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