Now Showing
May
10, 2002
What's in bloom at the JC Raulston Arboretum? This week look for Magnolia, Philadelphus , Rosa, Spiraea, and Weigela in their full glory throughout the Arboretum. The Perennial Border has begun to explode with color, showcasing this week Clematis, Penstemon, Salvia, Thermopsis, and Verbena. Don't miss over a dozen Kalmia cultivars blooming now in the Lath House with many hydrangeas just starting. This list is not comprehensive of all the plants currently flowering at the Arboretum. Plant names in RED are new to the list this week. Enjoy your visit!
South Hall Garden (Beds S01-S10)
- Aquilegia 'Silver Edge'
- Cornus kousa 'Snowboy'
- Cotinus coggygria 'Black Velvet'
- Cotinus 'Grace'
- Deutzia ×kalmiiflora
- Euonymus europaeus 'Red Ace'
- Hippeastrum 'Acropolis'
- Lonicera ×heckrottii 'Gold Flame'
- Lonicera sempervirens 'Sulphurea'
- Philadelphus 'Silberregen'
- Philadelphus 'Snow Velvet'
- Physocarpus opulifolius 'Select'
- Rosa 'Nastarina'
- Rosa 'Snow Carpet'
- Spiraea nipponica 'Snowmound'
- Weigela japonica 'Dart's Colourdream'
Klein-Pringle White Garden (Beds WG1-WG10)
- Camellia japonica 'Alba Supreme'
- Clematis 'Henryi'
- Cornus kousa
- Cornus kousa 'Pendula'
- Geranium sanguineum 'Album'
- Hydrangea arborescens 'Annabelle'
- Hydrangea quercifolia 'Lynn Lowrey'
- Illicium floridanum f. album
- Itea virginica 'Henry's Garnet'
- Nepeta 'Six Hills Giant'
- Rhaphiolepsis umbellata 'Blueberry Muffin'
- Rosa 'Prosperity'
- Rubus calycinoides 'Emerald Carpet'
- Serissa foetida
- Styrax japonicus 'Crystal'
- Viburnum plicatum
Path to Winter Garden (Beds E14, E17, E18)
- Stewartia rostrata
- Viburnum
- Viburnum bracteatum 'Emerald Luster'
- Viburnum dentatum var. deamii
- Viburnum integrifolium
- Viburnum nudum 'Winterthur'
- Viburnum setigerum
Winter Garden (Beds E19, E21)
- Danae racemosa
- Lunaria annua 'Variegata'
- Rosa 'Crimson Cascade'
Beds E15-E16 (Nandina Collection Island)
- Rosa 'Natchitoches Noisette'
- Rosa 'Petite Pink'
Beds Along Beryl Road (northeast JCRA, Beds E08-E11 & E23-E25)
- Aesculus ×arnoldiana
- Aesculus ×carnea 'Fort McNair'
- Bignonia capreolata 'Atrosanguinea'
- Catalpa ×erubescens 'Purpurea'
- Cotinus coggygria 'Little Ruby'
- Deutzia corymbosa
- Euonymus oxyphyllus
- Fallugia paradoxa
- Hypericum forrestii
- Ligustrum delavayanum
- Magnolia virginiana var. australis 'Perdido'
- Philadelphus 'Belle Etoile'
- Philadelphus californicus 'Marjorie Schmidt'
- Philadelphus 'Galahad'
- Philadelphus aff. purpurascens
- Philadelphus 'Silberregen'
- Physocarpus opulifolius 'Nugget'
- Rhaphiolepis indica 'Eleanor Tabor'
- Rosa 'Cecile Brunner Bush'
- Spiraea foetida
- Spiraea japonica 'Fire Light'
- Stryrax japonicus 'Ryan's Weeping'
- Syringa 'Father Fiala'
- Syringa reticulata 'Ivory Silk'
- Syringa reticulata subsp. pekinensis
- Syringa reticulata 'Summer Snow'
- Weigela florida 'Brigela' French Lace'
- Weigela florida 'White Knight'
- Weigela florida 'Alexandra' Wine and Roses®
- Weigela 'Nana Variegata'
- Weigela 'Red Prince'
- Weigela 'Rumba'
- Zenobia pulverulenta f. nitida
Winding Grass Paths (E12, E13, E20, E22, E49, behind Winter Garden, & Bog Garden area)
- Callicarpa macrophylla
- Deutzia rubens
- Hippeastrum 'Vera'
- Paeonia lactiflora 'Karl Rosenfield'
- Sambucus nigra 'Aureovariegata'
- Spiraea miyabei
- Wisteria frutescens 'Longwood Purple'
- Wisteria macrostachya 'Aunt Dee'
- Wisteria macrostachya 'Clara Mack'
Conifer Collection (E25-E27; E45-E48; E50)
- Iris 'Aichi no Kagayaki'
- Magnolia grandiflora 'Satin Leaf'
- Lavandula stoechas subsp. luisieri
- Potentilla fruticosa 'Maanelys'
- Solanum dulcamara 'Variegatum'
Magnolia Collection (Beds E28-E31)
- Ceanothus impressus 'Victoria'
Paradise Garden (T01-T02)
- Acca sellowiana
- Baptisia 'Purple Smoke'
- Calibrachoa 'Million Bells'
- Dianthus chinensis
- Hydrangea 'Preziosa'
- Lavandula angustifolia 'Munstead'
- Punica granatum
- Rubus calycinoides 'Formosa Carpet'
- Santolina chamaecyparissus
- Sophora flavescens
- Thymus polytrichus subsp. britannicus 'Albus'
- Thymus serpyllum
- Thymus vulgaris 'Argenteus'
- Verbena 'Tapien Salmon'
- Zenobia pulverulenta 'Woodlanders Blue'
Butterfly Garden (T05-T06)
- Ceanothus americanus
- Cornus kousa
- Itea virginica 'Henry's Garnet'
- Lonicera ×americana 'Pam's Pink'
Reading Garden (T04)
- Iris tectorum
- Itea virginica 'Henry's Garnet'
- Schizophragma hydrangeoides
- Spiraea japonica
- Spiraea japonica 'Norman'
- Styrax japonicus 'Carillon'
Water Garden (T03)
- Baptisia alba × australis
- Iris pseudacorus
Theme Garden Area (T07-T08)
- Aesculus californica
- Aesculus californica 'Canyon Pink'
- Campanula trachelium var. alba
- Penstemon digitalis 'Husker Red'
Wisteria Collection & Echinacea Collection (T12)
- Echinacea pallida
- Echinacea paradoxa var. neglecta
- Echinacea sanguinea
- Echinacea simulata
- Hippeastrum 'Red Lion'
Lath House
- Acanthus spinosus
- Amsonia ciliata var. tenuifolia
- Aquilegia grata
- Aquilegia 'Roman Bronze'
- Chrysanthemum weyrichii
- Chrysogonum virginianum 'Frei'
- Clematis 'Henryi'
- Cornus pumila
- Decumaria barbara
- Delosperma sutherlandii
- Dianthus gratianopolitanus
- Dianthus gratianopolitanus 'Tiny Rubies'
- Dicentra
- Dicentra 'Bacchanal'
- Dicentra eximia
- Dichroa febrifuga
- Dicentra 'Luxuriant'
- Epimedium sempervirens
- Geranium sanguineum
- Hemerocallis 'Penny's Worth'
- Hydrangea macrophylla 'Pia'
- Hydrangea quercifolia 'Harmony'
- Hydrangea serrata 'Rosalba'
- Hydrangea serrata (Wilson 7820)
- Hydrangea serrata 'Woodlanders'
- Hydrangea 'Winterthur Hybrid'
- Illicium floridanum 'Head-Lee Compact'
- Iris foetidissima
- Jasminum parkeri
- Kalmia latifolia 'Bridesmaid'
- Kalmia latifolia 'Carousel'
- Kalmia latifolia 'Delft Pink'
- Kalmia latifolia 'Elf'
- Kalmia latifolia 'Freckles'
- Kalmia latifolia f. fuscata
- Kalmia latifolia 'Kaleidoscope'
- Kalmia latifolia 'Little Linda'
- Kalmia latifolia f. myrtifolia
- Kalmia latifolia 'Ostbo Red'
- Kalmia latifolia 'Pink Frost'
- Kalmia latifolia 'Pristine'
- Kalmia latifolia 'Raspberry Glow'
- Kalmia latifolia 'Sharon Rose'
- Kalmia latifolia 'West Virginia Prostrate'
- Manglietia yunnanensis
- Oenothera macrosceles
- Polygonatum biflorum var. commutatum 'Bigfoot'
- Rhododendron 'Fuki'
- Rhododendron 'Gabrielle Hill'
- Rhododendron micranthum
- Rhododendron 'Wakaebisu'
- Rodgersia sambucifolia
- Salvia greggii 'White'
- Santolina chamaecyparissus
- Saxifraga stolonifera 'Maroon Beauty'
- Schizophragma hydrangeoides
- Schizophragma hydrangeoides 'Brookside Miniature'
- Schizophragma hydrangeoides 'Rosea'
- Serissa foetida 'Apple Blossom'
- Serissa foetida 'Kyoto'
- Thalictrum kiusianum
- Tiarella 'Mint Chocolate'
- Tiarella 'Pink Bouquet'
- Wikstroemia terniflora
- Zephyranthes drummondii
Japanese Garden
- Cornus kousa 'Autumn Rose'
- Itea chinensis
Mixed Border (Beds E32-E38)
- Allium moly
- Amsonia tabernaeontana var . tabernaeontana
- Amsonia hubrichtii
- Aquilegia 'Magpie'
- Baptisia alba var. alba (Pendula Group)
- Beschorneria septentrionalis
- Blephilia ciliata
- Ceanothus ×delileanus 'Gloire de Versailles'
- Ceanothus ×pallidus 'Marie Simon'
- Clematis 'Betty Corning'
- Cotoneaster dammeri 'Streibs Findling'
- Cornus kousa 'Lustgarten Weeping''
- Cornus kousa 'Steeple'
- Deutzia ×lemoinei
- Deutzia scabra 'White Splash'
- Dianthus deltoides 'Arctic Fire'
- Dianthus gratianopolitanus
- Dianthus plumarius 'Albiflorus'
- Dianthus plumarius 'Rose Tone'
- Dicentra 'Bacchanal'
- Dicentra eximia
- Disporopsis pernyi
- Enkianthus cernuus f. rubens 'Fuji'
- Euonymus bungeanus
- Gardenia augusta 'Daruma'
- Genista tintoria 'Flore Pleno'
- Geranium ×oxonianum 'Claridge Druce'
- Geranium sanguineum
- Heuchera richardsonii
- Hippeastrum 'Hercules'
- Ilex myrtifolia 'Xanthocarpa'
- Iris monnieri
- Iris spuria subsp. halophila
- Itea virginica 'Sprich' Little Henry'
- Jasminum beesianum
- Jasminum floridum
- Leucanthemum ×superbum 'White Knight'
- Ligustrum 'Carolina Gold'
- Lonicera 'Mandarin'
- Magnolia grandiflora 'Goliath'
- Magnolia virginiana var. australis 'Green Bay'
- Magnolia sieboldii
- Phlomis cashmeriana
- Phlomis fruticosa
- Physocarpus opulifolius
- Pittosporum tobira
- Rhododendron 'Pink Cascade'
- Ruschia putterilli 'Teresa Treasure'
- Schizophragma hydrangeoides
- Sedum acre
- Spiraea betulifolia 'Tor'
- Spiraea japonica 'Alpina'
- Spiraea japonica 'Candle Light'
- Spiraea japonica 'Crimson Glory'
- Spiraea japonica Dakota Goldcharm ®
- Spiraea japonica 'Dart's Red'
- Spiraea japonica 'Magic Carpet'
- Spiraea japonica 'Neon Flash'
- Spiraea triloba 'Fairy Queen'
- Spiraea ×vanhouttei 'Pink Ice'
- Styrax japonicus (Benibana Group) 'Pink Chimes'
- Styrax youngae
- Viburnum nudum
Tender Perennials / The "Necessary" Garden Area (Beds E43-E44)
- Amsonia elliptica
- Deutzia ×wilsonii
- Jasminum iraidii
- Lavatera olbia 'Aurea'
- Magnolia grandiflora 'Little Gem'
- Magnolia grandiflora (variegated form)
- Magnolia virginiana var. australis
- Nerium oleander
- Penstemon
- Rosa 'Carefree Delight'
- Rosa 'Spice'
- Solanum jasminoides
- Spiraea japonica 'Little Princess'
- Verbena ' Wildfire Purple'
- Viburnum dilatatum 'Erie'
Perennial Border
- Achillea millefolium (Montrose rose form)
- Amsonia hubrichtii
- Artemesia ludoviciana 'Valerie Finnis'
- Allium schoenoprasum 'Giant'
- Aquilegia longissima 'Yellow Queen'
- Aquilegia ×puryearana 'Blazing Star'
- Baptisia sphaerocarpa
- Buddleja salviifolia
- Callirhoe involucrata
- Clematis 'Alionushka'
- Clematis 'Arabella'
- Clematis 'Betty Corning'
- Clematis ×durantii
- Clematis eriostemon
- Clematis 'Hakurei'
- Clematis integrifolia 'Pangbourne Pink'
- Clematis 'Petit Faucon'
- Coreopsis auriculata 'Zamfir'
- Crinum 'Cecil Houdyshell'
- Dianthus 'Mountain Mist'
- Dianthus 'Raspberry Magic'
- Echinacea paradoxa var. paradoxa
- Echinacea purpurea 'Stewart's Pink'
- Erigeron
- Euphorba polychroma 'Major'
- Geranium 'Brookside'
- Geranium 'Dilys'
- Geranium ×oxonianum 'Claridge Druce'
- Geranium ×oxonianum 'Wargrave Pink'
- Geum 'Starker's Magnificum'
- Hemerocallis dumortieri
- Hemerocallis minor
- Hemerocallis 'Moontraveler'
- Hesperaloe parviflora
- Hydrangea quercifolia 'Alice'
- Iberis sempervirens 'Purity'
- Iris 'Aeolian'
- Iris 'C'est Magnifique'
- Iris aff. 'Flavescens'
- Iris (Louisiana hybrid)
- Iris pseudacorus hybrid
- Iris versicolor
- Iris versicolor 'Party Line'
- Kniphofia hirsuta
- Kniphofia 'Shining Scepter'
- Lavandula stoechas subsp. pedunculata 'Avonview'
- Lonicera periclymenum 'Graham Thomas'
- Nepeta 'Six Hills Giant'
- Oenothera macrocarpa
- Oxalis triangularis subsp. papilionacea
- Penstemon digitalis 'Husker Red'
- Penstemon 'Evelyn'
- Penstemon laevigatus
- Penstemon tenuis
- Phlox pilosa
- Phlomis russeliana
- Rosa
- Rosa 'Dr. Hughey'
- Rosa 'Speedy Gonzalez'
- Salvia chamaedryoides
- Salvia greggii 'Maraschino'
- Salvia microphylla var. neurepia
- Salvia microphylla 'San Carlos Festival'
- Salvia 'Wild Watermelon'
- Sedu tetractinum
- Sisyrinchium striatum
- Sisyrinchium 'Puerto Yellow'
- Symphytum 'Belsay'
- Teucrium fruticans
- Thermopsis villosa
- Tradescantia 'Sweet Kate'
- Tradescantia 'True Blue'
- Tulbaghia violacea
- Verbascum chaixii
- Verbena (red)
- Verbena 'Abbeville'
- Verbena bonariensis
- Verbena (compact form)
- Verbena 'Marie's Rose'
- Verbena 'Silver Anne'
- Verbena tenuisecta 'Edith'
Elizabeth Lawrence Border
- Geranium 'Brookside'
- Geranium sanguineum 'Glenluce'
- Oxalis brasiliensis
- Rosa 'Louie Phillipe'
- Rosa 'Marie Daly'
- Rosa 'Mrs. Joseph Schwartz'
- Tradescanthia 'Concord Grape'
- Tradescanthia 'Mrs. Leower'
- Verbena 'Abbeville'
- Verbena bonariensis
Perennial Border Trial Area
- Baptisia nuttalliana
- Callirhoe alcaeoides 'Logan Calhoun'
- Dianthus 'Cinnamon Red Hots'
- Hypericum 'Hidcote Variegated'
- Iris sibirica (tall form)
- Iris sibirica 'Roaring Jelly'
- Kniphofia thomsonii var. thomsonii
- Lavandula stoechas subsp. pedunculata 'Avonview'
- Verbena 'Striped Tiger'
- Verbena 'Wildfire Purple'
- Zephyranthes 'El Cielo'
Beds E40-E42 (Behind weeping lace parasol elm)
- Euonymus europaeus 'Red Cascade'
- Hippeastrum 'Zanzibar'
- Ligustrum tschonskii 'Little Thomas'
- Magnolia virginiana var. australis 'Henry Hicks'
- Magnolia virginiana 'Mt. Pulaski'
- Rosa 'Carefree Delight'
Bed T10 (Behind Rose Garden-South Bed)
- Amsonia ludoviciana
- Ilex myrtifolia 'Sarah's Choice'
- Spiraea cantoniensis