November 2017 Bloom Guide

FORT TRYON PARK
HEATHER GARDEN BLOOM LIST NOVEMBER 2017

Perennials
 Aconitum carmichaelii ‘Arendsii’ – Azure
Monkshood
 Anemone x hybrida ‘Honorine Jobert’ –
Japanese Anemone
 A. oblongifolius ‘Raydon’s Favorite’ – Raydon’s
Favorite Aromatic Aster
 Aster tataricus ‘Jindai’ – Jindai Tartarian Aster
 Corydalis alba – Corydalis
 Dianthus gratianopolitanus ‘Firewitch’ –
Firewitch Cheddar Pinks
 Eurybia divaricata – White Wood Aster
 Gaura lindheimeri ‘Siskiyou Pink’, ‘Whirling
Butterflies’ — Gaura
 Geranium ‘Rozanne’ – Rozanne Cranesbill
 Helenium ‘Mardi Gras’ –Sneezeweed
 Persicaria affinis ‘Dimity’, ‘Darjeeling Red’;
P. amplexicaulis ‘Firetail’ – Fleeceflower
 Solidago ‘Golden Fleece’, ‘Fireworks’ –
Goldenrod
 Stokesia laevis ‘Peachies Pick’- Stokes Aster
 Symphyotrichum novae-angliae- New England
Aster
Tricyrtis hirta ‘Miyazaki’, T. hirta ‘Sinonome’ –
Toad Lily
Spectacular Fall Leaves
The Heather Garden is filled and surrounded with the
finest fall colors, from far more plants than can be listed.
A few of the more prominent contributors in and near the
Heather Garden are listed below.
 Amsonia hubrichtii – Bluestar
 Aesculus parviflora – Bottlebrush Buckeye
 Cornus florida – Flowering Dogwood
 Cotinus ‘Royal Purple’ – Purple Smokebush
 Cretaegus viridis ‘Winter King’ – Hawthorne
 Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Jelena’ – Witch-Hazel
 Hydrangea quercifolia – Oakleaf Hydrangea
 Malus cvs. – Crabapple
 Parthenocissus quinquefolia – Virginia Creeper
 Prunus ‘Kwanzan’ – Kwanzan Cherry
 Rhododendron schlippenbachii, R. vaseyi, R.
‘Lollipop’, ‘Marie Hoffman’, ‘Northern HiLights’,
‘Weston’s Innocence’ – select Azalea
varieties
 Rhus typhina – Staghorn sumac
 Ulmus americana – American Elm

 

Trees and Shrubs
 Abelia x grandiflora ‘Rose Creek’, A.
‘Sherwoodii’ – Glossy Abelia
 Callicarpa ‘Bodinieri’, C. dichotoma ‘Early
Amethyst’ –Beautyberry (showy fruit)
 Calluna vulgaris ‘Beoley Gold’, ‘Cupraea’,
‘Firefly’, ‘Gold Haze’ (showy leaves)
 Ceratostigma plumbaginoides – Plumbago
 Caryopteris x clandonensis ‘Longwood Blue’ –
Bluebeard
 Cretaegus viridis ‘Winter King’ – Hawthorne
(showy fruit)
 Cotoneaster apiculatus – Cranberry
Cotoneaster (showy fruit)
 Daphne x transatlantic ‘Jim’s Pride’ – Daphne
 Erica carnea ‘Springwood White,’
‘Silberschmelze’; Erica x darleyensis ‘Winter
Beauty’, ‘Kramer’s Rote’ – Winter Heaths
(some heaths may begin their long winter
bloom late this month, or in December)
 Hydrangea arborescens ‘Annabelle’ –
Annabelle Smooth Hydrangea
 Hydrangea paniculata ‘Tardiva’ – Hydrangea
 Pyracantha coccinea – Scarlet Firethorn
(showy fruit)
Annuals
Blooming just until the first hard frost…
 Ageratum houstonianum ‘Blue Horizon’ –
Floss Flower
 Angelonia angustifolia ‘Angelface Pink’–
Summer Snapdragon
 Gomphrena globosa ‘Fireworks’ – Globe
Aramanth
 Heliotropium arborescens – Helipotrope
 Leonotus leonurus – Lion’s Tail
 Nicotiana alata ‘Lime Green’, N. alata ‘Daylight
Sensation’– Flowering Tobacco
 Plectranthus ‘Mona Lavender’ – Swedish Ivy
 Ricinus communis ‘Carmencita’ – Castor Bean
 Salvia ‘Indigo Spires’, S. guaranitica ‘Black and
Blue’–Blue Sage
 Salvia leucantha – Mexican Bush Sage
 Verbena bonariensis – Purpletop Vervain