helen Von Stein’ – Lamb’s-ears
Stachys byzantina ‘Silver Carpet’ – Lamb’s-ears
Syringa reticulata ‘Ivory Silk’ – Japanese Tree Lilac
Vaccinium angustifolium – Lowbush Blueberry
Veratrum formosanum
Verbascum ‘Christo’s Yellow Lightning’ – Mullein
Slater Forest Pond and Stream
Arisaema fargesii – Cobra Lily
Astrantia ‘Hadspen Blood’ – Masterwort
Ligularia ‘The Rocket’ – Golden-ray
Magnolia sieboldii – Oyama Magnolia
Primula japonica – Japanese Primrose
Primula x bullesiana – Candelabra Primrose
Rhododendron ‘White Lightning’ – Azalea
Rodgersia pinnata ‘Chocolate Wing’ – Rodger’s Flower
Rodgersia pinnata ‘Elegans’ – Rodger’s Flower
Vaccinium angustifolium – Lowbush Blueberry
Amsonia ‘Blue Ice’ – Blue Star
Primula japonica – Japanese Primrose
Founder’s Grove
Heuchera ‘Fandango’ – Coral Bells
Vaccinium angustifolium – Lowbush Blueberry
Great Lawn
Echinacea hybrida ‘Hot Papaya’ Cone-fections Series – Cone-fections Series Coneflower
Helenium hybrida Mardi Gras ‘Helbro’ – Mardi Gras Sneezeweed
Anthemis ‘Susanna Mitchell’ – Marguerite Daisy
Callirhoe involucrate – Purple Poppy-mallow
Digitalis grandiflora – Yellow Foxglove
Echinacea Salsa Red ‘Balsomsed’ – Sombrero Series
Echinacea Sundown ‘Evan Saul’ Big Sky Series – Big Sky Sundown Coneflower
Echinacea hybrida ‘Hot Papaya’ Cone-fections Series – Cone-fections Series Coneflower
Filipendula rubra ‘Venusta’ – Queen-of-the-prairie
Geranium Rozanne ‘Gerwat’ – Rozanne Cranesbill
Helenium hybrida Mardi Gras ‘Helbro’ – Mardi Gras Sneezeweed
Magnolia sieboldii ‘Colossus’ – Oyama Magnolia
Penstemon digitalis ‘Husker Red’ – Beard-tongue
Salvia ‘Rose Queen’ – Sage
Salvia x sylvestris ‘Blauhuegel’ – Blue Hill Sage
Baptisia Solar Flare Prairieblues ‘Solar Flare’ – Prairieblues False Indigo
Digitalis purpurea Excelsior Group – Excelsior Group Foxglove
Geum ‘Mai Tai’ Cocktail Series – (Cocktail Series) Avens
Haney Hillside Garden
Corydalis lutea – Fumewort
Echinacea purpurea ‘White Swan’ – Coneflower
Kalmia latifolia ‘Snowdrift’ – Mountain Laurel
Penstemon calycosus – Long-sepaled Beard-tongue
Penstemon digitalis – Smooth Beard-tongue
Kalmia latifolia ‘Elf’ – Mountain Laurel
Kalmia latifolia ‘Heart’s Desire’ – Mountain Laurel
Vaccinium angustifolium – Lowbush Blueberry
Ceanothus americanus – New Jersey Tea
Kalmia latifolia – Mountain Laurel
Pinus strobus ‘Angel Falls’ – White Pine
Rosa (Lifestyle Garden Group) All the Rage Easy Elegance ‘BaIrage’ – All the Rage Easy Elegance Rose
Rosa Pinktopia Easy Elegance ‘BaImas’ Easy Elegance Rose Collection – Pinktopia Easy Elegance Rose
Dicentra ‘King of Hearts’ – Bleeding-heart
Kalmia latifolia ‘Hoffman’s Pink’ – Mountain Laurel
Kalmia latifolia ‘Keepsake’ – Mountain Laurel
Penstemon digitalis ‘Husker Red’ – Beard-tongue
Stewartia pseudocamellia – Japanese Stewartia
Kalmia latifolia ‘Hoffman’s K’ – Mountain Laurel
Sambucus racemosa ssp. Pubens – American Red Elder
Vaccinium corymbosum ‘Jersey’ – Highbush Blueberry
Vaccinium corymbosum ‘Rubel’ – Highbush Blueberry
Vayo Meditation Garden
Ajuga reptans Chocolate Chip ‘Alfredda’ – Chocolate Chip Bugleweed
Arisaema candidissimum Pink-flowered – (Pink-flowered) White-striped Cobra Lily
Ptelea trifoliata ‘Aurea’ – Hoptree
Sedum stefco – Stonecrop
Giles Rhododendron Garden
Astilbe ‘Avalanche’
Astilbe ‘Deutschland’ – False Spiraea
Astilbe simplicifolia ‘Hennie Graafland’
Astilbe x arendsii ‘Weisse Gloria’
Benthamidia japonica ‘Beni Fuji’ – Dogwood
Benthamidia japonica ‘Blue Shadow’ – Dogwood
Benthamidia japonica ‘Gold Cup’ – Dogwood
Benthamidia japonica ‘Satomi’ – Dogwood
Benthamidia japonica ‘Summer Games’ – Dogwood
Benthamidia japonica var. chinensis ‘Milky Way’ – Chinese Dogwood
Benthamidia japonica ‘Wolf Eyes’ – Dogwood
Deutzia gracilis ‘Nikko’
Dicentra ‘Burning Hearts’ – Bleeding-heart
Hosta ‘Empress Wu’
Kalmia latifolia – Mountain Laurel
Kalmia latifolia ‘Kaleidoscope’ – Mountain Laurel
Paeonia lactiflora ‘Duchesse de Nemours’ – Common Garden Peony
Paeonia lactiflora ‘Pink Cameo’ – Common Garden Peony
Rhododendron ‘Ribbon Candy’ – Azalea
Rhododendron ‘Seabreeze’ – Azalea
Rhododendron viscosum – Swamp Azalea
Rhododendron ‘Weston’s Garden Party’ – Azalea
Rhododendron ‘Weston’s Innocence’ – Azalea
Rhododendron ‘Weston’s Sparkler’ – Azalea
Rosa virginiana – Virginia Rose
Vaccinium angustifolium – Lowbush Blueberry
The Perennial and Rose Garden
Achillea ‘Coronation Gold’ – Yarrow
Agapanthus ‘Cally Hardy Mix’ – African Lily
Agastache cana ‘Rosita’ – Hummingbird-mint
Alchemilla mollis – Lady’s Mantle
Allium christophii – Star of Persia
Allium sphaerocephalon – Drumstick Allium
Amsonia ‘Blue Ice’ – Blue Star
Anemone x hybrida ‘Lady Gilmour’ – Windflower
Artemisia ludoviciana ‘Valerie Finnis’ – Western Mugwort
Astilbe chinensis var. taquetii ‘Superba’
Astilbe ‘Deutschland’ – False Spiraea
Astilbe ‘Key Biscayne’ – Plume Flower
Calycanthus ‘Aphrodite’ – Sweetshrub
Calycanthus ‘Venus’ – Sweetshrub
Chiastophyllum oppositifolium – Lamb’s-tail
Clematis ‘Hagley Hybrid’
Clematis ‘Multi Blue’
Clematis ‘Niobe’
Cotinus coggygria ‘Royal Purple’ – Smokebush
Delphinium elatum ‘Blue Lace’ New Millenium Delphiniums – New Millenium Series Larkspur
Dianthus ‘Mountain Mist’ – Cheddar Pinks
Diervilla sessifolia Cool Splash ‘LPDC Podaras’ First Editions Collection – Southern Bush Honeysuckle
Echinacea purpurea ‘Magnus’ – Purple Coneflower
Echinacea purpurea ‘Virgin’ – Coneflower
Eremurus stenophyllus – Foxtail Lily
Eryngium planum ‘Blue Glitter’ – Blue Eryngo
Eryngium planum ‘Blue Hobbit’ – Sea Holly
Eryngium x zabelli ‘Big Blue’ – Sea Holly
Hydrangea anomala ssp. petiolaris – Climbing Hydrangea
Indigofera kirilowii
Kniphofia uvaria ‘First Sunrise’ – Red-hot-poker
Lavandula angustifolia ‘Hidcote’ – English Lavender
The Lerner Garden of the Five Senses
Achillea ‘Moonshine’ – Yarrow
Allium cernuum – Nodding Onion
Allium schoenoprasum – Chives
Calycanthus floridus ‘Michael Lindsey’ – Carolina Allspice
Carex lasiocarpa ssp. americana – American Woollyfruit Sedge
Clematis addisonii – Addison Leather-flower
Delphinium ‘Pagan Purples’ New Millenium Series – New Millenium Series Larkspur
Eryngium planum ‘Tiny Jackpot’ – Sea Holly
Filipendula camtschatica – Meadowsweet
Fragaria vesca ‘Improved Rugen’ – Woodland Strawberry
Gentiana triflora var. montana – Three-flower Gentian
Helenium hybrida Mardi Gras ‘Helbro’ – Mardi Gras Sneezeweed
Heuchera ‘Blackout’ – Coral Bells
Heuchera ‘Caramel’ – Coral Bells
Heuchera ‘Georgia Peach’ – Coral Bells
Heuchera ‘Miracle’ – Coral Bells
Hosta ‘Empress Wu’
Hosta ‘Tick Tock’ – Plantain Lily
Hydrangea anomala ssp. Petiolaris – Climbing Hydrangea
Hydrangea paniculata ‘Dharuma’ – Panicle Hydrangea
Ilex verticillata ‘Jim Dandy’ – Winterberry
Iris ensata ‘Oregon Marmalade’ – Japanese Iris
Iris laevigata ‘Variegata’ – Japanese Water Iris
Lamprocapnos spectabilis ‘Valentine’ – Bleeding-heart
Lavandula angustifolia ‘Hidcote Variety’ – English Lavender
Leucanthemum x superbum ‘Becky’ – Shasta Daisy
Lilium ‘Claude Shride’ – Lily
Nepeta x faassenii ‘Blue Wonder’ – Catmint
Philadelphus ‘Belle Etoile’ – Mock Orange
Philadelphus ‘Snowbelle’ – Mock Orange
Primula x bullesiana – Candelabra Primrose
Rosa (Garden Art Group) Yellow Submarine Easy Elegance – ‘BaIine’ Yellow Submarine Easy Elegance Rose
Rosa (Lifestyle Garden Group) All the Rage Easy Elegance – ‘BaIrage’ All the Rage Easy Elegance Rose
Rosa Paprika ‘Chewmaytime’ Oso Easy Series – Oso Easy Paprika Rose
Rosa ‘Nearly Wild’ – Floribunda Rose
Rosa ‘RADcor’ – Rainbow Knock Out Shrub Rose
Salvia nemorosa ‘Caradonna’ – Meadow Sage
Salvia x sylvestris May Night ‘Mainacht’ – May Night Sage
Sedum rupestre ‘Angelina’ – Stonecrop
Stewartia pseudocamellia Koreana Group – (Koreana Group)
Symphytum x uplandicum ‘Axminster Gold’ – Comfrey
Syringa reticulata ‘Summer Snow’ – Japanese Tree Lilac
Vaccinium ‘Sunshine Blue’ – Highbush Blueberry
Burpee Kitchen Garden and Terrace
Geranium Rozanne ‘Gerwat’ – Rozanne Cranesbill
Geranium ‘Jolly Bee’ – Cranesbill
Hemerocallis ‘Stella D’Oro’ – Daylily
Lilium regale – Regal Lily
Magnolia ashei – Ashe’s Magnolia
Phytolacca acinosa – Indian Pokeweed
Potentilla fruticosa ‘Katherine Dykes’ – Shrubby Cinquefoil
Potentilla fruticosa ‘Primrose Beauty’ – Shrubby Cinquefoil
Rhododendron ‘Golden Showers’ – Azalea
Thymus praecox ssp. articus ‘Coccineus’ – Creeping Thyme; Crimson Thyme; Firefly Thyme
Visitor Center
Magnolia virginiana – Sweet Bay
Stewartia pseudocamellia – Japanese Stewartia
Woodland Garden
Aquilegia buergeriana ‘Calimero’ – Columbine
Arisaema candidissimum Pink-flowered – (Pink-flowered) White-striped Cobra Lily
Benthamidia japonica Crown Jewel ‘Madison’ – Crown Jewel Dogwood
Benthamidia japonica ‘Square Dance’ – Dogwood
Benthamidia japonica ‘Temple Jewel’ – Dogwood
Digitalis mariana ssp. heywoodii – Foxglove
Geranium ‘Sue Crug’ – Cranesbill
Hosta ‘Frances Williams’
Tiarella ‘Candy Striper’ – Foamflower
Benthamidia japonica ‘Lustgarten Weeping’ – Dogwood
Hemerocallis ‘Hyperion’ – Daylily
Kalmia latifolia ‘Nipmuck’ – Mountain Laurel
Kalmia latifolia ‘Sarah’ – Mountain Laurel
Rosa (Garden Path Group) Sunrise Sunset Easy Elegance ‘BaIset’ – Sunrise Sunset Easy Elegance Rose
