What's Blooming Now - March 21,  2012

What's NOT Blooming?

Things are blooming so fast, then lasting such a short time compared to normal schedules, due to our mild winter and current high temperatures that it is hard to keep up with the current blooms! Here are a few you will see if you visit White River Gardens soon.

The daffodils are still making a show! There is a sea of Narcissus in the Virginia Fairbanks Sun Garden, overhung with the brilliant pink blooms of our native Eastern redbud tree (Cercis canadensis).

The Spitting Frogs water feature has two gorgeous daffodils in bloom (Narcissus ‘Trepolo’ pictured separately), surrounded by the bright yellow-green new foliage of Physocarpus (Ninebark) ‘Coppertina’.

Another fun daffodil is ‘Apricot Whirl’, which starts out with a split yellow cup that quickly ages to peach. Find it along the Sun Garden stream pool plaza.

Along with the daffodils, the Ruth Lilly Shade garden is wearing its spring finest. Pictured are Narcissus ‘Ice Follies’ and ‘Fortisimo’, with white Pachysandra and pink-turning- to-blue Lungwort (Pulmonaria) in the foreground.

Along with daffodils, catch the ‘Red Majestic’ contorted filbert (Corylus avellana) getting ready to show off its catkins of tiny yellow male flowers. This tree looks especially good against the red brick wall of the Ornamental Allee, both in its current, leafless state, and when it is covered with its deep red leaves spring into summer.

Another flower making an early appearance is Anemone blanda, or Windflower. ‘Blue Shades’ (matched in color with grape hyacinths- Muscari armeniacum) and ‘White Splendor’, shown here with Summer snowflake (Leucojum aestivum) are our favorites. These low-growing daisies can be found here, there, and everywhere in the gardens.

Again, there is so much going on, we have barely begun. So come on out to see for yourself!