Featured Bloom
Hybrid Peony
'Garden Treasure' is one of the hybrid peony varieties that can be seen in bloom now in the Peony Garden. Sometimes called intersectional or Itoh peonies, these beautiful plants are hybrid crosses between herbaceous and tree peonies. They have the leaf shape of tree peonies, but die back to the ground each winter like a herbaceous peony. The long lasting blossoms are lightly fragrant and come in some unique colors, like yellow, not seen in typical herbaceous peonies.
See what’s in bloom … and enjoy the beauty of our Gardens.
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Large-flowered Climber Rose
Rosa 'Direktor Benschop' (City of York)This old-fashioned, climbing rose is the oldest rose growing in our formal Rose Garden, which was first planted by our founder, Pierre S. du Pont, in 1938. ′Direktor Benschop′, also known as City of York, has a semi-double, fragrant white flower that blooms profusely in early June and then sporadically throughout the season. It is also known to have dark green glossy foliage, and grows well in full sun and well-drained soil. Visit the Rose Garden and discover the splendid variety of roses in bloom!
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Satsuki Hybrid Azalea
RhododendronWithin the Japanese bonsai world, Satsuki Azaleas inhabit a unique niche, with growers and enthusiasts that specialize in their development, display and appreciation. Their natural growth habit is normally a shrubby clump but with care and the correct technique they can be developed into thick trunk specimens such as this specimen. There are over 3000 different varieties of satsuki. The Kinsai variety is one of the oldest and has a distinctive red flower with tassels that looks like an exploding firework. Part of the acclaimed Kennett Collection, 'Kinsai' is a superb example of informal-upright style of bonsai. Training began in 1980.
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Kousa Dogwood
Cornus kousaCornus kousa, commonly known as Japanese flowering dogwood, is native to eastern Asia. This tree delights in all four seasons. In late spring, after the foliage has emerged, it has an abundance of creamy white bracts which are long lasting. Flowers are followed by bright, red fruit that is a compound berry about one inch in diameter and resembles a raspberry. These fruits are edible and a sweet and delicious addition to the tree's ornamental value. The deep red fall foliage and the stunning exfoliated bark give fall and winter interest. Cornus kousa is slower growing and later blooming than other dogwood trees. With age it reaches 30 feet high and can look quite stately.
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Herbaceous Peony
Paeonia lactiflora 'Dawn Pink’Herbaceous peonies are valued for their large, often fragrant blooms and exceptional longevity in the garden. Native to eastern Asia, particularly China, Mongolia, and Siberia, herbaceous peonies die back to the ground each winter and re-emerge each spring with attractive, deeply divided foliage and sturdy stems topped with showy flowers in late spring to early summer. Many plants can thrive for decades, sometimes more than a century with minimal care, making them a classic fixture in perennial borders and cottage gardens. Their lush blooms attract pollinators. Best grown in full sun and well-drained soil, herbaceous peonies are remarkably hardy, deer-resistant, and loved for both landscape use and long-lasting cut flowers.
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Pink-root
Spigelia marilandicaSpigelia marilandica commonly known as Pink-Root is a native to the United States, from Maryland south to Florida, west to Illinois and Texas. Spigelia grows in moist woods, ravines, or along stream banks in partial to full shade. This perennial can grow up to two feet high and one and half feet wide. Pink-Root produces bright carmine red tubular flowers which are two inches long with a yellow inside, and attracts Ruby-Throated hummingbirds from late May to the end of August.
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Chinese Wax-shrub
Calycanthus chinensisCalycanthus chinensis is a deciduous shrub reaching about nine feet tall and wide. The noteworthy feature of this plant is the large, three-inch waxy camellia-like flowers with ivory-pink tepals surrounding golden yellow petals in May to July. The glossy green leaves turn a lovely golden in the fall. It does well in part shade and blooms at a young age. In China it is found on slopes or near streams, usually under a canopy, in mountainous areas, about 1900 to 3200 feet in North Zhejiang Province. It was first introduced to North America in the 1980s and has been found to be hardy in USDA zones 6 to 9.
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Virginia Sweetspire
Itea virginica ′Henry’s Garnet′This native, deciduous shrub is tough and adaptable. It grows 4 feet tall and will create thickets through root suckering, if left untouched. Fragrant, long white flower spikes appear in June. The foliage turns purplish red in the fall, and this stunning autumn color lasts well into the winter. As an added bonus, the plant is deer resistant and the flowers attract butterflies. ‘Henry’s Garnet’ prefers slightly cool, moist growing sites, although it will tolerate drier locations and performs well under a wide range of cultural conditions.
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Chamomile
Matricaria chamomillaMatricaria chamomilla, commonly known as German chamomile, is an aromatic annual herb native to Europe and western Asia and now naturalized across many parts of the world. A member of the Asteraceae, it produces delicate white petals surrounding yellow cone-shaped centers and is widely recognized for its apple-like fragrance. German chamomile has a long history of medicinal use, especially in teas and herbal preparations valued for their calming and anti-inflammatory properties. Its flowers attract pollinators and beneficial insects, making it useful in gardens while also carrying centuries of cultural and herbal significance. Find it growing in our Ornamental Kitchen Garden.
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Shredded Umbrella-plant
Syneilesis aconitifoliaForm: Stoloniferous and spreads by rhizomes 12"-18" tall. Spread of 12"-24" at least. Foliage: Wonderful umbrella-like leaves, silky when young on upright stalks to 12"-18" tall. Peltate, deeply divided with jaggedly, toothed lobes 12"-15" across. Flower: June-July, pinkish in color without rays, of botanical interest only.
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Japanese Stewartia
Stewartia pseudocamelliaAlthough known as the Japanese stewartia, Stewaria pseudocamellia is found in both Japan and Korea. It is a small, slow-growing, pyramidal, deciduous tree which typically matures to 20 to 40 feet. It has cup-shaped, camellia-like white flowers two and a half inches in diameter with showy orange-yellow anthers. The flowers appear in early summer. The Korean name for this tree is No-gak-namu which translates as "deer's horn tree", which symbolically describes the beauty of the mottled, peeling bark with its tones of orange, green and grey.
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Chinese Hibiscus
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis ′Peggy Hendri′ -
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Hybrid Peony
Paeonia ′Garden Treasure′'Garden Treasure' is one of the hybrid peony varieties that can be seen in bloom now in the Peony Garden. Sometimes called intersectional or Itoh peonies, these beautiful plants are hybrid crosses between herbaceous and tree peonies. They have the leaf shape of tree peonies, but die back to the ground each winter like a herbaceous peony. The long lasting blossoms are lightly fragrant and come in some unique colors, like yellow, not seen in typical herbaceous peonies.