Now Showing
March
22, 2002
A Few Highlights of Early Spring
Here is just a hint of flowers and features currently at the JC Raulston Arboretum. Now you can also find many fine spring bulbs flowering including Narcissus, Crocus, Hyacinthus, and Muscari. Discover the Lenten roses (Helleborus ×hybridus) still in bloom. This list is not comprehensive of all plants in bloom at the Arboretum at this time of year. Plant names in RED are new to the list this week.
South Hall Garden (Beds S01-S10)
- Camellia japonica
- Camellia japonica 'Broadrose'
- Chaenomeles speciosa 'Contorta'
- Chaenomeles speciosa 'Toyo Nishiki'
- Croton alabamensis
- Hamamelis ×intermedia 'Primavera'
- Hamamelis vernalis 'Sandra'
- Magnolia 'Galaxy'
- Magnolia 'Yellow Lantern'
- Malas baccata var. mandshurica
- Malas Royal FountainTM
- Neviusia alabamensis
- Pieris japonica 'Valley Rose'
- Pieris japonica var. yakushimensis
- Prunus persica
- Prunus×subhirtella 'Whitcomb'
- Pyrus 'Flowering Edgewood'
- Rhododendron chapmanii ×mucronulatum
- Salix integra 'Hakuro-nishiki' (beautiful bright yellow leaves)
- Sinojackia rehderiana
Parking Lot (Beds P01-P06)
- Cercis canadensis subsp. mexicana
- Cercis canadensis subsp. texensis 'Oklahoma'
- Cercis chinensis
- Magnolia 'Eskimo'
- Magnolia 'Legend'
- Rhododendron mucronulatum 'Vimantissm'
Klein-Pringle White Garden (Beds WG1-WG10)
- Camellia japonica 'Alba Supreme'
- Cercis canadensis 'Alba'
- Fatsia japonica (wonderful seed pods)
- Magnolia ×loebneri 'Merrill'
- Prunus 'Snow Fountain'
- Salix pendula
- Viburnum tinus 'Compactum'
Bed E09 (past Nandina Collection)
- Prunus ×yedoensis (E09)
Path to Winter Garden (Beds E14-E18)
- Acer buergerianum 'Miyasama-kaede' (E15)
- Euphorbia characias subsp. wulfenii (E15)
- Loropetalum chinense 'Zhuzhou Fuchsia'
- Magnolia 'Elizabeth'
- Magnolia 'Eskimo' (E15)
- Prunus persica 'NCSU Dwarf Double Red'
- Prunus cyclamina
- Prunus 'Hally Jolivette'
Screening Plants (Row planted along Beryl Road)
- Prunus persica 'Corinthian Mauve'
- Prunus persica 'Corinthian Pink'
- Prunus persica 'Corinthian Rose'
- Prunus persica 'Corinthian White'
Winter Garden (Beds E19, E21)
- Chaenomeles speciosa 'Contorta'
- 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'
- Prunus ×subhirtella 'Scott Early'
- Prunus incisa 'Snowcloud'
- Salix sachalinensis 'Sekka'
Magnolia Collection (Beds E27-E30)
- Magnolia 'Eskimo'
- Magnolia kobus var. borealis
- Magnolia ×loebneri 'Leonard Messel'
- Magnolia salicifolia 'Miss Jack'
- Magnolia stellata 'Chrysanthemiflora' (E40)
- Magnolia stellata 'Jane Platt'
- Magnolia stellata 'Waterlily'
Model Gardens
Paradise Garden
- Prunus persica 'NCSU Dwarf Double Red'
- Rosmarinus officinalis 'Tuscan Blue'
- Spiraea thunbergii 'Mount Fuji'
Butterfly Garden
- Gelseminum sempervirens 'Woodlanders Pale Yellow'
- Lonicera sempervirens 'Leo'
- Loropetalum chinense
- Prunus persica 'NCSU Dwarf Double Red'
- Rosmarinus officinalis 'Salem'
- Vaccinum corymbosum
Reading Garden
- Daphne odora 'Aureomarginata'
Lath House
- Camellia japonica 'Mona Johnston'
- Craibiodendron yunnanensis
- Dicentra sp.
- Dicentra 'Luxuriant'
- Echinosophora koreensis
- Epimedium grandiflorum 'Rose Queen'
- Erica darleyensis 'Mediterranean Pink' (front of L.H.)
- Iberis sempervirens
- Leiophyllum buxifolium
- Machilus grisjei
- Phlox subulata 'Laurel Beth' (front of L.H.)
- Pieris japonica 'Crispa
- Pieris japonica 'Debutante'
- 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'
- Primula 'Dale Henderson'
- Pulmonaria saccharata 'Dora Bielefeld'
- Rhododendron mucronulatum
- Rhododendron 'Hardijzer Beauty'
- Rhododendron 'Wolfpack Red'
- Stachyurus chinensis 'Magpie'
Japanese Garden
- Pieris japonica 'Shojo'
Mixed Border (Beds E32-E38)
- Cercis canadensis subsp. mexicana
- Corylopsis glabrescens var. gotoana
- Forsythia Gold Tide®
- Forsythia 'Susan Cryser'
- Hamamelis ×intermedia 'Jelena'
- Iberis sempervirens 'Snow White'
- Leucojum aestivum
- Loropetalum chinense 'Compactum'
- Magnolia 'Elizabeth'
- Magnolia 'Pink Perfection'
- Phlox subulata 'White Out'
- Spiraea ×cinerea 'Grefsheim'
- Prunus ×subhirtella 'Autumnalis Rosea' × Prunus campanulata
- Spiraea thunbergii 'Mellow Yellow'
Tender Perennials Area (beds west of Necessary)
- Loropetalum chinense f. rubrum
- Magnolia 'Galaxy' (left end of bed)
- Veronica peduncularis 'Georgia Blue'
Perennial Border
- Iberis sempervirens 'Purity'
- Prunus persica Bonfire PatioTM
- Ranunculus ficaria 'Brazen Hussey'
- Ranunculus ficaria 'Collarette'
- Ranunculus ficaria 'Coppernob'
- Ranunculus ficaria f. flore-pleno
- Veronica peduncularis 'Georgia Blue'
Elizabeth Lawrence Border
- Ajuga reptans 'Atropurpurea'
- Leucojum aestivum
- Spiraea thunbergii
- Veronica peduncularis 'Georgia Blue'
Perennial Border Trial Area
- Dianthus 'Cinnamon Red Hots'
- Euphorbia amygdaloides var. robbiae
- Prunus persica 'NCSU Dwarf Double Red'
OTHER AREAS
Beds among Winding Grass Paths (between Beryl Road and Winter Garden)
- Forsythia viridissima 'Bronxensis' (E23)
- Syringa oblata var. dilatata (E11)
Bed E22 (Bog Garden area)
- Camellia japonica 'Golden Spangles'
- Prunus grandulosa 'Sinensis'
- Prunus grandulosa 'Alba Plena'
Bed E49 (near dwarf loblolly pine collection)
- Pittosporum illicoides
Bed E43 (bed in front of Necessary)
- Loropetalum chinense 'Zhuzhou Fuchsia'
Bed E41 (barberry collection, behind rose garden)
- Berberis ×gladwynensis 'William Penn'
West of Perennial Border Trial Area (behind birdbath, Bed E00)
- Corylopsis glandulifera var. hypoglauca
- Prunus ×blireana
- Prunus persica 'Corinthian White'