Early spring bulbs are showing nice color and hellebores are beginning to put on a show. Be sure to look for the bright yellow flowers of the cornelian cherry and the tiny, unusual flowers of Dirca palustris or leatherwood. This will also be the week to see the beautiful white flowers of the woodland native, Sanguinaria canadensis or bloodroot.
Entrance Walk:
Cornus mas – cornelian cherry
Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Pallida’ – witch hazel
Founder’s Grove:
Iris ‘Katharine Hodgkin’ – reticulated iris
Hamamelis vernalis – vernal witch hazel
Iris ‘Katharine Hodgkin’
Lerner garden of the Five Senses:
Cornus mas ‘Golden Glory’ – cornelian cherry
Eranthis hymenalis – winter aconite
Hamamelis vernalis and H. v. ‘Amethyst’ – vernal witch hazel
Woodland Garden:
Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Bernstein’, ‘Feurzauber’, ‘Limelight’ – witch hazel
Helleborus Honeymoon® Series (Mixed) – Lenten rose
Cleaver Lawn and Gardens:
Magnolia x loebneri ‘Ballerina’ – magnolia
Bosarge Family Education Center Gardens:
Cornus mas – cornelian cherry
Harold & Bibby Alfond Children’s Garden:
Dirca palustris – leatherwood
Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Birgit’, ‘Strawberries and Cream’ – witch hazel
Helleborus foetidus – stinking hellebore
Helleborus ‘Spanish Flare’ Honeymoon® Series – Lenten rose
Helleborus x hybridus ‘Blue Metallic Lady’ – Lenten rose
Haney Hillside garden:
Helleborus niger – Christmas rose
Narcissus ‘W. P. Milner’ – trumpet daffodil
Vayo Meditation Garden:
Helleborus ‘Heronswood Double Pink’ – Lenten rose
Great Lawn and Ledge Gardens:
Narcissus Perennializing Mix – daffodil
Puschkinia scilloides – striped squill
Puschkinia scilloides
Burpee Kitchen Garden:
Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Arnold Promise’ – witch hazel
Arbor Garden:
Acer rubrum ‘Autumn Spire’ – red maple
Mukdenia rossii ‘Karasabu’ – mukdenia (in bud)
Sanguinaria Canadensis – bloodroot
Giles Rhododendron and Perennial Garden:
Cornus mas ‘Golden Glory’ – cornelian cherry
Galanthus nivalis ‘Flore Pleno’ – double snowdrop
Hamamelis vernalis – vernal witch hazel
Helleborus atrorubens – hellebore
Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Arnold Promise’ – witch hazel
Helleborus x hybridus (seedlings best pink doubles) – Lenten rose
Helleborus x hybridus ‘Goldfinch’ – Lenten rose
Iris ‘Katharine Hodgkin’ – reticulated iris
Muscari latifolium – grape hyacinth
