Display Garden Blooming

Some photos of our display garden plants in bloom ::
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Photos taken as of 6/12  ::

Achillea millefolium 'Terra Cotta' (Milfoil, Yarrow)

Aruncus dioicus (Goat's Beard)

Astilbe arendsii 'Bridal Veil' (False Spirea)

Coreopsis grandiflora 'Presto' (Tickseed)

Crambe cordifolia (Sea Kale)

Delosperma cooperi (Hardy Ice Plant)

Geum flora plena 'Blazing Sunset' (Avens)

Hosta 'Sum & Substance' (Plantain Lily)
Definitely not "mini" like this minivan...

Imperata cylindrica 'Red Baron' (Japanese Blood Grass)

Iris sibirica 'White Swirl' (Siberian Iris)

Lupinus 'Manhatten Lights' (West Country Lupine)

Nepeta faassenii 'Walker's Low' (Catmint)

Paeonia 'Bartzella' (Intersectional Peony)

Paeonia lactiflora (Garden Peony)

Papaver orientale (Oriental Poppy)

Penstemon barbatus 'Prairie Dusk' (Beardtongue)

Salvia nemorosa 'Caradonna' (Meadow Sage)

Salvia nemorosa 'Marcus' (Meadow Sage)

Salvia nemorosa 'Snow Hill' (Meadow Sage)

Sisyrinchium 'Lucerne' (Blue-Eyed Grass)

 

Photos taken as of 6/1  ::

Allium 'Globemaster' (Ornamental Onion)

Amsonia hubrichtii (Bluestar)

Baptisia australis (False Indigo)

Cerastium tomentosum 'Yo-Yo' (Snow in Summer)

Delosperma congestum (Hardy Ice Plant)

Geranium magnificum (Cranesbill)

Geum 'Fireball' (Avens)
Still blooming...

Iris germanica 'Beverly Sills' (German Bearded Iris)

Iris germanica 'Immortality' (German Bearded Iris)
Still going strong...

Iris pallida 'Argentea Variegata' (Variegated Iris)

Iris pallida 'Variegata' (Variegated Iris)

Lupinus 'Gladiator' (West Country Lupine)

Nepeta faassenii 'Blue Wonder' (Catmint)

Salvia nemorosa 'May Night' (Meadow Sage)

Sedum kamschaticum (Russian Stonecrop)

Thymus praecox 'Coccineum' (Mother of Thyme)

And if there isn't much color in your garden, add your own!

 

Photos taken as of 5/21  ::

Aurinia saxatilis 'Compacta' (Allysum, Basket of Gold, Madwort)

Centaurea montana 'Blue' (Cornflower, Knapweed)

Dicentra 'King of Hearts' (Dwarf Bleeding Heart)

Geum 'Fireball' (Avens)

Heucherella 'Sweet Tea' PP21296 (Foamy Bells)

Iberis sempervirens (Candytuft)

Iris germanica 'Immortality' (German Bearded Iris)
One of the most dependable repeat-blooming Iris available...

Some incredible Tree Peony (Paeonia suffruticosa)...

 

Some photos of our display garden plants in bloom last season ::
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Photos taken as of 9/24  ::

Anemone 'Avalanche' (Windflower)

Anemone 'Pamina' (Windflower)

Some Alyssum (Annual) still looking great...

Aster dumosus 'Professor Kippenberg' (New York Aster)

Clematis terniflora (Sweet Autumn Clematis)

"Preying" for more fall color on this Yarrow...

Erianthus ravennae (Hardy Pampas Grass, Ravenna Grass)

Iris germanica 'Immortality' (German Bearded Iris)

Miscanthus sinensis 'Positano' (Maiden Grass)
Lots of ornamental grasses still available in our garden center...

Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Viridescens' (Black-Flowered Fountain Grass)

Sedum 'Autumn Joy' (Stonecrop)
Many more Sedum available, including 'Autumn Fire' (improved 'Autumn Joy')...

 

Photos taken as of 8/11  ::

A few shots of our gardens...

Some Celosia (Annual) doing well this summer...

And some taller Cleome (Spider Plant, Annual)...

Cleome 'Senorita Rosalita' (Spider Plant, Annual)

Eryngium amethystinum (Sea Holly)

A colorful patch of Sun Coleus (Annual)...

Eupatorium purpureum (Hardy Ageratum, Joe-Pye Weed)

Helenium 'Red Jewel' (Helen's Flower, Sneezeweed)

Salvia 'Black and Blue' (Annual)

Rudbeckia fulgida 'Little Goldstar' PPAF (Black-Eyed Susan)

Some gorgeous Dreamland Series Zinnia (Annual)...

Verbena bonariensis (Brazilian Verbena, Vervain)
Still blooming...

 

Photos taken as of 7/16  ::
(sorry, not ideal lighting for photos, but we don't see clouds too often these days)

Some Lantana (Annual) thriving in the heat...

Buddleia 'Lo & Behold Blue Chip' PP19991 (Butterfly Bush)

Cimicifuga simplex 'Hillside Black Beauty' (Bugbane)

Coreopsis 'Redshift' PP20412 (Tickseed)

Coreopsis verticillata 'Route 66' PP20609 (Tickseed)

Crocosmia 'Lucifer' (Montbretia)

Some large Zinnia (Annual), a great choice for hot and dry conditions...

Echinacea 'Satin Nights' PPAF (Coneflower)

Eupatorium rugosum 'Chocolate' (Hardy Ageratum, Joe-Pye Weed, Snakeroot)

Helenium 'Sahin's Early Flowerer' (Helen's Flower, Sneezeweed)

Heliopsis helianthoides 'Ballerina' (False Sunflower)

Hemerocallis 'South Seas' (Daylily)

Oenothera 'Lemon Drop' (Primrose)

Perovskia atriplicifolia (Russian Sage)

Phlox paniculata 'David (Garden or Tall Phlox)

Phlox paniculata 'Flame Purple' PP12605 (Garden or Tall Phlox)

Physostegia verginiana 'Pink Manners' PPAF (False Dragonhead, Obedient Plant)

Rudbeckia fulgida 'Goldsturm' (Black-Eyed Susan)
Surviving the heat and doing what they do best!

Rudbeckia 'Viette's Little Suzy' (Black-Eyed Susan)
Newer and improved hybrids are available like 'Little Goldstar' PPAF.

Sedum 'Matrona' (Stonecrop)
Yes, beginning to bloom in July!

Verbena bonariensis (Brazilian Verbena, Vervain)

And a few shots of our display gardens...

 

Photos taken as of 6/26 ::

Achillea millefolium 'Coronation Gold' (Milfoil, Yarrow)
An older variety, but we still have some newer varieties available, too.

Calamagrostis acutiflora 'Karl Foerster' (Feather Reed Grass)

Coreopsis verticillata 'Golden Showers' (Tickseed)
Lots of other Coreopsis to choose from as well...

Filipendula rubra 'Venusta' (Queen of the Prairie)

Hemerocallis 'Mary Todd' (Daylily)
ATons of other varieties available, too.

Heucherella 'Sweet Tea' PP21296 (Foamy Bells)

Iris ensata 'Lion King' (Japanese Iris)

Leucanthemum x superbum 'Banana Cream' PPAF (Shasta Daisy)

Leucanthemum x superbum 'Becky' (Shasta Daisy)

Monarda didyma 'Gardenview Scarlet' (Bee Balm, Oswego Tea)
Another older variety, other newer varieties available.

 

Photos taken as of 6/13 ::

Amsonia hubrichtii (Arkansas Blue Star)
Finished blooming but putting on a foliar show.

Aruncus dioicus (Goat's Beard)

Clematis 'Jackmanii' (Clematis)

Coreopsis grandiflora 'Early Sunrise' (Tickseed)
This is an older variety, but we have many newer and improved varieties in stock right now...

Gaillardia aristata 'Bijou' (Blanket Flower)
As the Coreopsis above, many newer varieties of Gaillardia are available.

Lavandula augustifolia 'Hidcote' (Lavender)
Not quite as "blue" as in this photo, but close.

Leucanthemum x superbum 'Daisy May' (Shasta Daisy)
Now testing in our gardens, and turning out to be a big hit for this year...

Lilium 'Lollypop' (Asiatic Lily)

Lychnis coronaria 'Blood Red' (Rose Campion)

Penstemon barbatus 'Rondo Mix' (Beardtongue)
Not always the most winter-hardy, but this one is on its 3rd year in our garden.

Rosa 'Carpet Pink' (Carpet Rose)

Rosa 'Knockout Red Double' (Shrub Rose)

Salvia verticillata 'Purple Rain' (Meadow Sage)

Stachys monnieri 'Hummelo' (Common Betony)

Trollius chinensis 'Golden Queen' (Globeflower)

Veronica spicata 'Purpleicious' PPAF (Speedwell)
Still blooming...

Veronica spicata 'Royal Candles' PP18432 (Speedwell)

 

A few more photos taken as of 5/30 ::

Delosperma cooperi (Ice Plant)

Some of our Paeonia lactiflora (Garden Peony)

Sisyrinchium 'Lucerne' (Blue-Eyed Grass)

Crambe cordifolia (Sea Kale)

Penstemon digitalis 'Husker Red' (Beardtongue)
Note : we have the improved 'Dark Towers' in stock now, with lavender flowers and burgundy foliage!

Old-fashioned Climbing Rose 'Blaze'

Salvia nemorosa 'Marcus' (Meadow Sage)

 

A few photos taken as of 5/21 ::

Amsonia hubrechtii (Arkansas Bluestar, Threadleaf Bluestar)

Achillea millefolium (Terra Cotta' (Milfoil, Yarrow)

Baptisia australis (Blue Indigo, False Indigo)

Cerastium tomentosum 'Yo-Yo' (Snow in Summer)

Delosperma nubigena (Ice Plant)

Dicentra 'King of Hearts' (Fern-leaf Bleeding Heart)

Geranium 'Orion' (Cranesbill)

Iris germanica 'Beverly Sills' (German Bearded Iris)

Iris germanica 'Immortality' (German Bearded Iris)

Iris germanica 'Rare Treat' (German Bearded Iris)

Iris germanica 'Superstition' (German Bearded Iris)

Iris pallida 'Argentea Variegata' (Sweet Iris)

Nepeta racemosa 'Blue Wonder' (Catmint)

Nepeta faassenii 'Walker's Low' (Catmint)

A few of our Oriental Poppies...

Salvia nemorosa 'Blue Hill' (Meadow Sage)

Salvia nemorosa 'May Night' (Meadow Sage)

Salvia nemorosa 'Snow Hill' (Meadow Sage)

Sedum album 'Aureum' (Gold Carpet Stonecrop)

Sedum repestre 'Angelina' (Stonecrop)

 

A few more plants showing some interest as of 4/25 ::

Aurinia saxatilis 'Compacta' (Allysum, Basket of Gold, Madwort)

Euphorbia mysinites (Donkeytail Spurge)

Euphorbia polychroma (Cushion Spurge) still blooming...

Heucherella 'Sweet Tea' PP21296 (Foamy Bells)

Iberis sempervirens (Candytuft)

Iris pumila (Dwarf Iris)

Paeonia suffruticosa (Tree Peony)

 

Not too much in color as of 4/10, but many plants are waking up much earlier than last year ::

Arabis caucasica 'Snow Cap' (Rock Cress)

Aubrieta deltoides 'Royal Red' (Purple Rock Cress)

Euphorbia polychroma (Cushion Spurge)

Iris pallida 'Argentea Variegata' (Sweet Iris) brightening up the landscape...

 

Some photos of our display garden plants in bloom from this past 2011 season ::
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A few plants showing winter interest as of 12/8 ::

A planting of Cerastium tomentosum 'Yo-Yo' (Snow in Summer) showing silvery Christmas color...

Euphorbia polychroma (Cushion Spurge)

Geranium cantabrigiense 'Karmina' (Cranesbill)

Heucherella 'Sweet Tea' PP21296 (Foamy Bells)

Miscanthus sinensis 'Morning Light' (Maiden Grass)

Sedum repestre 'Angelina' (Stonecrop)

 

In bloom as of 9/26 ::

Some varieties of Lantana (Annual)

Petunia 'Supertunia Bordeaux' (Annual)

Some Verbena (Annual) still blooming...

Caryopteris clandonensis 'Longwood Blue' (Bluebeard, Blue Mist Spirea)

Clematis terniflora / paniculata (Sweet Autumn Clematis)

Some zinnia and salvia (Annuals)...

Verbena bonariensis (Brazilian Verbena)

 

In bloom as of 9/2 ::

Anemone 'Avalanche'

Anemone 'Pamina'

Angellonia 'Angel Face Pink' (Summer Snapdragon, Annual)

Angellonia 'Angel Face White' (Summer Snapdragon, Annual)

Some more Angellonia still blooming strong...

Some more shots of our display gardens...

Celosia (Annual) still blooming...

Eupatorium purpureum (Joe-Pye Weed)

Salvia guaranitica 'Black and Blue' (Annual)
Still blooming...

Salvia nemorosa 'Blue Hill' (Meadow Sage)

Salvia 'Mesa Scarlet' (Annual)

Sedum 'Matrona' (Stonecrop)

Veronica spicata 'Purpleicious' PPAF (Speedwell)
Still blooming...

 

In bloom as of 8/10 ::

Angellonia (Annual)

Some of our Buddleia (Butterfly Bush) beginning to bloom...

Cleome (Spider Plant, Annual)

A few of our Sun Coleus (Annual)

Helenium 'Red Jewel' (Sneezeweed)

Hibiscus 'Anne Arundel' (Rose Mallow)

Hibiscus 'Blue River II' (Rose Mallow)

Hibiscus moscheutos 'Southern Belle' (Rose Mallow)

Hydrangea macrophylla 'Forever & Ever Red' (Bigleaf Hydrangea)
Still blooming...

Pennisetum setaceum 'Fireworks' PP18504 (Variegated Purple Fountain Grass, Annual)

Perovskia atriplicifolia (Russian Sage)
Still blooming...

Phlox 'Intensia' series (Annual)

Rudbeckia hirta 'Irish Eyes' (Brown-Eyed Susan)

Rudbeckia speciosa 'Viette's Little Suzy' PP8867 (Dwarf Black-Eyed Susan)

Salvia guaranitica 'Black and Blue' (Annual)

Salvia farinacea 'Victoria Blue' (Mealy Cup Sage, Annual)

Scaevola (Annual)

A few of our display gardens...

 

In bloom as of 7/20 ::

Euphorbia 'Diamond Frost' (Annual)

Gaura lindheimeri (Wand Flower)
Still blooming...

Geranium 'Rozanne' PP12175 (Cranesbill)
Still blooming...

Gypsophila 'Festival Star' (Baby's Breath, Annual)

Heliopsis helianthoides 'Ballerina' (False Sunflower)
Still blooming...

Hemerocallis 'South Seas' (Daylily)

Hydrangea macrophylla 'Forever & Ever Red' (Bigleaf Hydrangea)
Beginning to bloom, even in full sun...

Iris ensata 'Lion King' (Japanese Iris)
Huge blooms...

Osteospermum 'Voltage Yellow' (African Daisy, Annual)

Perovskia atriplicifolia (Russian Sage)

Phlox paniculata 'David' (Tall or Garden Phlox)

Phlox paniculata 'Flame Pink' (Tall or Garden Phlox)

Phlox paniculata 'Magic Blue' (Tall or Garden Phlox)

Phlox paniculata 'Miss Elie' (Tall or Garden Phlox)

Portulaca (Moss Rose, Annual)

Another corner of our gardens...

 

In bloom as of 7/2 ::

Cleome 'Senorita Rosalita (Spider Flower, Annual)

Amsonia hubrichtii (Arkansas Bluestar)
Foliage color before blooming...

Astilbe japonica 'Red Sentinel' (False Spirea)

Clematis 'Jackmanii' (Clematis)

Coreopsis verticillata 'Golden Showers' (Tickseed)

Dicentra 'King of Hearts' (Fern-Leaved Bleeding Heart)
Still blooming...

Echinacea 'Hot Papaya' PP21022 (Coneflower)

Geranium 'Rozanne' PP12175 (Cranesbill)

Heliopsis helianthoides 'Ballerina' (False Sunflower)

Hemerocallis 'Stella de Oro' (Daylily)
Still a favorite for long-lasting summer color...

Knautia macedonica 'Mars Midget' (Knautia)

Lavandula augustifolia 'Munstead' (Lavender)
Another old favorite...

Leucanthemum x superbum 'Banana Cream' PPAF (Shasta Daisy)

Leucanthemum x superbum 'Becky' (Shasta Daisy)

Leucanthemum x superbum 'Snowcap' (Shasta Daisy)

Lychnis coronaria 'Blood Red' (Rose Campion)

Monarda didyma 'Jacob Cline' (Bee Balm, Oswego Tea)

Salvia verticillata 'Purple Rain' (Whorled Sage)

Stachys monnieri 'Hummelo' (Common Betony)

Veronica spicata 'Purpleicious' PPAF (Speedwell)

 

In bloom as of 6/10 ::

Crambe cordifolia (Colewort)

Dianthus barbatus 'Heart Attack' (Sweet William)

Some of our Garden Peonies in bloom (Paeonia lactiflora)

Penstemon barbatus 'Prairie Dusk' (Beardtongue)

Rosa 'Sunny Knock Out' (Shrub Rose)

Salvia nemorosa 'Sensation Deep Blue' PPAF (Meadow Sage)

Salvia nemorosa 'Snow Hill' (Meadow Sage)

 

In bloom as of 6/4 ::

Amsonia hubrichtii (Arkansas Blue Star)

Baptisia australis (Blue Indigo, False Indigo)

Centaurea montana 'Blue' (Cornflower, Knapweed)

Cerastium tomentosum 'Yo-Yo' (Snow in Summer)

Iris germanica 'Superstition' (German Bearded Iris)

Iris pallida argentea 'Variegata' (Sweet Iris)

Nepeta faasenii 'Blue Wonder' (Catmint)

A few of our amazing Tree Peonies (Paeonia suffruticosa)

Papaver orientale 'Beauty of Livermore' (Oriental Poppy)

Papaver orientale 'Brilliant' (Oriental Poppy)

Salvia nemorosa 'Blue Hill' (Meadow Sage)

Salvia nemorosa 'Caradonna' (Meadow Sage)

Salvia nemorosa 'May Night' (Meadow Sage)

Thymus praecox 'Coccineum' (Mother of Thyme)

 

Not too many plants yet in bloom with our cool spring, but here are some in bloom as of 5/19 ::

Alchemilla mollis (Lady's Mantle)
After a gentle spring rain...

Aquilegia 'Biedermeier Mix' (Columbine)

Arabis caucasica 'Snow Cap' (Rock Cress)

Aurinia saxatilis 'Compacta' (Allysum, Basket of Gold, Madwort)

Dicentra 'King of Hearts' (Fern-leaved Bleeding Heart)

Dicentra spectablis (Old-fashioned Bleeding Heart)

Geum coccineum 'Borisii' (Avens)

Iberis sempervirens (Candytuft)

A pair of our Iris pumila (Dwarf Iris)

Lamium maculatum 'Beacon Silver' (Dead or Spotted Nettle)

Pulmonaria saccharata 'Sissinghurst White' (Bethlehem Sage, Lungwort)