Top five in bloom this week (May 25 - 31)

Here are our top five favourite blooms this week. It was rather difficult choosing only five.
In the President's Choice Show Garden: Paeonia suffruticosa 'Yoshinogawa' (Tree Peony)














In the Kitchen Garden: Aquilegia canadensis 'Little Lanterns" (Wild Columbine)














In the Garden Hall Courtyard: Rhodendron 'Golden Lights'














In Nature's Garden Allium karataviense 'Ivory Queen' (Allium)














In the Entry Garden Walk: Amsonia tabernaemontana














Also, check out the Irises in bloom, we have a few varieties to enjoy. Iris 'Immortality'


















Bearded Iris 'Earl of Essex'

May 20, 2009

What a terrific week to start our blog! There are many plants in bloom this week, just in time for Doors Open on the weekend.

The Entry Garden Walk





Tulipa 'Don Quichotte'













Tulipa 'Purple Dream'
















Tulipa 'Jazz'













Baptisia 'Purple Smoke'














Tulipa 'Lilac Wonder'














Polygonatum x hybridum
















Allium 'Purple Sensation'







In the Terrace Garden





Phlox douglasii 'Cracker Jack'












Aubrietia 'Purple Cascade'












Veronica peduncularis 'Georgia Blue'








In the Knot Garden








Iris germanica 'Immortality'















Anemone multifida 'Annabelle White'














Aquilegia flabellata 'Alba'












Anemone sylvestris 'Snowdrop'








In the President's Choice Show Garden





Paeonia suffruticosa 'Feng Dian Bai'








Nature's Garden







Cercis canadensis















Aquilegia canadensis














Camassia leichtlinii













Syringa 'Bailbelle'









In the Water Garden






Geum coccineum 'Werner Arends'







In the Westview Terrace





Helleborus foetidus















Cercis canadensis 'Alba'













Viburnum x burkwoodii











Cercis canadensis 'Covey'









In the Garden Hall Courtyard






Trollis laxus












Gentiana wutaiensis











Trollius x cultorum 'Cheddar'








In the Kitchen Garden





Various types of Clematis are climbing up the Kitchen Garden fence.












Clematis