Throughout the gardens, kousa dogwood (Cornus kousa) cultivars with a great variety of form in flower, leaf, and bark are prominent and remarkable this week. A few flowers to keep an eye out for are yarrows (Achillea), sage (Salvia) and goat’s–beard (Aruncus). Primroses (Primula) in various vivid colors are blooming in Slater Pond, which is currently filled with very active and vocal frogs!
What’s In Bloom – June 27, 2023
Lyn and Daniel Lerner Visitor’s Center
- Zing Rose maiden pink – Dianthus ‘Zing Rose’
- DECADENCE® Deluxe Pink Lemonade false indigo – Baptisia × ‘Pink Lemonade’
- SUMMER WINE® ninebark – Physocarpus opulifolius ‘Seward’
- Tiny Diamond Asiatic lily – Lilium ‘Tiny Diamond’
- Tellham Beauty peach–leaved bellflower – Campanula persicifolia ‘Tellham Beauty’
Native Butterfly House
- Wild columbine – Aquilegia canadensis
- Arizona Sun blanket flower – Gaillardia ‘Arizona Sun’
- Kahori pink – Dianthus ‘Kahori’
- Eastern beebalm – Monarda bradburiana
Pond Garden
- Sunny Seduction yarrow – Achillea millefolium ‘Sunny Seduction’
- Turkish sage – Phlomis russeliana
- TABLE MOUNTAIN® ice plant – Delosperma ‘John Profit’
- Blackbeard smooth beard–tongue – Penstemon digitalis ‘Blackbeard’
- LI’L BANG™ Enchanted Eve tickseed – Coreopsis ‘Enchanted Eve’ (LI’L BANG Series)
- New Vintage™ Violet Yarrow – Achillea millefolium ‘Balvinviolet’
- Blue Shadow kousa dogwood – Cornus kousa ‘Blue Shadow’
Great Lawn Gardens
- Yellow foxglove – Digitalis grandiflora
- Arctic Snow tumbleweed onion – Allium schubertii ‘Arctic Snow’
- Walker’s Low catmint – Nepeta x faassenii ‘Walker’s Low’
- Pretty Belinda yarrow – Achillea millefolium ‘Pretty Belinda’
- Meadowsweet – Filipendula camtschatica
- Thalictrum – Thalictrum petaloideum
Lerner Garden of the Five Senses
- Golden Queen Chinese globeflower – Trollius chinensis ‘Golden Queen’
- Bartzella Itoh peony – Paeonia ‘Bartzella’
- Orange Gnome catchfly – Lychnis x arkwrightii ‘Orange Gnome’
- Summer Snow Japanese tree lilac – Syringa reticulata ‘Summer Snow’
- Butterfly Blue pincushion flower – Scabiosa ‘Butterfly Blue’
- Hobbit’s Foot silver sage – Salvia argentea ‘Hobbit’s Foot’
- Silver Sea woolly speedwell – Veronica spicata incana ‘Silbersee’
Slater Forest Pond
- Mixed water lily cultivars – Nymphaea
- Bog Jacob’s–ladder – Polemonium vanbruntiae
- Claude Shride lily – Lilium ‘Claude Shride’
- Candelabra primrose – Primula × bulleesiana
- Mountain laurel – Kalmia latifolia
Cleaver Lawn
- Gold Cup kousa dogwood – Cornus kousa ‘Gold Cup’
- Heart Throb kousa dogwood – Cornus kousa ‘Schmred’ Heart Throb
- Misty Lace goat’s–beard – Aruncus ‘Misty Lace’
- Ivory Silk Japanese tree lilac – Syringa reticulata ‘Ivory Silk’
- Black Lace® Eva elderberry – Sambucus nigra ‘Eva’ Black Lace®
- Bowman’s root – Gillenia trifoliata
Reiser Woodland Garden
- Wide Whale Corduroy jack–in–the–pulpit – Arisaema triphyllum stewardsonii ‘Wide Whale Corduroy’
- Vanilla Gorilla great masterwort – Astrantia major ‘Vanilla Gorilla’
- Pictum Japanese painted fern – Athyrium niponicum ‘Pictum’
- Black Taffeta alum–root – Heuchera × ‘Black Taffeta’
Arbor Garden
- Superba trumpet honeysuckle – Lonicera sempervirens ‘Superba’
- Stellar Constellation dogwood – Cornus ‘Rutcan’
- Sundrops – Oenothera tetragona
- Lilian Gibson rose – Rosa ‘Lilian Gibson’
- Cleopatra foxtail lily – Eremurus × isabellinus ‘Cleopatra’
- Die Schone Rodger’s flower – Rodgersia ‘Die Schone’
Haney Hillside Garden
- Running Tapestry foamflower – Tiarella cordifolia ‘Running Tapestry’
- Heart’s Desire mountain laurel – Kalmia latifolia ‘Heart’s Desire’
- Keepsake mountain laurel – Kalmia latifolia ‘Keepsake’
- Yellow corydalis – Corydalis lutea
- Korean bellflower – Campanula takesimana ‘Elizabeth’
- Zweiweltenkind goat’s–beard – Aruncus dioicus ‘Zweitweltenkind’
- FIREFLY® NIGHTGLOW® bush honeysuckle – Diervilla splendens ‘El Madrigal’
Vayo Meditation Garden
- Snow Thimble foxglove – Digitalis purpurea ‘Snow Thimble’
- Aureola Japanese forest grass – Hakonechloa macra ‘Aureola’
- Stonecrop – Sedum stefco
- Aurea hoptree – Ptelea trifoliata ‘Aurea’
Giles Rhododendron and Perennial Garden
- Weston’s Innocence azalea – Rhododendron ‘Weston’s Innocence’
- Satomi kousa dogwood – Cornus kousa ‘Satomi’
- Wolf Eyes kousa dogwood – Cornus kousa ‘Wolf Eyes’
- Mountain laurel – Kalmia latifolia
- Swamp azalea – Rhododendron viscosum
- Rodgersia – Rodgersia aesculifolia
Bibby and Harold Alfond Children’s Garden
- Mixed allium cultivars – Allium
- Rooguchi solitary clematis – Clematis ‘Rooguchi’
- Major Wheeler trumpet honeysuckle – Lonicera sempervirens ‘Major Wheeler’
- Yellow meadow rue – Thalictrum speciosissimum
- Garden angelica – Angelica archangelica
- Water Lily – Nymphaea ‘Gold Medal’
Burpee Kitchen Garden
- California poppy – Eschscholzia californica californica
- Screamin’ Yellow false indigo – Baptisia sphaerocarpa ‘Screamin’ Yellow’
- Sage – Salvia officinalis
- Kousa dogwood – Cornus kousa
Bosarge Family Education Center Gardens
- Canada windflower – Anemone canadensis
- Giant Solomon’s seal – Polygonatum biflorum
- Husker Red smooth beard–tongue – Penstemon digitalis ‘Husker Red’
- Blue false indigo – Baptisia australis
- Wild–coffee – Triosteum aurantiacum