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Don’t miss these summer stunners! Our garden team has hand selected their top plant picks for August from 7 of our distinct gardens. Use this as your guide as you explore the grounds.

Fothergilla (Fothergilla ‘Blue Shadow’)

Bloom Time: April – May

Sun Requirement:
Full sun – part shade

Water Requirement: Medium

Wildlife:Bees

Tolerates: Wet soils & drought

Native to North America: Yes

Other: Striking powder blue foliage

Zones: 5 – 8

Location: Herb Study Garden

Russian Sage (Perovskia atriplicifolia)

Bloom Time: June – October

Sun Requirement: Full sun – part shade

Water Requirement: Dry – medium

Wildlife: Bees

Tolerates: Heat & drought

Native to North America: No

Other: Fragrant and showy blooms

Zones: 5 – 9

Location: Literary Garden

Crocosmia (Crocosmia)

Bloom Time: June – August

Sun Requirement: Full sun

Water Requirement: Medium

Wildlife: Hummingbirds

Tolerates: Some shade

Native to North America: No

Other: Good cut flower

Zones: 5 – 9

Location: Wills Perennial Garden

Angel Wings (Caladium hortulanum ‘Lemon Blush’)

Sun Requirement: Full sun – part shade

Water Requirement: Medium

Tolerates: Heat & humidity

Native to North America: No

Other: Can be used as a houseplant, slugs can present a threat to foliage

Zones: 10 – 11

Location: Color Garden

Black-eyed Susan Vine (Thunbergia alata ‘African Sunset’)

Bloom Time: June – October

Sun Requirement: Full sun – part shade

Water Requirement: Medium

Wildlife: Bees

Tolerates: Heat

Native to North America: No

Other: Perfect twining vine!

Zones: 10 – 11

Location: Burr Garden

Lacebark Pine (Pinus bungeana)

Sun Requirement: Full sun – part shade

Water Requirement: Medium

Tolerates: Deer

Native to North America: No

Other: Excellent landscape specimen

Zones: 4 – 8

Location: Turner Seasons Garden

Rattlesnake Master (Eryngium yuccifolium)

Bloom Time: June – September

Sun Requirement: Full sun

Water Requirement: Dry – medium

Wildlife: Butterflies & bees

Tolerates: Drought

Native to North America: Yes

Other: Seeds and leaves are edible

Zones: 5 – 9

Location: Howe Garden

Pickerel Weed (Ponterderia cordata)

Bloom Time: June – October

Sun Requirement: Full sun

Water Requirement: Wet

Wildlife: Fish, Dragonflies & Butterflies

Tolerates: Part sun and low fertility

Native to North America: Yes

Other: Seeds and leaves are edible

Zones: 3 – 8

Location: Boxwood Gardens (Grotto)
Reflecting Pool
Pontederia cordata / Pickerel Weed

Pickerel weed is native to eastern North America and the Caribbean. It has soft blue blooms, resembling hyacinth, punctuated with yellow spots on each petal. A freshwater-aquatic plant, it will thrive in your rain garden or backyard pond, and, much like horsetail plant (Equisetum), it can spread rapidly. With its dense root system, it does an amazing job of controlling erosion by keeping sediment it place. Grow in containers, either out of water or in, if spread is a concern.

The leaves of Pontederiaare shaped like arrowheads and, when young, can be used in salads. Its seeds are also edible, and tastes best when roasted, though waterfowl will eat them raw. Butterflies are big fans of this perennial; dragonflies and damselflies commonly lay their eggs on plant stems near the water’s surface. Fish, reptiles, and other water creatures seek shelter in the clumps of these plants. It is often seen in the same habitats as the pickerel fish, hence the common name.

Hyacinth ‘Delt Blue’

Anemone blanda

Sun Requirement: Full sun – part shade

Tolerates: Deer and rabbits

Other: Extremely fragrant, award-winning cultivar. An heirloom type (since 1944) true blue flowers, does well in the ground and also containers.

Location: Mansion front lawn (upper stream)

Pussy Willow (Salix caprea)

Pussy Willow

Bloom Time: March – April

Sun Requirement: Full sun

Water Requirement: Medium – wet

Wildlife: Bees

Tolerates: Deer

Native to North America: No

Other: Male plants showcase the attractive, yellow late winter catkins

Location: Lower Stream/Weaver Walk

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