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Fort Tryon Park and the Heather
Garden

What's in Bloom Now at the Heather Garden
Mid-May 2008


Trees and Shrubs

Aesculus pavia – Red Buckeye
Azalea sp. – Azalea
Betula sp. – Birch
Cercis canadensis – Eastern Redbud
Chaenomeles speciosa – Common Flowering Quince
Cornus florida – Flowering Dogwood
Cytisus scoparius – Scotch Broom
Daphne x burkwoodii ‘Carol Mackie’ – Caucasian Daphne
Fothergilla  gardenii – Dwarf Fothergilla
Kerria japonica – Japanese Kerria
Magnolia ‘Butterflies’, M. sp. – Magnolia
Malus  sp. – Flowering Crabapple
Pieris sp. – Japanese Pieris
Prunus serrulata ‘Kwanzan’ – Japanese Cherry
Rhododendron sp. - Rhododendron
Syringa patula ‘Miss Kim’ – Korean Lilac; S. vulgaris – Common Lilac
Viburnum carlesii – Koreanspice Viburnum

Bulbs, Perennials and Annuals

Allium gigantium ‘Gladiator’; A. ‘Mt. Everest’–  Ornamental Onion
Aquilegia sp.–- Colombine
Aurinia saxatilis ‘Sulphurea’ – Basket of Gold
Bergenia cordifolia – Pigsqueak
Brunnera macrophylla – Siberian Bugloss
Camassia leichtliniiBlue Danube’ – Quamash
Clematis montana – Anemone Clematis
Dianthus ‘Bath’s Pink’ – Pinks
Dicentra ‘Alba – White Bleeding Heart
Erythronium dens-canis – Dogtooth Violet
Fritillaria meleagris – Guinea Hen Flower; F. persica – Crown Imperial
Helleborus foetidus – Stinking Hellebore; H. x  hybrida – Lenten Rose
Hyacinthoides hispanica – Spanish Bluebells
Iberis sempervirens – Candytuft
Iris germanica – Bearded Iris
Leucojum  aestivum – Summer Snowflake
Narcissus poeticus – Poet’s Daffodil; N. sp. – Daffodil
Nectaroscordum ssp. ‘Bulgaricum’ – Ornamental Onion
Nepeta mussinii – Catmint
Phlox subulata – Moss Phlox
Viola wittrockiana – Pansy