Beautiful and fragrant sweetshrub (Clethra alnifolia) flowers are blooming across the gardens! Look the pink blooms of Ruby Spice sweetshrub (Clethra alnifolia ‘Ruby Spice’) in the Lerner Garden of the Five Senses and the fragrant white flowers of Paniculata sweetshrub (Clethra alnifolia ‘Paniculata’) in the Haney Hillside Garden. Also blooming are the funky flowers of the SUPERSEMP® Onyx hens and chicks (Sempervivum ‘Onyx’) in the Butterfly House gardens and the perfectly spherical flowers of the Sputnik buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis ‘Sputnik’) in the Borsarge Education Center gardens.
Emory Welcome Gardens
1) Double Blue balloon flower – Platycodon grandiflorus ‘Double Blue’
2) Midnight Marvel hibiscus – Hibiscus ‘Midnight Marvel’
3) Hold Me Close daylily – Hemerocallis ‘Hold Me Close’
4) Red Riding Hood garden phlox – Phlox paniculata ‘Red Riding Hood’
5) Little Angel great burnet – Sanguisorba officinalis var. microcephala ‘Little Angel’
6) Little Lime® panicled hydrangea – Hydrangea paniculata ‘Jane’
![Double Blue balloon flower - Platycodon grandiflorus 'Double Blue' Double Blue balloon flower, a purple-blue flower with double blooming petals](https://www.mainegardens.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/CMBG-0990-200x300.jpg)
Butterfly House
1) Jeana garden phlox – Phlox paniculata ‘Jeana’
2) Sneezeweed – Helenium autumnale
3) Millenium ornamental onion – Allium × ‘Millenium’
4) Gray-stemmed goldenrod – Solidago nemoralis
5) SUPERSEMP® Onyx hens and chicks – Sempervivum ‘Onyx’
6) Nodding wild onion – Allium cernuum
Pond Garden
1) BERRY WHITE® panicled hydrangea – Hydrangea paniculata ‘Renba’
2) Blue Chiffon® rose-of-Sharon – Hibiscus syriacus ‘Notwoodthree’
3) Pollypetite® rose-of-Sharon – Hibiscus × ‘Rosina’
4) Serendipity ornamental onion – Allium × ‘Serendipity’
5) SUMMERIFIC® Ballet Slippers hibiscus – Hibiscus × ‘Ballet Slippers’
6) New Love clematis – Clematis ‘New Love’
Café Walk and Great Lawn
1) Limelight panicled hydrangea – Hydrangea paniculata ‘Limelight’
2) WILD SWAN™ anemone – Anemone ‘MACANE001’
3) True Blue gentian – Gentiana ‘True Blue’
4) Meadow rue – Thalictrum rochebruneanum
5) Gateway spotted Joe-Pye weed – Eutrochium maculatum ‘Gateway’
6) September Charm anemone – Anemone × hybrida ‘September Charm’
7) Red Riding Hood garden phlox – Phlox paniculata ‘Red Riding Hood’
8) Purple wood-aster – Eurybia spectabilis
![Limelight panicled hydrangea - Hydrangea paniculata 'Limelight' Limelight panicled hydrangea, a tree form of hydrangea with big fluffy white blossoms](https://www.mainegardens.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/CMBG-1811-200x300.jpg)
Lerner Garden of the Five Senses
1) Danielle garden phlox – Phlox paniculata ‘Danielle’
2) Angelica – Angelica gigas
3) Goldsturm orange coneflower – Rudbeckia fulgida ‘Goldsturm’
4) Ruby Spice summersweet – Clethra alnifolia ‘Ruby Spice’
5) Little Joe coastal plain Joe-Pye weed – Eutrochium dubium ‘Little Joe’
6) Blue River II hibiscus – Hibiscus moscheutos ‘Blue River II’
7) cardinal flower – Lobelia cardinalis
![Angelica - Angelica gigas Angelica gigas, a tall deep maroon flowering plant, native to Korea](https://www.mainegardens.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/CMBG-1555-200x300.jpg)
Slater Forest Pond
1) Quick Fire panicled hydrangea – Hydrangea paniculata ‘Bulk’ Quick Fire
2) Great blue lobelia – Lobelia siphilitica
3) Common arrowhead – Sagittaria latifolia
4) Viking black chokeberry – Aronia melanocarpa ‘Viking’
Cleaver Lawn
1) Robustissima grape-leaf anemone – Anemone tomentosa ‘Robustissima’
2) Eastern featherbells – Stenanthium gramineum
3) Sweet Summer panicled hydrangea – Hydrangea paniculata ‘Bokrathirteen’
4) Little Spire sage – Salvia yangii ‘Little Spire’
5) Diana rose-of-Sharon – Hibiscus syriacus ‘Diana’
6) Danielle garden phlox – Phlox paniculata ‘Danielle’
![Robustissima grape-leaf anemone - Anemone tomentosa 'Robustissima' Robustissima grape-leaf anemone, a small light purple flower atop a tall thin green stem](https://www.mainegardens.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/CMBG-1852-200x300.jpg)
Reiser Woodland Garden
1) Veratrum – Veratrum formosanum
2) Korean bellflower – Campanula takesimana
3) Light O’ Day bigleaf hydrangea – Hydrangea macrophylla ‘Bailday’
4) Autumn Glow toad lily – Tricyrtis formosana ‘Autumn Glow’
5) Shadowland® hosta – Hosta ‘Waterslide’ Shadowland®
Arbor Garden
1) Angelica – Angelica gigas
2) Pure Joy stonecrop – Hylotelephium ‘Pure Joy’
3) Robusta rose – Rosa ‘Robusta’
4) Rattlesnake-master – Eryngium yuccifolium
5) Michiko Renge Oyama magnolia – Magnolia sieboldii ‘Michiko Renge’
6) Zagreb thread-leaf tickseed – Coreopsis verticillata ‘Zagreb’
Haney Hillside Garden
1) Cardinal flower – Lobelia cardinalis
2) Paniculata summersweet – Clethra alnifolia ‘Paniculata’
3) Culver’s root – Veronicastrum virginicum
4) Appalachian blazing star – Liatris microcephala
5) Pennsylvania hybrid azalea – Rhododendron × pennsylvanicum
Vayo Meditation Garden
1) Plumleaf azalea – Rhododendron prunifolium
2) Ice Dance Japanese sedge – Carex morrowii ‘Ice Dance’
3) WILD SWAN™ anemone – Anemone ‘MACANE001’
4) Great blue lobelia – Lobelia siphilitica
5) Himalayan maidenhair fern – Adiantum venustum
6) Smooth spiderwort – Tradescantia ohiensis
![WILD SWAN™ anemone - Anemone 'MACANE001' WILD SWAN™ anemone, a small white flower on top of a small green stem](https://www.mainegardens.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/CMBG-1878-200x300.jpg)
Giles Rhododendron and Perennial Garden
1) Hayscented fern – Dennstaedtia punctilobula
2) Aureola Japanese forest grass – Hakonechloa macra ‘Aureola’
3) Hummingbird summersweet – Clethra alnifolia ‘Hummingbird’
4) Veronica Klose astilbe – Astilbe chinensis ‘Veronica Klose’
5) Millenium ornamental onion – Allium × ‘Millenium’
Bibby and Harold Alfond Children’s Garden
1) Invincibelle Spirit smooth hydrangea – Hydrangea arborescens ‘NCHA1’
2) SNOW FLAKE oakleaf hydrangea – Hydrangea quercifolia ‘Brido’
3) Honeysong Purple Stokes’ aster – Stokesia laevis ‘Honeysong Purple’
4) Blue Chiffon® rose-of-Sharon – Hibiscus syriacus ‘Notwoodthree’
5) Glenda spotted Joe-Pye weed – Eutrochium maculatum var. maculatum ‘Glenda’
6) Colorado water lily – Nymphaea ‘Colorado’
7) Venus sweetshrub – Calycanthus ‘Venus’
8) Small globe thistle – Echinops ritro
9) Sixteen Candles summersweet – Clethra alnifolia ‘Sixteen Candles’
![Colorado water lily - Nymphaea 'Colorado' Colorado water lily, a pink water lily surrounded by lilypads](https://www.mainegardens.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/CMBG-1858-200x300.jpg)
Burpee Kitchen Garden
1) Zebrina striped mallow – Malva sylvestris ‘Zebrina’
2) Double Blue balloon flower – Platycodon grandiflorus ‘Double Blue’
3) Common hibiscus – Hibiscus moscheutos
4) STARSHIP™ Blue lobelia – Lobelia × speciosa STARSHIP™ Blue
5) Brownies hairy alumroot – Heuchera villosa ‘Brownies’
Borsarge Education Center Gardens
1) Rattlesnake-master – Eryngium yuccifolium
2) Slender mountain mint – Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
3) Blue monkshood – Aconitum uncinatum
4) Sputnik buttonbush – Cephalanthus occidentalis ‘Sputnik’
5) Prairie Glow brown-eyed Susan – Rudbeckia triloba ‘Prairie Glow’
6) Autumn Bride hairy alumroot – Heuchera villosa ‘Autumn Bride’
7) Cutleaf coneflower – Rudbeckia laciniata