Visit our Hort Hot Spots page to see what's in bloom right now.
Our horticulturists report that the following plants are especially interesting during this time period.
The location charts are in alphabetical order according to the Garden/Collection
name found in the Arboretum’s Visitor Guide. We invite you to discover
and to enjoy these ornamental plants. Please help us preserve these important
research and exhibit plants by not collecting any material, living or dead,
during your visit.
Year-Round Interest
Asian Collections,
Friendship Garden, National Bonsai and Penjing Museum, National Boxwood
Collection, Gotelli Collection of Dwarf and Slow- Growing Conifers, Knot
Garden in the National Herb Garden, Morrison Garden, Holly and Magnolia
Collections
January
& February
Witchhazel,
conifer foliage and cones, holly in fruit, Japanese apricot, wintersweet,
sweetbox, winter jasmine
March
2nd week:
Early bulbs, winterhazel, wintersweet, sweetbox, cornelian cherry
lst week:
Daffodils, crocus, early magnolias, Korean azalea, Japanese andromeda,
forsythia, cornelian cherry, woodland wildflowers
2nd week:
Daffodils, crocus, early magnolias, Korean azalea, Japanese andromeda,
forsythia, early azaleas, oconee bells
3rd week:
Daffodils, magnolias, Japanese andromeda, forsythia, bradford pear, Japanese
quince, early crabapples, flowering cherries, azaleas, woodland wildflowers
4th week:
Magnolias, crabapples, azaleas, early rhododendrons, daffodils, Japanese
quince, woodland wildflowers.
May
1st week:
Early rhodendrons, azaleas, flowering dogwoods, crabapples, late flowering
cherries, Japanese quince, asiatic magnolias, woodland wildflowers, tree
peonies, lilacs, dove tree, species roses<
2nd week:
Late azaleas, rhododendrons, sweet bay magnolia, tree peonies, tulip trees,
black locust, peonies, woodland wildflowers, herbs, old garden roses
3rd week:
Late azaleas, rhododendrons, mountain laurel, southern magnolia, sweet
bay magnolia, Chinese dogwood, peonies, herbs, old garden roses, iris
4th week:
Chinese dogwood, mountain laurel, southern magnolia, sweet bay magnolia,
old garden roses, iris, herbs, herbaceous peonies, fringetree
Firethorn
in fruit, hibiscus, viburnum in fruit, autumn crocus, boxwood, crapemyrtle,
herbs, annuals, holly, osmanthus, pepper collection
Late September into early October
Meadow flowers,
herbs, annuals
October
Fall foliage,
firethorn in fruit, hibiscus, autumn crocus, waterlilies, crapemyrtle,
viburnum in fruit, conifer foliage and cones, dogwood in fruit, boxwood,
herbs, annuals, ornamental grasses
November
Conifer foliage
and cones, dogwood in fruit, viburnum in fruit, ornamental grasses, fall
foliage
December
Holly in fruit,
heavenly bamboo in fruit, conifer foliage and cones,
wintersweet (in mild weather)