Now Showing
March
14, 2002
A Few Highlights of Early Spring
Here is just a hint of flowers and features you can currently enjoy at the JC Raulston Arboretum. Throughout the garden there are also many fine spring bulbs in flower not listed here, including Narcissus, Crocus, Hyacinthus, and Muscari. Discover the diversity of the Lenten roses (Helleborus ×hybridus) now in full bloom. The list below is not comprehensive of all plants in bloom at the Arboretum at this time of year.
South Hall Garden
- Camellia japonica
- Camellia japonica 'Broadrose'
- Chaenomeles speciosa 'Toyo Nishiki'
- Croton alabamensis
- Hamamelis ×intermedia 'Primavera'
- Hamamelis vernalis 'Sandra'
- Pieris japonica 'Valley Rose'
- Pyrus 'Flowering Edgewood'
- Rhododendron chapmanii ×mucronulatum
Parking Lot
- Cercis canadensis subsp. texensis 'Oklahoma'
- Cercis chinensis
- Magnolia 'Eskimo'
Klein-Pringle White Garden
- Fatsia japonica (wonderful seed pods)
- Lagestroemia 'Natchez' (fantastic bark)
- Magnolia ×loebneri 'Merrill'
- Viburnum tinus 'Compactum'
East Arboretum Winding Grass Paths (north Arb. towards Beryl Road)
- Forsythia viridissima 'Bronxensis'
- Prunus 'Hally Jolivette'
Near "Why Not Joy?" Sculpture (Bog Garden area)
- Camellia japonica 'Golden Spangles'
- Prunus grandulosa 'Sinensis'
- Prunus grandulosa 'Alba Plena'
Winter Garden
- Chaenomeles speciosa 'Contorta'
- Daphne odora f. alba (finishing flowering)
- Edgeworthia chrysantha 'Gold Rush'
- Euphorbia amygdaloides var. robbiae
- Euphorbia ×martini
- Hamamelis ×intermedia 'Arnold Promise'
- Ipheion uniflorum
- Iris unguicularis
- Mahonia aquifolium 'Orange Flame'
- Primula vulgaris
- Primula vulgaris subsp. sibthorpii
- Prunus glandulosa 'Sinensis'
- Salix sachalinensis 'Sekka'
Magnolia Collection (behind Necessary)
- Magnolia 'Eskimo'
- Magnolia kobus var. borealis
- Magnolia ×loebneri 'Leonard Messel'
- Magnolia salicifolia 'Miss Jack'
- Magnolia stellata 'Chrysanthemiflora'
- Magnolia stellata 'Jane Platt'
- Magnolia stellata 'Waterlily'
Tender Perennials Area (front of Necessary)
- Loropetalum chinense f. rubrum
Elizabeth Lawrence Border
- Spiraea thunbergii
Perennial Border
- Iberis sempervirens 'Purity'
Perennial Border Trial Area
- Dianthus 'Cinnamon Red Hots'
- Euphorbia amygdaloides var. robbiae
West of Perennial Border Trial Area (behind birdbath)
- Corylopsis glandulifera var. hypoglauca
- Prunus ×blireana
Annual Trials & Demonstration Area
- Bellis, Pansy, Primula, and Viola
- Ornamental Winter Vegetables:
- Swiss Chard, Early Mizuna, Kale, Mustard, and Pac Choi
Butterfly Garden
- Gelseminum sempervirens 'Woodlanders Pale Yellow'
- Lonicera sempervirens 'Leo'
- Loropetalum chinense
- Rosmarinus officinalis 'Salem'
- Vaccinum corymbosum
Paradise Garden
- Rosmarinus officinalis 'Tuscan Blue'
- Spirea thunbergii 'Mount Fuji'
Reading Garden
- Daphne odora 'Variegata' (nearing end of flowering)
Townhouse Garden
- Chaenomeles speciosa 'Old Red'
Lath House
- Camellia japonica 'Mona Johnston'
- Erica darleyensis 'Mediterranean Pink' (front of Lath House)
- Leiophyllum buxifolium
- Machilus grisjei
- Pieris japonica Polita Group
- Pieris japonica 'Scarlett O'Hara'
- Pieris japonica 'Shojo'
- Pieris japonica 'Tilford'
- Pieris japonica 'Valley Valentine'
- Pieris 'Karenoma'
- Pieris multifida
- Pieris phillyreifolia
- Pulmonaria longifolia 'Bertram Anderson'
- Pulmonaria saccharata 'Dora Bielefeld'
- Rhododendron mucronulatum
Mixed Border
- Forsythia Gold Tide®
- Forsythia 'Susan Cryser'
- Hamamelis ×intermedia 'Jelena'
- Iberis sempervirens 'Snow White'
- Prunus ×subhirtella 'Autumnalis Rosea' × Prunus campanulata
- Spiraea thunbergii 'Mellow Yellow'
Japanese Garden
- Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Nana Gracillis' (stately form)
- Lagerostroemia faureri (majestic, smooth trunk)
- Phyllostachys nigra (black bamboo stems)