Rhamnus caroliniana (Carolina Buckthorn)
Bloom Time: May to June
Sun Requirement: Full Sun to Part Shade
Water Requirement: Medium
Wildlife: Fruit attracts birds
Tolerates: A variety of Soils
Native to North America: Yes
Zones: 5 to 9
Other: The flowers of this native shrub are followed by edible, showy red fruit that ripen to black in the fall.
Location: Herb Study Garden
Clerodendrum ugandense (Butterfly Bush)
Bloom Time: June to September
Sun Requirement: Full Sun to Part Shade
Water Requirement: High
Wildlife: Bumblebees
Tolerates: Humidity
Native to North America: No
Zones: 9 to 11
Other: An annual in Tennessee, this plant has attractive violet-blue pea-like flowers.
Location: Color Garden
Calamintha nepeta ‘Montrose White’ (Calamint)
Bloom Time: June to October
Sun Requirement: Full Sun
Water Requirement: Low to Medium
Wildlife: Hummingbirds, honeybees, and Butterflies
Tolerates: Drought, Erosion, Shallow Rocky Soil
Native to North America: N/A
Zones: 5 to 9
Other: This perennial has airy white blooms all summer into the fall and wonderfully fragrant foliage.
Location: Petite Swan Garden
Salvia farinacea ‘Henry Duelberg’ (Mealy Blue Sage)
Bloom Time: June to October
Sun Requirement: Full Sun
Water Requirement: Medium
Wildlife: Attracts butterflies
Tolerates: Drought, Heat, and humidity
Native to North America: N/A
Zones: 7 to 10
Other: Showy spikes of fragrant blue flowers bloom all summer until frost.
Location: Sigourney Cheek Literary Garden
Lonicera × heckrottii ‘Gold Flame’ (Gold Flame Honeysuckle)
Bloom Time: May to October
Sun Requirement: Full Sun to Part Shade
Water Requirement: Medium
Wildlife: Bees, butterflies, moths, hummingbirds and songbirds
Tolerates: Black Walnut, Deer, Drought, Salt
Native to North America: N/A
Zones: 5 to 8
Other: A profusely flowering vine; the pink buds open to sweetly fragrant yellow orange blooms.
Location: Color Garden
Hydrangea paniculata ‘Tardiva’ (Panicle Hydrangea)
Bloom Time: August to October
Sun Requirement: Full Sun to Part Shade
Water Requirement: Medium
Wildlife: Butterflies and bees
Tolerates: Salt
Native to North America: N/A
Zones: 3 to 8
Other: A deciduous shrub that grows up to 12 feet tall and features upright showy white flowers.
Location: Water Garden
Ruellia ‘Mayan Purple’ (Mexican Petunia)
Bloom Time: May to October
Sun Requirement: Full Sun
Water Requirement: Medium
Wildlife: Butterflies, hummingbirds, and bees
Tolerates: Heat, humidity, Rabbit, Wet Soil
Native to North America: N/A
Zones: 8 to 11
Other: The purple flowers come in abundance and stand out nicely agains dark green leaves.
Location: Sigourney Cheek Literary Garden
Campsis radicans f. flava (Trumpetcreeper)
Bloom Time: July to September
Sun Requirement: Full Sun to Part Shade
Water Requirement: Medium
Wildlife: Hummingbirds and other pollinators
Tolerates: Deer, Drought, Clay Soil
Native to North America: Yes
Zones: 4 to 9
Other: Although this native vine has beautiful trumpet-shaped flowers, it can grow very aggessively.
Location: Color Garden
