In the Nature Garden:
Camassia leichtlinii (Quamash) ; growing two to four feet, including the flower spike, quamash is native to North America with a pyramidal raceme of bright star flowers atop a stem rising above a grassy clump
In the Show Garden:
Berberis thunbergii f. atropurpurea 'Royal Cloak' (Japanese Barberry); rich colourful foliage on this shrub is hard to miss - the leaves on this selection are larger, rounder, and a deeper purple than those of other barberries.
In the Knot Garden:
Tulipa 'White Elegance' (Lily Flowering Tulip) with Fagus sylvatica forma purpurea 'Cuprea' (Purple Beech) in the background; an elegant ivory tulip flowering in mid-season, good for cutting
In the Garden Hall Courtyard:
Acer palmatum var. dissectum 'Crimson Queen' (Japanese Maple) with Tulipa 'Queen of Night' and Tulipa 'Annie Schilder'; Japanese maples are exhibiting extremely rich colour this season, here A. 'Crimson Queen', a popular old cultivar hardy to zone 5
In the West View Terrace:
Daphne x burkwoodii 'Carol Mackie' (Daphne); extremely fragrant shrub bearing small pink flowers completely covering the plant for approximately two to three weeks. It prefers acidic soil and shade from hot sun
In the Arrival Courtyard:
Wisteria floribunda 'Issai' (Japanese Wisteria); Japanese Wisteria is a hardy, rampant, deciduous vine; the cultivar Issai has relatively short clusters of fragrant lilac-blue pea-flowers and is an extremely vigorous twiner, quickly engulfing the structure it grows up
In the Entry Garden:
In the Entry Garden:
Amsonia tabernaemontana var. salicifolia (Blue Star); a native perennial to Eastern North America, deservedly becoming more popular in gardens as is exceptionally long-lived, bearing clusters of light blue starry flowers
In the Entry Garden:
Allium 'Gladiator' (Ornamental Onion); a very stately Allium with six inch globes of violet blue for early - especially early this seaon - summer
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