What’s in Bloom

Massive, dome-shaped horticultural display grown from a single plant and a single stem to produce over 1,000 uniform white flowers.

Featured Bloom

Thousand Bloom Mum 

Chrysanthemum × morifolium 'Susono no Tsuki'

Now on display, the traditional Thousand Bloom Chrysanthemum, white flowering form 'Susono-no-Tsuki'.  This ancient technique, known in Japan as Ozukuri, originated hundreds of years ago in Asia and is the most exacting and challenging of all Chrysanthemum training styles!  It takes 17 months and more than 2,000 staff hours to nurture and train this single plant into a perfect blooming dome with one central stem. Each large flower is evenly spaced apart from each other using a supporting frame. Disbudding plants to allow just one flower per individual stem to develop creates a larger bloom. Flowers all are similar in size and bloom at the same time. Fun Fact: Two of the large Thousand Bloom mum plants are grown to maturity, and the strongest plant is selected in October for final display. 

See what’s in bloom … and enjoy the beauty of our Gardens.

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  • Golden-orange chrysanthemums form a vibrant curtain behind tiered pagodas and mounded living viewing stones, reflected in the shallow water beneath the Exhibition Hall’s canopy of tree ferns.

    Chrysanthemum Festival 2026

    Chrysanthemum Festival fills our historic conservatories with color and artistry October 16–November 15, 2026. In the Exhibition Hall, a vibrant mum curtain provides a backdrop for tiered pagodas and living viewing stones, chrysanthemums trained into shapes inspired by natural rock formations and landscapes. These imaginative displays are just the beginning: explore the many chrysanthemum varieties, colors, and forms throughout the conservatories, from spirals and cascading baskets to clouds and towering columns. 

  • Sugar Maple

    Acer saccharum

    The sugar maple (Acer saccharum) a majestic tree native to eastern North America, bursts into brilliant shades of red, orange, and gold each fall, making it a seasonal showstopper. Its sap is used to make maple syrup, and its dense wood is valued for furniture and flooring. In forests, it supports biodiversity by providing food and shelter for birds, insects, and mammals, while its deep roots help prevent soil erosion.

  • Pairings of tanuki bonsai chrysanthemums and suiseki viewing stones create miniature landscapes that invite quiet contemplation and appreciation.

    Tanuki Bonsai Chrysanthemum and Viewing Stone

    Tanuki is a bonsai technique that combines living plant material with weathered deadwood, carefully blending the two to appear as a single, naturally aged form. The deadwood and vibrant chrysanthemum tell a story of character, endurance, and time. A Japanese suiseki stone is paired with each tanuki bonsai chrysanthemum. Suiseki is a naturally shaped viewing stone that is valued for its ability to suggest landscapes and evoke the beauty of the natural world. Visit our Bonsai Workshop to view more of these living works of art. 

  • Autumn Crocus

    Crocus speciosus

    Autumn crocus is a striking autumn-blooming bulb, native to regions around the Black Sea, including Turkey, the Caucasus, and northern Iran. Unlike its spring-blooming cousins, it flowers in fall with large, lilac to violet-blue petals often appearing before the leaves. It's a hardy bulb that naturalizes well in gardens, bringing unexpected color late in the season. It also provides a valuable late nectar source for pollinators preparing for winter.

  • Small flowers with white, rounded petals and large yellow centers

    Nippon Daisy

    Nipponanthemum nipponicum 

  • Dwarf Fothergilla

    Fothergilla gardenii

    Fothergilla gardenii, dwarf fothergilla, is member of the witch-hazel family, native to the southeastern United States from North Carolina to Georgia.  This deer resistant shrub has fragrant, white bottle-brush flowers in April and May and prefers growing in full sun to light shade in moist, well-draining soil.  Dwarf fothergilla has beautiful fall foliage in shades ranging from yellow to dark red. 

  • Yellow, round flower with black area in center and a bee

    Silverleaf Sunflower

    Helianthus argophyllus

    Silverleaf Sunflower, is a tall, striking perennial native to North America, named from the Greek words helios (sun) and anthos (flower) for its famous habit of turning its blooms to follow the sun throughout the day. Part of the diverse Helianthus genus, which includes over 70 species, it features silvery, woolly leaves and bright yellow flowers that bloom late into summer and early fall. Like other members of the aster family, these sunflowers attract numerous pollinators in the late-season garden. 

  • Tall, hardy herbaceous perennial showy, daisy-like, bright violet-purple to lavender flower heads arranged in flat-topped clusters at the top of the stems.

    Tatarian Aster

    Aster tataricus 'Jindai'

    Tatarian aster is a great border plant. Take a close look at the intense yellow and lavender blossoms.

  • Flowering Dogwood

    Cornus florida

    Cornus florida, flowering dogwood; the fall foliage of the flowering dogwood is a lovely russet color

  • Compact, silver-grey evergreen shrub with golden, daisy-like composite flower heads

    Grey-leaved Euryops

    Euryops pectinatus

    Euryops pectinatus is a compact, perennial, evergreen shrub in the daisy family, native to the rocky slopes of the South African Cape and is the only place where this plant occurs naturally. It has finely divided gray-green leaves that provide a great backdrop to the cheery yellow, 2-inch flowers that appear almost year-round in mild climates and are attractive to pollinators. The genus name comes from the Greek word for "large eye," referring to the showy flowers. The species name comes from the Latin term for something with narrow divisions, like a comb, referring to the divided leaves.
     

  • Two chrysanthemum-covered arches intersect overhead, forming a graceful canopy of white blooms.

    Double Crossed Arch Form

    Chrysanthemum x morifolium 'Gumdrop'
  • Purple spotted flower inflorescences

    Ribbon Bush

    Hypoestes aristata
  • Yellow, five leaved clusters leaves

    Bottlebrush Buckeye

    Aesculus parviflora
  • Velvety purple-and-lavender flower spikes and a tidy, mounded growth habit.

    Mexican Bush Sage

    Salvia leucantha 'Santa Barbara' 
  • Fully double, producing a dense head made up of elongated, slender, and completely tubular ray green flowers with green center.

    Quill Mum

    Chrysanthemum × morifolium ′Shamrock′
  • Light yellow rose.

    Grandiflora Rose

    Rosa 'Meikanaro' Sunshine Daydream
  • Long, slender, tubular or quilled petals that are a cool-toned white with a subtle silvery-white sheen, that cascade outward from the center like fine needles.

    spider Mum 

    Chrysanthemum x morifolium 'Icicles' 
  • Crimson-red long-tubed, drooping flowers are born in large, dense, whorled clusters on graceful, arching wands of bloom.

    Scarlet Sage

    Salvia splendens 'Faye Chapel'
  • Yellow flowers with curly petals

    Irregular Incurve Mum

    Chrysanthemum × morifolium 'Kimono'
  • Rich, shiny garnet or chocolate-burgundy, glossy, lobed leaves, which resemble the foliage of Japanese maples.

    Coppertone Hibiscus

    Hibiscus acetosella 'Mahogany Splendor'
  • Anemone chrysanthemums featured in a unique fan structure of Chrysanthemum 'Tsuribito' with a central "cushion" of 'Chrysanthemum 'Yamanoha-no-Kumo'

    Chrysanthemum Fan Form

    Chrysanthemum x morifolium 'Yamanoha-no-Kumo' and 'Tsuribito'
  • Three purple sepals, two purple petals, and a specialized third petal form a prominent labellum (lip), with a small spur at the back.

    Orchid

    Dendrobium hybrid 
  • Leaves turn brilliant shades of yellow, orange, and red in the autumn, which creates a striking contrast with the tree's unique, thick, corky bark.

    Japanese Maple

    Acer palmatum 'Arakawa' 
  • Massive, dome-shaped horticultural display grown from a single plant and a single stem to produce over 1,000 uniform white flowers.

    Thousand Bloom Mum 

    Chrysanthemum × morifolium 'Susono no Tsuki'

    Now on display, the traditional Thousand Bloom Chrysanthemum, white flowering form 'Susono-no-Tsuki'.  This ancient technique, known in Japan as Ozukuri, originated hundreds of years ago in Asia and is the most exacting and challenging of all Chrysanthemum training styles!  It takes 17 months and more than 2,000 staff hours to nurture and train this single plant into a perfect blooming dome with one central stem. Each large flower is evenly spaced apart from each other using a supporting frame. Disbudding plants to allow just one flower per individual stem to develop creates a larger bloom. Flowers all are similar in size and bloom at the same time. Fun Fact: Two of the large Thousand Bloom mum plants are grown to maturity, and the strongest plant is selected in October for final display.