See what’s in bloom … and enjoy the beauty of our Gardens.
We herald spring’s arrival with 130,000 tulips beautifully displayed along our Flower Garden Walk and in our Idea Garden. We plant hundreds of thousands of bulbs—daffodils, hyacinths, tulips, and more—purchased from Holland each October in preparation for Spring Blooms.
Tulipa ′Queen of Night′
We herald spring’s arrival with 130,000 tulips beautifully displayed along our Flower Garden Walk and in our Idea Garden. We plant hundreds of thousands of bulbs—daffodils, hyacinths, tulips, and more—purchased from Holland each October in preparation for Spring Blooms.
Wisteria floribunda
This wisteria, native to Japan, is highly prized for its very long, fragrant racemes of flowers in late spring. The flowers do not all open at once, but begin to open at the base of the raceme and open progressively to the tip. This woody vine can grow up to 50' tall with support.
Fothergilla × intermedia ′Mt. Airy′
Fothergilla x intermedia is a hybrid between two fothergilla species native to the southeastern United States. 'Mt. Airy' is a virtually trouble-free cultivar that is a vigorous grower. The abundant, white, flowers in April are bottle-brush shaped and smell like honey. In the fall, it is one of the last landscape shrubs to turn color, with foliage that is a blend of orange, red and purple. 'Mt. Airy' can be used anywhere from sun to shade in most home landscapes and can sucker to form colonies.
Cercis canadensis ′Appalachian Red′
Eastern redbud is a beautiful native spring flowering tree in the bean or legume family. It produces showy, dense clusters of pink flowers along its stems in April before the foliage appears. It likes moist, fertile, well-drained soils and can grow to 30 feet at maturity.
Phlox stolonifera ′Sherwood Purple′
Commonly known as creeping phlox, this native wildflower can be identified as a low growing mat-like groundcover. These shade loving, spreading perennials are best used in woodlands, informal borders, or tucked into corners, paths, and rock walls. From late April to early June, the popular cultivar ‘Sherwood Purple’ bears highly fragrant purple-blue flowers on 6 inch tall stems.
