What's in Bloom?

July 2010 Highlights

 In July Hydrangeas (Hydrangea quercifolia, H. paniculata, H. macrophylla) and daylilies (Hemerocallis) are in full bloom in the Display, Butterfly, and Rhododendron Gardens as well as at Lantern Court. Check out the bright red plumes of Crocosmia ‘Lucifer’ in the Display Gardens and Lantern Court. See the Stokes asters (Stokesia laevis), Shasta daisies (Leucanthemum x superbum), black-eyed Susans (Rudbeckia hirta), bee balm (Monarda didyma, M. fistulosa, and hybrids), blazing-stars (Liatris spicata), and purple coneflowers (Echinacea purpurea and hybrids) blooming in the Display, Butterfly and Prairie Gardens where the showy pink plumes of the Queen-of-the-Prairie (Filipendula rubra) grace the landscape. The bottlebrush buckeyes (Aesculus parviflora and A. parviflora ‘Rogers’ along the entrance drive, Hedge Garden, and in late July in the Butterfly Garden are especially floriferous this year. Don’t miss Hibiscus ‘Tosca’ in the Butterfly Garden.

	Bottlebush in bloom near Holden's entrance drive

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