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Peonies are past peak, but you can still find a few late-flowering ones. Irises are also past peak but a few can still be enjoyed. Roses are starting to come into flower in many locations around the Garden including our two rose gardens.
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The smoketree continues to have colorful foliage and lindens are beginning to flower. Their flowers are rather inconspicuous, but if one is close by you will smell its sweet perfume. A tree we get many questions about is the tricolor beech. Though not in flower, the very colorful leaves viewed from a distance gives the tree the appearance of being in bloom.
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Itea is coming into flower. It is one of our Plants of Merit, a most deserving honor for this plant with many seasons of interest.
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The Kousa dogwoods will soon be past peak but some are still showy. The Japanese spireas such as 'Little Princess' are starting to flower.
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Some noteworthy native herbaceous perennals are spiderwort and wild geranium. You will also find a few flowers of blue star.
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Columbines and coral bells are flowering as are many salvias and sages including Salvia transsylvanica.
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You can still find some flowers on the bigleaf magnolia. Japanese tree lilac continues in bloom and catalpa will be in full flower soon.
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Some oakleaf hydrangeas are starting to flower, but others were damaged by the late frost and will have sparse flowering this year. Also enjoy the sweetbay and the southern magnolias.
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Some lovely perennials to note are the spotted bellflower, the catnips, and the veronicas.
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Many clematis are now in full-flower and the gorgeous Chinese ground orchid still has some flowers. Astilbes are starting.
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You can still find some flowers on the Carolina allspice. If you find one, be sure and smell it. Some mockoranges are still in flower. You will also find some penstemons blooming, including the gorgeous, Penstemon cobaea.
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Don't miss the last of the striking blue of false indigo. The charming flowers of the pincushion flower will be around for many weeks.
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Our summer annuals trail bed will be planted with many summer flowering annuals soon, including vincas and petunias.
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The flowering bulbs are past peak but there are still some very lovely flowering onions. The next big show in the bulb gardens will be the true lilies starting in June.
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Some interesting plants to see near the Kemper Center for Home Gardening when you stop by for lunch at the Terrace Cafe are the pitcher plants and the Dutchman's pipe.
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