The deep purple flowers of blazing star (Liatris spp.) are blooming across the Gardens! Compare the large flowers of Rocky Mountain blazing star (Liatris ligulistylis) and rough blazing star (Liatris aspera) in the Butterfly House gardens and Great Lawn with the petite purple blooms of Appalachian blazing star (Liatris microcephala) in the Haney Hillside Garden. Also blooming are a few unique plants. Look for the tea of heaven (Platycrater arguta) in the Arbor Garden, the purple cyclamen (Cyclamen purpurascens) in the Lerner Garden of the Five Senses, and the Japanese yellow sage in the Woodland Garden (Salvia koyamae).
Emory Welcome Gardens
1) Midnight Marvel hibiscus – Hibiscus ‘Midnight Marvel’
2) Hold Me Close daylily – Hemerocallis ‘Hold Me Close’
3) Red Riding Hood garden phlox – Phlox paniculata ‘Red Riding Hood’
4) PIKES PEAK PURPLE® beard-tongue – Penstemon × mexicali ‘P007S’
5) Starry Starry Night hibiscus – Hibiscus ‘Starry Starry Night’
Butterfly House
1) Jeana garden phlox – Phlox paniculata ‘Jeana’
2) Sneezeweed – Helenium autumnale
3) Great blue lobelia – Lobelia siphilitica
4) New York ironweed – Vernonia noveboracensis
5) Rocky Mountain blazing star – Liatris ligulistylis
Pond Garden
1) BERRY WHITE® panicled hydrangea – Hydrangea paniculata ‘Renba’
2) Blue Chiffon® rose-of-Sharon – Hibiscus syriacus ‘Notwoodthree’
3) SUMMERIFIC® Ballet Slippers hibiscus – Hibiscus × ‘Ballet Slippers’
4) New Love clematis – Clematis ‘New Love’
5) Thunderhead stonecrop – Hylotelephium × ‘Thunderhead’
6) Pink Beauty shrubby cinquefoil – Potentilla fruticosa ‘Pink Beauty’
Café Walk
1) Limelight panicled hydrangea – Hydrangea paniculata ‘Limelight’
2) WILD SWAN™ anemone – Anemone ‘MACANE001’
3) True Blue gentian – Gentiana ‘True Blue’
4) Autumn Glow toad lily – Tricyrtis formosana ‘Autumn Glow’
Great Lawn
1) Meadow rue – Thalictrum rochebruneanum
2) Gateway spotted Joe-Pye weed – Eutrochium maculatum ‘Gateway’
3) September Charm anemone – Anemone × hybrida ‘September Charm’
4) Purple wood-aster – Eurybia spectabilis
5) Rough blazing star – Liatris aspera
Lerner Garden of the Five Senses
1) Danielle garden phlox – Phlox paniculata ‘Danielle’
2) Angelica – Angelica polymorpha
3) Goldsturm orange coneflower – Rudbeckia fulgida ‘Goldsturm’
4) Blue River II hibiscus – Hibiscus moscheutos ‘Blue River II’
5) Cardinal flower – Lobelia cardinalis
6) Purple cyclamen – Cyclamen purpurascens
7) Poseidon cobra lily – Arisaema consanguineum ‘Poseidon’
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) Little Spire sage – Salvia yangii ‘Little Spire’
4) Diana rose-of-Sharon – Hibiscus syriacus ‘Diana’
5) Danielle garden phlox – Phlox paniculata ‘Danielle’
6) Autumn Fire stonecrop – Hylotelephium ‘Autumn Fire’
Reiser Woodland Garden
1) Veratrum – Veratrum formosanum
2) Autumn Glow toad lily – Tricyrtis formosana ‘Autumn Glow’
3) Shadowland® hosta – Hosta ‘Waterslide’
4) Japanese yellow sage – Salvia koyamae
5) Great masterwort – Astrantia major
Arbor Garden
1) Angelica – Angelica gigas
2) Pure Joy stonecrop – Hylotelephium ‘Pure Joy’
3) Rattlesnake-master – Eryngium yuccifolium
4) Michiko Renge Oyama magnolia – Magnolia sieboldii ‘Michiko Renge’
5) Tea of heaven – Platycrater arguta
6) New Millenium Blue Lace larkspur – Delphinium elatum ‘Blue Lace’
7) Issai beautyberry – Callicarpa dichotoma ‘Issai’
Haney Hillside Garden
1) Cardinal flower – Lobelia cardinalis
2) Culver’s root – Veronicastrum virginicum
3) Appalachian blazing star – Liatris microcephala
4) Pennsylvania hybrid azalea – Rhododendron × pennsylvanicum
5) Steeplebush – Spiraea tomentosa
6) Appalachian bugbane – Actaea cordifolia
Vayo Meditation Garden
1) Ice Dance Japanese sedge – Carex morrowii ‘Ice Dance’
2) WILD SWAN™ anemone – Anemone ‘MACANE001’
3) Great blue lobelia – Lobelia siphilitica
4) Himalayan maidenhair fern – Adiantum venustum
5) Smooth spiderwort – Tradescantia ohiensis
6) The King golden male fern – Dryopteris affinis ‘The King’
Giles Rhododendron and Perennial Garden
1) Hayscented fern – Dennstaedtia punctilobula
2) Aureola Japanese forest grass – Hakonechloa macra ‘Aureola’
3) Millenium ornamental onion – Allium × ‘Millenium’
4) Pink Kii false hydrangea – Deinanthe bifida ‘Pink Kii’
5) Mixed Hosta cultivars – Hosta spp.
Bibby and Harold Alfond Children’s Garden
1) SNOW FLAKE oakleaf hydrangea – Hydrangea quercifolia ‘Brido’
2) Honeysong Purple Stokes’ aster – Stokesia laevis ‘Honeysong Purple’
3) Blue Chiffon® rose-of-Sharon – Hibiscus syriacus ‘Notwoodthree’
4) Colorado water lily – Nymphaea ‘Colorado’
5) September Beauty summersweet – Clethra alnifolia ‘September Beauty’
6) Closed bottle gentian – Gentiana clausa
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) Brownies hairy alumroot – Heuchera villosa ‘Brownies’
5) Whirlwind anemone – Anemone ‘Whirlwind’
Borsarge Education Center Gardens
1) Slender mountain mint – Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
2) Blue monkshood – Aconitum uncinatum
3) Autumn Bride hairy alumroot – Heuchera villosa ‘Autumn Bride’
4) Cutleaf coneflower – Rudbeckia laciniata
5) Clustered mountain mint – Pycnanthemum muticum
6) Tall larkspur – Delphinium exaltatum
