Especially prominent through the Gardens this week are the purple and white spherical Allium blooms! Several Rhododendron cultivars are also at their peak—a walk through the Giles Rhododendron and Perennial Garden is certainly a good idea. For some particularly unique flowers, check out the blossoms of the pitcher plant and the pawpaw tree in the Bibby and Harold Alfond Children’s Garden.
What’s in Bloom – June 1, 2023
Lyn and Daniel Lerner Visitor Center
- Opening Day™ Japanese snowball – Vibrunum plicatum ‘PIIVIB–II’
- Rocket candytuft – Iberis amara
- Aphrodite shooting star – Dodecatheon ‘Aphrodite’
- Purity candytuft – Iberis amara
- Angel Emily tree peony – Paeonia suffruticosa ‘Angel Emily’
- Before the Storm iris – Iris x germanica ‘Before the Storm’
- Prairie smoke – Geum triflorum
- Storm Cloud blue star – Amsonia ‘Storm Cloud’
- Shima–Nishiki tree peony – Paeonia suffruticosa ‘Shima–Nishiki’
- Calsap rhododendron – Rhododendron ‘Calsap’
Native Butterfly House
- Amethyst Dream mountain bluet – Centaurea montana ‘Amethyst Dream’
- Alexander’s Great Siberian bugloss – Brunnera macrophylla ‘Alexander’s Great’
- Wild geranium – Geranium maculatum
- Ruby Slippers Solomon’s seal – Polygonatum odoratum ‘Ruby Slippers’
- Golden Alexander’s – Zizia aurea
Pond Gardens
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- Totally Tangerine avens – Geum × ‘Totally Tangerine’
- Fantasy™ Cinderella Japanese anemone – Anemone hupehensis ‘Cinderella’
- Ground Hug™ chokeberry – Aronia melanocarpa ‘UCONNAM012’
- Sun Sprite Magnolia – Magnolia ‘Sun Sprite’
- Splendens sea thrift – Armeria maritima ‘Splendens’
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Great Lawn Gardens
- Cocktail Series avens – Geum ‘Mai Tai’ (Cocktail Series Group)
- Sunspire magnolia – Magnolia ‘Sunspire’
- Foamflower – Tiarella cordifolia
- Cut–leaf lilac – Syringa × laciniata
- Mixed allium cultivars – Allium
- Nova Zembla rhododendron – Rhododendron ‘Nova Zembla’
- Red horse chestnut – Aesculus x carnea ‘Ft. McNair’
- Tree peony – Paeonia ostii
Lerner Garden of the Five Senses
- Koreanspice viburnum – Viburnum carlesii
- Carol Mackie daphne – Daphne × burkwoodii ‘Carol Mackie’
- Mixed allium cultivars – Allium
- Rhubarb (Pubescent Form) – Rheum (Pubescent Form)
- Priscilla of Corinth iris – Iris ‘Priscilla of Corinth’
- Tree peony – Paeonia rockii
- Butterfly Blue pincushion flower – Scabiosa ‘Butterfly Blue’
- Korean mountain ash – Sorbus alnfolia
Slater Forest Pond
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- Shoaf’s Double Pink rue anemone – Anemonella ‘Shoaf’s Double Pink’
- Variegatum fragrant Solomon’s seal – Polygonatum odoratum pluriflorum ‘Variegatum’
- Southern red trillium – Trillium sulcatum
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Cleaver Lawn
- Gas Plant – Dictamnus albus
- Cordial Canary bugleweed – Ajuga ‘Cordial Canary’
- Montana blue star – Amsonia tabernaemontana ‘Montana’
- Common camas – Camassia quamash
- Tree peony – Paeonia ostii
- Ornamental rhubarb – Rheum palmatum tanguticum
- Prarieblues False Indigo – Baptisia x bicolor ‘Starlite’ Starlite Prarieblues
Reiser Woodland Garden
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- French’s Veined Form Jack–in–the–pulpit – Arisaema triphyllum ‘Mrs. French’s Veined Form’
- Snowdrop windflower – Anemone sylvestris
- Grape clematis – Clematis viticaulis
- Bunchberry – Cornus canadensis
- Pink lily–of–the–valley – Convallaria majalis rosea
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Arbor Garden
- Eastern bleeding heart – Dicentra eximia
- Renard’s geranium – Geranium renardii
- Royal Wedding poppy – Papaver orientale ‘Royal Wedding’
- Foxtail lily – Eremurus stenophyllus
- Mixed allium cultivars – Allium
- White Knight weigela – Weigela florida ‘White Knight’
Haney Hillside Garden
- Yellow corydalis – Corydalis lutea
- Hardy primrose – Primula kisoana
- Espresso wild geranium – Geranium maculatum ‘Espresso’
- Giant Solomon’s seal – Polygonatum biflorum
- Blue Ridge creeping phlox – Phlox stolonifera ‘Blue Ridge’
- Green and gold – Chrysogonum virginianum
- Foamflower – Tiarella cordifolia
- Early azalea – Rhododendron prinophyllum
- Coast azalea – Rhododendron atlanticum
- Misty Blue doll’s–eyes – Actaea pachypoda ‘Misty Blue’
- Sweet woodruff – Galium odoratum
Vayo Meditation Garden
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- Chocolate Chip bugleweed – Ajuga reptans ‘Valfredda’ Chocolate Chip
- Alexandria Siberian bugloss – Brunnera macrophylla ‘Alexandria’
- Bunchberry – Cornus canadensis
- Redvein enkianthus – Enkianthus campanulatus
- Nodding enkianthus – Enkianthus cernuus rubens
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Giles Rhododendron and Perennial Garden
- Mandarin Lights azalea – Rhododendron ‘Mandarin Lights’ (Northern Lights Series)
- Japanese primrose – Primula japonica
- Japanese Cobra Lily – Arisaema serratum mayebarae
- Pohjola’s Daughter rhododendron – Rhododendron ‘Pohjola’s Daughter’
- Kalinka rhododendron – Rhododendron ‘Kalinka’
- Capistrano rhododendron – Rhododendron ‘Capistrano’
- Frank Abbott rhododendron – Rhododendron ‘Frank Abbott’
- Ingrid Mehlquist rhododendron – Rhododendron ‘Ingrid Mehlquist’
- Calsap rhododendron – Rhododendron ‘Calsap’
- Henry’s Red rhododendron – Rhododendron ‘Henry’s Red’
- Lodestar rhododendron – Rhododendron ‘Lodestar’
- Mary Kittel rhododendron – Rhododendron ‘Mary Kittel’
- Zoe Graves rhododendron – Rhododendron ‘Zoe Graves’
- Ken Janeck rhododendron – Rhododendron ‘Ken Janeck’
- Seabreeze azalea – Rhododendron ‘Seabreeze’
Bibby and Harold Alfond Children’s Garden
- Early Bird calamint – Nepeta ‘Early Bird’
- Bleeding heart – Lamprocapnos spectabilis
- Celandine poppy – Stylophorum diphyllum
- Red Licorice large fothergilla – Fothergilla major ‘Red Licorice’
- Small Solomon’s seal – Polygonatum humile
- Chinese mayapple – Dysosma delavayi
- Common pitcher plant – Sarracenia purpurea
- Walenburg’s Glorie swamp spurge – Euphorbia palustris ‘Walenburg’s Glorie’
- Mixed allium cultivars – Allium
- Silverbell – Halesia carolina
- Pawpaw – Asimina triloba ‘Sunflower’
- Variegated Japanese horse chestnut – Aesculus turbinata ‘Variegata’
Burpee Kitchen Garden
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- Sea Heart Siberian bugloss – Brunnera macrophylla ‘Sea Heart’
- Cushion spurge – Euphorbia epithymoide
- Short ‘n Sweet catchfly – Silene ‘Short n’ Sweet’
- French Lilac – Syringa vulgaris ‘Charles Joly’
- Wild chives – Allium schoenoprasum
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Bosarge Family Education Center Gardens
- Canada windflower – Anemone canadensis
- Giant Solomon’s seal – Polygonatum biflorum
- Mayapple – Podophyllum peltatum
- Roundleaf ragwort – Packera obovata
- Lynnhaven Carpet hairy fleabane – Erigeron pulchellus ‘Lynnhaven Carpet’
- Deep Pink pinxterbloom azalea – Rhododendron periclymenoides ‘Deep Pink’