April 2018 Bloom Guide
FORT TRYON PARK
HEATHER GARDEN BLOOM LIST APRIL 2018
Perennials
- Aquilegia spp. and cvs. – Columbine
- Arabis caucasica, A. pharophylla – Rock Cress
- Aubretia ‘Whitewall Gem’ – Purple Rock Cress
- Aurinia saxatilis – Basket of Gold
- Bergenia cordifolia and cvs. – Pigsqueak
- Brunnera macrophylla and ‘Jack Frost’ – Siberian Bugloss
- Clematis montana ‘Rubens’ – Anemone Clematis
- Dicentra cucullaria – Dutchman’s Breeches
- Digitalis grandiflora – Large Yellow Foxglove
- Epimedium × versicolor – Yellow Barrenwort
- Euphorbia amygydaloides robbiae- Wood Spurge
- Helleborus foetidus – Stinking Hellebore
- orientalis,H. x nigercors – Lenten Roses
- Iberis sempervirens-Candytuft
- Iris histriodes ‘George’, ‘Katherine Hodgkin’ – Irises
- Myosotis sylvatica- Forget Me Not
- Pachysandra terminalis-Japanese Pachysandra
- Phlox stolonifera ‘Home Fires’
- Phlox subulata ‘Emerald Blue’, ‘Fort Hill’ – Moss Phlox
- Polygonatum ordoratum ‘Variegatum’ – Fragrant Solomon Seal
- Pulmonaria cvs. – Lungwort
Bulbs
- Anemone blanda ‘Pink Star’-Grecian Windflower
- Chionodoxa luciliae/C. forbesii ‘Blue Giant’–Glory of the Snow
- Crocus chrysanthus, C. minimums, C. tommasinianus ‘Lilac Beauty’ – Crocuses
- Fritillaria meleagris – Guinea Hen Flower
- Fritillaria persica-/ persica ‘Ivory Bells’- Persian Lily
- Galanthus nivalis /G. elwesii– Snowdrops
- Ipheion uniflorum- Spring Star Flower
- Iris reticulata-Reticulated Iris
- Leucojum aestivum- Summer Snowflake
- Mertensia virginica- Virginia Bluebells
- Muscari armeniacum – Grape Hyacinth
- Narcissus – Daffodils
- Scilla sibirica ‘Spring Beauty’- Siberian Squill
- Tulipa ‘Angelique’ – Angelica Tulip
- Tulipa ‘Stunning Apricot’ – Tulip
- Tulipa humilis alba coerulea oculata/T. saxatalis/Tulipa acuminata/Tulipa batalinii ‘Salmon Gem’/Tulipa biflora/Tulipa clausiana ‘Cynthia’/Tulipa ‘Peppermint Stick’-Species Tulips
- Tulipa ‘White Triumphator’ – White Triumphator Tulip
- Puschkina libanotica – Striped Squill
Trees and Shrubs
- Amelanchier arborea – Shadbush
- Cornus mas – Corneliancherry Dogwood
- Chaenomeles speciosa – Flowering Quince
- Cornus florida – Flowering Dogwood
- Corylopsis paciflora, C. sinensis – Buttercup Winterhazel
- Cercis canadensis – Eastern Redbud
- Corylus Americana – American Filbert
- Daphne transatlantica ‘Jims Pride’
- Erica carnea ‘December Red,’ ‘King George’, ‘Springwood White’, ‘Winter Beauty’, ‘Winter White’ – Spring Heaths
- Erica x darleyensis ‘Furzey,’ ‘Kramer’s Rote’, ‘Silberschmelze’ – Darley Dale Heaths
- Forsythia x intermedia – Border Forsythia
- Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Jelena’ – Jelena Witch-Hazel
- Hamamelis vernalis– Vernal Witch-Hazel
- Magnolia stellata – Star Magnolia
- Mahonia ‘Orange Flame’ – Grapeholly
- Malus – Crabapple Species
- Pieris japonica, Pieris ‘Dorothy Whyckoff’ – Japanese Andromeda
- Prunus subhirtella – Higan Cherry
- Prunus ‘Kwanzan’ – Kwanzan Cherry
- Rhododendron schlippenbachii – Royal Azalea
- Rhododendron mucronulatum, R. vaseyi, spp. – Rhododendrons and Azaleas
- Viburnum carlesii- Korean Spice Viburnum
Annuals
- Viola wittrockiana ‘Blue Blotch’ – Pansy