Heather Garden Bloom Guide July 2018

FORT TRYON PARK
HEATHER GARDEN
BLOOM LIST JULY 2018

Perennials

  • Actaea racemosa – Black Snakeroot
  • Acanthus mollis, A. spinosissimus – Bear’s Breeches
  • Achillea millefolium ‘Anthea’, ‘Moonshine’, ‘Pretty Belinda’, ‘Weser River Sandstone’ – Yarrow
  • Agastache ‘Black Adder’ ‘Heatwave’ – Hyssop
  • Ageratina altissima – White Snakeroot
  • Allium ‘Millenium’- Ornamental Onion
  • Alstroemeria ‘Sweet Laura’, ‘Inca Ice’ – Peruvian Lily
  • Angelica gigas – Archangel
  • Arum italicum ‘Marmoratum’ – Arrowroot (showy fruit)
  • Asclepias incarnata ‘Cinderella’ – Swamp Milkweed
  • tuberosa – Butterflyweed
  • Aster dumosus ‘Woods Light Blue’, A. ‘Wood’s Pink’, ‘Woods Purple’ – Aster
  • novae-angliae ‘Alma Potchke’ – New England Aster
  • Astilbe Astilbe
  • Clematis ‘Betty Corning’, C. ‘Etoile Violette’, C. ‘Jackmanii’, C. x jouiniana ‘Praecox’, C. ‘Roguchi’– Virgin’s Bower
  • Crocosmia ‘Lucifer’ – Montbretia
  • Digitalis grandiflora – Yellow Foxglove
  • Echinops ritro ‘Taplow Blue’ – Globe Thistle
  • Echinacea purpurea ‘Magnus’, E.‘White Swan’ – Purple Coneflower
  • Filipendula rubra ‘Venusta’ – Queen of the Prairie
  • Gaura linderheimeri ‘Siskiyou Pink’, ‘Whirling Butterflies’ – Lindheimer’s Beeblossom
  • Geranium ‘Johnson’s Blue’, Geranium pratense ‘Rozanne’, G. sanguineum ‘Striatum’, ‘Kahn’ – Cranesbill
  • Helenium ‘Mardi Gras’ – Sneezeweed
  • Hibiscus moscheutos ‘Disco Belle Series’, ‘Fantasia’ – Marsh Mallow
  • Hosta plantaginea , H. sp. – Plantain Lily
  • Knautia macedonica – Knautia
  • Leucanthemum x superbum ‘Becky’ – Shasta Daisy
  • Lilium speciosum ‘Album’, L. ‘Stargazer’, L. ‘Henryii’ – Trumpet Lily
  • Limonium latifolium – Sea Lavender
  • Liatris spicata ‘Floristan White’, L. ‘Kobold’ – Blazing Star
  • Lobelia cardinalis – Cardinal Flower
  • siphilitica – Blue Cardinal Flower
  • Lychnis chalcedonica – Maltese Cross
  • Lychnis coronaria – Rose Campion
  • coronaria ‘Alba’ – White Rose Campion
  • Monarda didyma ‘Purple Rooster’ – Purple Bee Balm
  • Nepeta faassini x ‘Walker’s Low’ – Catmint
  • Perovskia atriplicifolia – Russian Sage
  • Persicaria affinis ‘Dimity’, P. ‘Darjeeling Red’; P. amplexicaulis ‘Firetail’ – Fleece
  • Persicaria polymorpha – Giant Fleece Flower
  • Phlox paniculata ‘David’, P.‘Eva Cullum’– Phlox
  • Physostegia virginiana ‘Alba’, P. ‘Vivid’ – Obedient Plant
  • nemorosa ‘Blue Hill’– Meadow Sage
  • Sedum ‘Autumn Joy’ – Stonecrop
  • Stachys monieri ‘Hummelo’ – Betony
  • Thalictrum rochebrunianum ‘Lavender Mist’, Thalictrum x ‘Elin’ – Meadow Rue
  • Vernonia fasciculata – Prairie Ironweed
  • Veronica spicata – Speedwell
  • Veronicastrum virginicum – Culver’s Root

Trees and Shrubs

  • Abelia x grandiflora – Glossy Abelia
  • Buddleia davidii, B. ‘Lochinch’ ,– Butterflybush
  • Buddleia x weyeriana ‘Honeycomb’ Honeycomb Butterfly Bush
  • B. ‘White Ball’, – Dwarf Butterfly Bush
  • Calluna vulgaris cvs. – earlier-blooming Heathers in variety
  • Callicarpa dichotoma ‘Early Amethyst’ – Beautyberry
  • Caryopteris x clandonensis ‘Longwood Blue’ Longwood Blue Bluebeard
  • Cotinus coggygria  ‘Royal Purple’ – Purple Smokebush
  • Hydrangea arborescens ‘Annabelle’, H. radiata ‘Samantha’  – Smooth Hydrangea
  • H. macrophylla ‘All Summer Beauty’, H. ‘Glowing Embers’, H. ‘Nikko Blue’ – Bigleaf Hydrangea
  • H. quercifolia ‘Snowflake’, H. quercifolia sp. – Oakleaf Hydrangea
  • H. serrata ’Fuji Waterfall’ – Japanese Hydrangea
  • H. paniculata ‘Tardiva’ – Panicle Hydrangea
  • Hypericum ‘Hidcote’, androsaemum ‘Albury Purple’ – St. John’s Wort
  • Lavandula x intermedia ‘Provence’ – French Lavander
  • angustifolia ‘Munstead’ – Munstead English Lavander
  • angustifolia ‘Nana Compacta’ – Dwarf English Lavender
  • Potentilla fruticosa cv. –  Bush Cinquefoil
  • Rosa ‘Buff Beauty,’ ‘Danae,’ ‘Elegant Fairytale,’ ‘Felicia,’ ‘Gruss an Aachen,’ ‘Heritage,’ ‘John Cabot’, ‘Larissa,’ ‘Lichfield Angel’, ‘Martha’s Vineyard,’ ‘Nearly Wild,’ ‘New Dawn,’ ‘Perle d’Or,’ ‘Sombreuil’ – Roses
  • Spiraea japonica ‘Neon Flash’ Japanese Spirea

Annuals

  • Ageratum houstonianum ‘Blue Horizon’ – Floss Flower
  • Alternanther ficoidea ‘Red Threads’
  • Angelonia angustifolia ‘Angelface Perfectly Pink’ – Summer Snapdragon
  • Canna ’Pretoria’– Indian Shot
  • Coleus “Compact Red’ , ‘Jade’
  • Colocasia ‘Jet Black Wonder’- Elephant Ears
  • Corydalis ochrolecua – White Corydalis
  • Dahlia ‘Fascination’ – Dahlia
  • Eschscholzia californica – California Poppy
  • Euphorbia ‘Diamond Frost’ – Spurge
  • Gomphrena globosa ‘Fireworks’- Globe Aramanth
  • Heliotropium arborescens‘Marine’
  • Hibiscus acetosella ‘Jungle Red’
  • Impatiens‘Sonic White’
  • Lablab purpureus- Hyacinth Bean
  • Nicotiana alata ‘Lime Green’, N. alata ‘Daylight Sensation’ – Flowering Tobacco
  • Plectranthus ‘Mona Lavender’- Spur Flower
  • Ricinus communis ‘Red Spires’ – Castor Bean
  • Salvia ‘Indigo Spires, guaranitica ‘Black & Blue’ ‘ Salvia ‘Wendy’s Wish’, ‘Mulberry Jam’– Blue Sage
  • Verbena bonariensis – Vervain
  • Zinnia ‘Profusion Fire’, ‘Profusion Deep Apricot’ – Zinnia
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