Happy August! It was a monsoon of a month following a dry June but hopefully we'll get a few cooler days and more calm rains this month! The magnolias, hydrangeas and pomegranates are bursting forth into bloom! During the early morning- check out the kitchen garden for sunflowers, leek blooms, apples and awesome heirlooms galore! In the heat of the day, cool off with a walk through the Wilderness under the gorgeous magnolias. When you’re ready for more sun, check out the awesome annuals in the Latham and Carraway Gardens- the bananas are a garden staff favorite! If you haven’t made it to see our gardens yet this season, don't forget to stop by before everything switches to fall mode! You can also book a private tour with a few of your friends and fellow gardeners by contacting 252-639-3524 or reservations@tryonpalace.org.
If you’re looking for an outside hobby and way to give back to your community, consider joining us as a garden volunteer! We are looking for Master Gardeners, Horticulturists, Garden Enthusiasts, General Yard Workers, and Carpenters. Some background in gardening is great but none is necessary, just a willingness to learn. We are looking for volunteers for pruning, planting, raking, mulching, watering, weeding, fence and trellis repair. If that sounds like your cup of tea, please contact me at hadley.cheris@ncdcr.gov.
We hope to see you soon! Happy Gardening,
Hadley Cheris, Tryon Palace Gardens and Greenhouse Manager
Annuals
- Annual Phlox (Phlox drummondii) mix
- Artemisia Sea Salt
- Banana ‘Musa’
- Basil, multiple varieties- lavender, white, dark purple
- Cardinal Basil- massive purple flower heads
- Batchelor’s Buttons (Centaurea cyanus) blue
- Begonias Tophat White with Green Leaf’
- California Poppy (Escholzia californica) yellow, white, orange
- Celosia ‘Century Mix’
- Cleome ‘Clio Magenta’
- Cuphea ignea ‘Hummingbird's Lunch’ yellow and pink trumpets
- Cuphea ‘Sriacha Rose’; FloriGlory Diana; Dynamite, ‘Pink Shimmer’
- Dianthus- Super Parfait Raspberry, Zing Rose
- Dusty Miller ‘Silver Dust’
- Euphorbia "Starblast Snowdrift"
- Flowering Tobacco (Nicotiana sp) various
- Gazania ‘Tiger Mix’, ‘Pink Shades’, ‘Colorado’, ‘Sunny Side Up’, ‘New Magic’, ‘New Day Yellow’, ‘Enorma Mix’
- Gerbera ‘Revolution Mix Select’, ‘Floriline Maxi Mix’
- Hibiscus ‘Mahogany Splendor’
- Johnny-jump-up (Viola tricolor) purple and yellow
- Love Lies Bleeding (Amaranthus caudatus)- burgundy
- Marigolds- Endurance Orange; assorted yellows, reds, oranges
- Pennisetum Fireworks- purple blades
- Pentas- Butterfly Mix, Graffiti 2020 White, Glitterati Purple Star, Glitterati Red Star
- Portulaca- ColorBlast: Double Guava, Double Magenta,Watermelon Punch
- Rhoeo Tricolor
- Salvia farinacea ‘Evolution Violet Blue’
- Snapdragons (Antirrhinum majus) various
- Sunflowers (Helianthus sp.) various colors of yellow and red
- Sweet Potato Vine (Ipomea) ‘Flora Mia Cameo’
- Sweet William (Dianthus) Jolt Pink Magic; Telstar Mix; red, white, pink
- Torenia ‘Kauai Rose’
- Vinca- Cora: ‘XDR Mix’, ‘XDR White’, ‘XDR Hotgenta’, ‘XDR Magenta Halo’, ‘XDR Polka Dot’
- Zinnias- multiple varieties
Perennials
- Balloon Flower (Platycodon grandiflorus) blue, pink, white
- Balloon Milkweed (Asclepias physocarpus)
- Bachelor’s Button (Centaurea montana)
- Barrenwort (Epimedium grandiflorum) yellow
- Bath’s Pink (Dianthus gratianopolitanus) pink
- Bee Balm (Monarda didyma) red
- Spotted Bee Balm (Monarda punctata)
- Betony “Hummelo”
- Black-eyed Susans (Rudbeckia hirta) yellow
- Blanket Flower (Gaillardia puchella) red + yellow
- Bleeding Heart (Dicentra eximia)
- Bluebeard (Caryopteris x clandonensis Gold Crest) Gold foliage, blue blooms
- Bronze Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare) yellow
- Bugleweed (Ajuga reptans) blue
- Butterfly Weed (Asclepias tuberosa) yellow,orange ***May have Monarch Caterpillars***
- Callirhoe/ Purple Poppy Mallow
- Cape Leadwort (Plumbago capensis) blue
- Carnation (Dianthus sp.) various
- Carolina Lupine (Thermopsis villosa) yellow
- Catchfly (Silene carolinianum) pink
- Catmint (Nepeta faassenii) blue, pink
- Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis) red/yellow & (Aquilegia vulgare) rose, purple, white spurs
- Comfrey (Symphytum officinale) blue
- Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) various
- Coral Bells (Heuchera sp.) variety of leaf colors, blooms white or pink
- Creeping Jenny (Lysimachia numularia) yellow foliage
- Cup Plant (Silphium) yellow
- Daisy, Ox-Eye (Leucanthemum vulgare); Shasta (Chrysanthemum X superbum) white
- False Sunflower (Heliopsis helianthoides) yellow
- Fleabane (Erigeron sp) white
- Garden Phlox (Phlox paniculata)- ‘David’- white; ‘Eva Cullum’–pink
- Gaura (Gaura lindheimeri ‘Whirling Butterflies’ & ‘Sparkle White’) pink, white
- Giant Coneflower (Rudbeckia maxima) yellow
- Green-headed Coneflower (Rudbeckia lacinata) yellow
- Hosta sp.- white, lavendar
- Hyssop (Agastache sp.) blue, warm colors
- Indigofera kirilowii purple
- Ironweed (Vernonia noveboracenis) purple
- Joe-Pye Weed (Eupatorium purpureum) purple, white seed heads
- Lantana sp- yellow, orange, red
- Lenten Rose (Helleborus X orientalis) green
- Lisianthus 'Voyage Pink' pink
- Lisianthus 'Voyage Champagne' pale yellow
- (Lithodrora diffusa) blue
- Lungwort (Pulmonaria saccharata) blue
- Mexican Hat (Ratibida columnifera) yellow/brown
- Hairy Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum pilosum)
- Narrow Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum tenuifolium)
- Obedient Plant (Physotegia virginiana) white
- Pink Mallow (Malva moschata) pink
- Rose Campion (Lychnis coronaria) pink or white
- Rose mallow (Hibiscus moscheutos) pink
- Rue (Ruta graveolens) chartreuse
- Salvia (Salvia microphylla ‘Hot Lips’) red & white & (Salvia greggii) red, pink
- Scented geraniums-small pink, lavender flowers
- Soapwort (Saponaria ocymoides) pink
- Spotted Dead Nettle (Lanium macultum) variegated foliage
- Stokes’ Aster (Stokesia laevis) blue, purple, white, yellow
- Sweet Box (Sarcocca confusa) – white fragrant
- Sweet William (Dianthus barbatus) red, white, pink
- Texas Star or Rose Mallow (Hibiscus coccineus) red
- Tickseed (Coreopsis lanceolata) yellow
- Tropical Milkweed (Asclepias curassavica) red, yellow, orange
- Valerian (Centranthus ruber) red
- Vervain (Verbena bonariensis) purple
- Vinca (Vinca minor) blue
- Viper’s Bugloss (Echium vulgare) blue & Viper’s Bugloss (Echium tuberculatum) pink
- Virginia Spiderwort (Tradescantia virginiana) blue, purple, pink, white
- Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa) purple
- Wild Geranium (Geranium pratense) magenta
- Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) white, pastels
Bulbs, Corms, Rhizomes
- Asiatic Lilies (Lilium sp.) reds, yellows, orange, pink
- Blackberry Lily (Iris domestica) orange speckled, with blackberry like seed pods
- Crinum lily-pink, white
- Crocosmia- red, orange, yellow
- Daylilies (Hemerocallis sp:): ‘Happy Returns’ yellow; ‘Stella d’ Oro’ yellow-orange; ‘Pardon Me’ wine w/yellow throat; ‘Prairie Blue Eyes’ lavender; variety of reds, yellows, oranges, pinks
- Elephant Ear (Colocasia) ‘Black Coral’, ‘Hawaiian Punch’
- Formosa lily (Lilium formosum) white
- Ginger Lily (Hedychium coronarium) white, yellow, orange
- Gladiolus- multiple colors
- Gloriosa Lily (Gloriosa superba) yellow, red
- Iris:
• Bearded Iris “Immortality” white, reblooming
• Variegated Japanese Iris (Iris ensata) variegated green and white foliage, purple bloom
• Siberian Iris (Iris siberica) purple, mix
• Yellow Flag Iris (Iris pseudacorus) yellow
- Naked Ladies or Surprise Lily (Lycoris squamigeria ) pink sans foliage
- Oriental Lily (Lilium oriental ‘Rubrum’)
- Pineapple Lily (Eucomis comosa ‘Sparkling Burgundy’) - burgundy
- Pink Rain Lily (Habranthus robustus) pink
- Rain Lily (Zephyranthes sp.) pink, white
- Solomon’s Seal (Polygonatum biflorum or P. multiflorum) variegated foliage, white blooms
- Tiger Lily (Lilium sp.) orange & black
- Toad Lily (Tricyrtis hirta, Tricyrtis sp. ) pink, purple, blue
- Variegated Shell Ginger (Alpinia zerumbet)
Vines
- Clematis (Clematis sp.) purple, white, lavendar
- Coral Honeysuckle (Lonicera sumpervirens) native, red and yellow
- Crossvine (Bignonia capreolata) orange
- Trumpet Vine (Campsis grandiflora) orange
- Vinca (Vinca minor) blue
Roses
- Drift Roses (Rosa 'Meigalpio')
- Knock out Roses (Rosa ‘RADrazz’)
- Old Blush Rose (Rosa chinensis) pink
- Heirloom Roses: ‘Safrano’ – yellow; ‘Marie Van Houtte’ – white; ‘Duchess de Brabant’ – pink; ‘Perles des Jardin’ – yellow; ‘Crème la Cerumois Superior’ – red; ‘Souvenir de la Mal Maison’ – light pink; ‘Champney’s Pink Cluster’ – light pink; ‘Dark Lady’ – deep red; David Austin
Trees and Shrubs
- Anise Tree (Illicium floridanum) reddish
- Beautyberry (Callicarpa americana) pink
- Bush Clover (Lespedeza sp.) fuschia pink
- Butterfly Bush (Buddleia davidii) purple, pink, white
- Chaste Tree (Vitex agnus-castus) blue, pink
- Common Myrtle (Myrtus communis) white
- Crape Myrtles (Lagerstroemia sp) pink, white
- Elderberry (Sambucus sp.) white
- False Indigo Bush (Amorpha fruticosa)
- Gardenia (Gardenia jasminoides) white, fragrant
- Hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla) blue, pink
- Lacecap Hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla normalis) pink, blue
- Laurustinus (Viburnum tinus) pink to white: STINK
- Mockorange (Philadelphus coronaries) white
- Oak-leaf Hydrangea (Hydrangea quercifolia) white, white to pink to red
- Pawpaw (Asimina triloba) setting fruit
- Pomegranate (Punica granata) coral- orange
- Red Chokeberry (Aronia arbutifolia) small white
- Rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus) white with red, pink, purple
- Southern Magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora) white, fragrant
- Spanish Bayonet (Yucca aloifolia) white
- Sweetbay Magnolia (Magnolia virginiana) white, slight fragrance
- Turk’s Cap (Malvaviscus arboreus var. drummuondii) red
- Variegated Hydrangea (Hydrangea X) white-pink
- Weiglia (Weiglia florida) pink and white
Kitchen Garden
- Cardoon, potatoes, strawberries, leeks, onions, mints, oregano, thyme, salad burnet, yarrow, chamomile, basil, tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, okra, peas, heliotrope, beans, garlic, squash, muskmelons, watermelons, roselle, cotton, popcorn, figs