What’s in Bloom

Large yellow flowers with a Monarch butterfly

Featured Bloom

Perennial Sunflower

Helianthus giganteus

Native to eastern North America, Helianthus giganteus can commonly be found growing in wet meadows and swamps. It is spread by seeds and a rhizomatous root system, and can reach a height of up to 13 feet, from which its Latin name giganteus was derived. Traditionally, the Choctaw people used Helianthus giganteus to make bread by mixing it with corn and grinding it into a fine powder. 

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  • Closters of red berries with and few blue ones intermixed

    Swamp-haw

    Viburnum nudum ′Winterthur′

    A stunning native shrub cultivar, Viburnum nudum ‘Winterthur,’ starts off the growing season with glossy, green foliage and clusters of creamy white flowers in June. These later give way to multi-colored berries, set against wine red foliage in the fall. For the best fruit production, plant in groups to ensure cross-pollination. Reaching about six feet tall, ‘Winterthur’ will grow in rich, wet, shady sites as well as sunny, well-drained locations, and is hardy from zone 5 to 9.

  • Bright red knobby balls hanging on long stems

    Japanese Flowering Dogwood

    Cornus kousa

    This tree delights in all four seasons. In late spring, after the foliage has emerged, it has an abundance of creamy white bracts which last quite a long time.  Flowers are followed by bright red, bumpy fruit (like large raspberries) which are edible and can be quite sweet. 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 tall with a similar spread and can look quite stately.

  • Ornamental Pepper

    Capsicum annuum ′Sedona Sun′

    With a variety of fruit shapes and sizes, ornamental peppers provide interest and vibrant colors to the autumn garden. These low maintenance annuals are good in containers or as bedding plants.

  • Goldenrod

    Solidago sphacelata ′Golden Fleece′

    Goldenrod has been called by some the single most important plant for North American pollinator biodiversity. It is considered a keystone species and is the host plant for approximately 104 species of butterflies and moths. Many bees are goldenrod specialists, meaning that about 42 species of bees will visit only goldenrod for a food source. Although abundantly important in its native range, it is considered an invasive species in introduced areas due to its ability to rapidly spread and thrive in a variety of conditions.

  • Purple flower inflorescences

    New England Aster

    Symphyotrichum novae-angliae

    Asters, from the Latin word for stars, are late blooming perennials that attract pollinators and bring color to the autumn garden.  New England asters are tall, clump-forming plants that grow naturally in meadows, along roadsides, and at the edge of woodlands in eastern North America west to the Rocky Mountains.  This aster grows best in full sun and moist, well-drained soil.  

  • Big Bluestem

    Andropogon gerardii
  • Purple Beautyberry

    Callicarpa dichotoma
  • Orange Flame

    Jacobinia chrysostephana
  • Multilobed pink Orchid flower

    Orchid

    Habenaria Galah
  • Weeping Myall

    Acacia pendula
  • Many petaled light pink flower

    Informal Decorative Dahlia

    Dahlia 'Cafe au Lait'
  • Purple Spurflower

    Plectranthus ecklonii
  • Hanging baskets of spotted leaves and white flowers

    Spotted Begonia

    Begonia maculata
  • Hummingbird feeding on purple flowers

    Hybrid Sage

    Salvia 'Amistad'
  • Red and white shrimp shaped flowers

    Shrimp-plant

    Justicia brandegeeana
  • Blue flowers against green foliage

    Autumn-leadwort

    Ceratostigma plumbaginoides
  • Yellow flower with six petals

    Daylily

    Hemerocallis 'Wee Willie Winkie'
  • Autumn-crocus

    Colchicum cilicicum
  • Showy Stonecrop

    Hylotelephium spectabile ′Neon′
  • Red berries clustered at ends of stems

    Redleaf Rose

    Rosa glauca
  • Field Thistle

    Cirsium discolor
  • Garlic Chives

    Allium tuberosum
  • Dark purple flower

    Common Mallow

    Malva sylvestris 'Bibor Felho'
  • Large yellow flowers with a Monarch butterfly

    Perennial Sunflower

    Helianthus giganteus

    Native to eastern North America, Helianthus giganteus can commonly be found growing in wet meadows and swamps. It is spread by seeds and a rhizomatous root system, and can reach a height of up to 13 feet, from which its Latin name giganteus was derived. Traditionally, the Choctaw people used Helianthus giganteus to make bread by mixing it with corn and grinding it into a fine powder.