This week, a rainbow of columbine blooms are opening up all across the gardens! Watch for false indigo, peony, and iris cultivars to look especially fantastic. A location of particular interest is the seating beneath the trellises of the Arbor Garden, behind which shrubs of lilac, rose, and weigela are reaching full bloom.
What’s in Bloom – June 5, 2023
Lyn and Daniel Lerner Visitor’s Center
- Before the Storm Iris – Iris x germanica ‘Before the Storm’
- Opening Day™ Japanese snowball – Viburnum plicatum ‘PIIVIB–II’
- Splendens sea thrift – Armeria maritima ‘Splendens’
- Shirley Temple common garden peony – Paeonia lactiflora ‘Shirley Temple’
- DECADENCE® Deluxe Pink Lemonade false indigo – Baptisia × ‘Pink Lemonade’
- Buckeye Belle peony – Paeonia ‘Buckeye Belle’
- Blue Bird columbine – Aquilegia ‘Blue Bird’
Native Butterfly House
- Amethyst Dream mountain bluet – Centaurea montana ‘Amethyst Dream’
- Wild geranium – Geranium maculatum
- Wild columbine – Aquilegia canadensis
- Water avens – Geum rivale
Pond Gardens
- Totally Tangerine avens – Geum × ‘Totally Tangerine’
- Goldie wolly yarrow – Achillea tomentosa ‘Goldie’
- Color Spires® Indiglo Girl salvia – Salvia × ‘Indiglo Girl’
- Sonic Bloom® Pink weigela – Weigela florida ‘Bokrasopin’
- Fine Wine® weigela – Weigela florida ‘Bramwell’
- Hartlage Wine sweetshrub – Calycanthus × raulstonii ‘Hartlage Wine’
Great Lawn Gardens
- Cocktail Series avens – Geum ‘Mai Tai’ (Cocktail Series Group)
- Mixed allium cultivars – Allium spp.
- Oyama magnolia – Magnolia sieboldii ‘Colossus’
- DECADENCE Blueberry Sundae false indigo – Baptisia ‘Blueberry Sundae’
- DECADENCE Cherries Jubilee false indigo – Baptisia ‘Cherries Jubilee’
- Carolina Moonlight false indigo – Baptisia ‘Carolina Moonlight’
Lerner Garden of the Five Senses
- Priscilla of Corinth Iris – Iris ‘Priscilla of Corinth’
- Carolina allspice – Calycanthus floridus
- Axminster Gold comfrey – Symphytum × uplandicum ‘Axminster Gold’
- Miss Kim lilac – Syringa pubescens subsp. patula ‘Miss Kim’
- Valentine bleeding–heart – Lamprocapnos spectabilis ‘Valentine’
- Golden Queen Chinese globeflower – Trollius chinensis ‘Golden Queen’
- Gauguin hybrid peony – Paeonia ‘Gauguin’
Slater Forest Pond
- Variegatum fragrant Solomon’s seal – Polygonatum odoratum var. pluriflorum ‘Variegatum’
- Common arrowhead – Sagittaria latifolia
- Bilberry Ice spiderwort – Tradescantia ‘Bilberry Ice’
- Oyama magnolia – Magnolia sieboldii
Cleaver Lawn
- Cordial Canary bugleweed – Ajuga ‘Cordial Canary’
- Montana blue star – Amsonia tabernaemontana ‘Montana’
- Ornamental rhubarb – Rheum palmatum var. tanguticum
- Gas plant – Dictamnus albus
- Sicilian honey garlic – Allium siculum subsp. dioscoridis
- American fringe tree – Chionanthus virginicus
Reiser Woodland Garden
- Bunchberry – Cornus canadensis
- Pink lily–of–the–valley – Convallaria majalis var. rosea
- Origami White columbine – Aquilegia ‘Origami White’ (Origami Series)
- Spiral Staircase Solomon’s–seal – Polygonatum odoratum ‘Spiral Staircase’
- Wide Whale Corduroy jack–in–the–pulpit – Arisaema triphyllum subsp. stewardsonii ‘Wide Whale Corduroy’
Arbor Garden
- White Knight weigela – Weigela florida ‘White Knight’
- Renaissance bridal–wreath – Spiraea × vanhouttei ‘Renaissance’
- Tinkerbelle lilac – Syringa ‘Balibelle’ Tinkerbelle
- Fairy Dust lilac – Syringa ‘Baildust’
- Superba trumpet honeysuckle – Lonicera sempervirens ‘Superba’
- Marie Bugnet rose – Rosa ‘Marie Bugnet’
Haney Hillside Garden
- Espresso wild geranium – Geranium maculatum ‘Espresso’
- Yellow corydalis – Corydalis lutea
- Foamflower – Tiarella cordifolia
- Mountain laurel – Kalmia latifolia
- Kermesina blue flag – Iris versicolor ‘Kermesina’
- DECADENCE® Vanilla Cream false indigo – Baptisia ‘Vanilla Cream’
Vayo Meditation Garden
- Chocolate Chip bugleweed – Ajuga reptans ‘Valfredda’ Chocolate Chip
- Redvein enkianthus – Enkianthus campanulatus
- Nodding enkianthus – Enkianthus cernuus f. rubens
- Cotton Cool lungwort – Pulmonaria ‘Cotton Cool’
Giles Rhododendron and Perennial Garden
- Frank Abbott azalea – Rhododendron ‘Frank Abbott’
- Calsap rhododendron – Rhododendron ‘Calsap’
- Mandarin Lights azalea – Rhododendron ‘Mandarin Lights’ (Northern Lights Series)
- Dora Amateis rhododendron – Rhododendron ‘Dora Amateis’
- Lee’s Dark Purple rhododendron – Rhododendron ‘Lee’s Dark Purple’
- White Catawba rhododendron – Rhododendron ‘Catawbiense Album’
- White Peter rhododendron – Rhododendron ‘White Peter’
- Fastuosum Flore Pleno rhododendron – Rhododendron ‘Fastuosum Flore Pleno’
- Fantastica rhododendron – Rhododendron ‘Fantastica’
- Nikko white deutzia – Deutzia gracilis ‘Nikko’
Bibby and Harold Alfond Children’s Garden
- Bleeding heart – Lamprocapnos spectabilis
- Common pitcher plant – Sarracenia purpurea
- Early Bird calamint – Nepeta ‘Early Bird’
- Mixed allium cultivars – Allium spp.
- Julia Rose Itoh peony – Paeonia ‘Julia Rose’
- Singing in the Rain Itoh peony – Paeonia ‘Singing in the Rain’
- Short ‘n Sweet catchfly – Silene ‘Short n’ Sweet’
Burpee Kitchen Garden
- Cushion spurge – Euphorbia epithymoides
- Wild chives – Allium schoenoprasum
- Klondyke azalea – Rhododendron ‘Klondyke’
Bosarge Family Education Center Gardens
- Giant Solomon’s seal – Polygonatum biflorum
- Mayapple – Podophyllum peltatum
- Roundleaf ragwort – Packera obovata
- Canada windflower – Anemone canadensis
- Deep Pink pinxterbloom azalea – Rhododendron periclymenoides ‘Deep Pink’
- Wild geranium – Geranium maculatum