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June Blooms at Tryon Palace

Happy June! It's been a rollercoaster start to summer with high temps dropping into rainy days and cooler weather and new things popping open daily! The hydrangeas, gardenias and pomegranates are bursting forth into bloom! If you haven’t made it to see our gardens yet this season, we’ve got some great upcoming opportunities! 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.

Join us for daily pollinator garden tours Mon June 20- Sat June 25

Tryon Palace Celebrates National Pollinator Week- Join Tryon Palace in celebrating National Pollinator Week June 20-26. Throughout the week, learn about how to help pollinators with posters and take-home items at the NC History Center. Stay tuned to our social media all week for special pollinator features! Pollinator Garden Tours are free with purchase of One-Day, Galleries and Gardens, or Gardens Passes, Monday June 20 through Saturday June 25- 10:30 am each day starting at the Waystation

Join us July 9th with Bryce Lane for our next Garden Lecture!

Our July garden lecture series, Saturday, July 9th, features Bryce Lane, three-time Emmy Award winning television personality, presenting “History of Gardening: How Cultures, Events, and People Made Gardening What it is Today.” Who is considered the father of American Horticulture and why? How did the greenhouse get it’s start? How did the tulip end up in Holland? Come join us as we learn about the historical events, peoples, and cultures that helped to make gardening what it is today. There are countless stories about how plants were discovered, gardening techniques invented, and new ideas conceived. By deepening our understanding and appreciation for garden history, we will, in turn, be better gardeners ourselves! This lecture begins at 10:30 AM in Cullman Performance Hall at the North Carolina History Center. This program is generally funded by Mitchell Hardware.

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

Sweet Potato Vine (Ipomea) ‘Flora Mia Cameo’ and Euphorbia "Starblast Snowdrift" encircle the Dwarf Pomegranates in the upper Raised Beds
  • 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’
  • Cuphea ignea ‘Hummingbird's Lunch’ yellow and pink trumpets
  • 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
  • Marigolds- Endurance Orange; assorted yellows, reds, oranges
  • Pennisetum Fireworks- purple blades
  • Pentas- Butterfly Mix, Graffiti 2020 White
  • Portulaca- ColorBlast: Double Guava, Double Magenta,Watermelon Punch
  • Rhoeo Tricolor
  • Salvia farinacea ‘Evolution Violet Blue’
  • Torenia ‘Kauai Rose’
  • Snapdragons (Antirrhinum majus) various
  • Sweet Potato Vine (Ipomea) ‘Flora Mia Cameo’
  • Sweet William (Dianthus) Jolt Pink Magic; Telstar Mix; red, white, pink
  • Vinca- Cora: ‘XDR Mix’, ‘XDR White’, ‘XDR Hotgenta’, ‘XDR Magenta Halo’, ‘XDR Polka Dot’
  • Zinnias- multiple varieties

Perennials

False Indigo or Baptisia has beautiful small leguminous flowers and leaves with a multitude of colors!
  • Amsonia (Amsonia tabernaemontana and A. hubrichtii) blue, lavender
  • Bachelor’s Button (Centaurea montana)
  • Baptisia ‘Carolina Moonlight’ (Baptisia sphae rocarpa x alba ‘Carolina Moonlight’) yellow
  • Barrenwort (Epimedium grandiflorum) yellow
  • Bath’s Pink (Dianthus gratianopolitanus) pink
  • Bearsfoot Hellebore (Helleborus foetidus) yellowish
  • Bugleweed (Ajuga reptans) blue
  • Cape Leadwort (Plumbago capensis) blue
  • Carolina Lupine (Thermopsis villosa) yellow
  • Catchfly (Silene carolinianum) pink
  • Carnation (Dianthus sp.) various
  • Catmint (Nepeta faassenii) blue
  • 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
  • Creeping Veronica (Veronica umbrosa) blue
  • Daisy, Ox-Eye (Leucanthemum vulgare); Shasta (Chrysanthemum X superbum) white (Lithodrora diffusa) blue
  • False Indigo, Blue Wild (Baptisia australis) blue & White Wild (Baptisia alba) white
  • Gaura (Gaura lindheimeri ‘Whirling Butterflies’ & ‘Sparkle White’) pink, white
  • Lantana ‘Dallas Red’, ‘Evita Orange’, ‘Evita Rose’
  • Lenten Rose (Helleborus X orientalis) pink, white
  • Lungwort (Pulmonaria saccharata) blue
  • Mazus (Mazus reptans ‘alba’) white
  • Mountain pinks (Phlox subulata) pink, lavender, white
  • Pinks (Dianthus chinensis) pink
  • Poet’s Laurel (Danae racemes) orange berries
  • Ragged Robin (Lychnis flos-cuculi) pink
  • Rue (Ruta graveolens) chartreuse
  • Salvia (Salvia microphylla ‘Hot Lips’) red & white & (Salvia greggii) red, pink
  • Soapwort (Saponaria ocymoides) pink
  • Spotted Dead Nettle (Lanium macultum) variegated foliage
  • Stokes’ Aster (Stokesia laevis) blue
  • Sweet Box (Sarcocca confusa) – white fragrant
  • Sweet William (Dianthus barbatus) red, white, pink
  • Valerian (Centranthus ruber) red
  • Vinca (Vinca minor) blue
  • Virginia Spiderwort (Tradescantia virginiana) blue, purple, pink
  • Wallflowers (Cheiranthus allionii) orange
  • Wild Geranium (Geranium pratense) magenta
  • Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) white, pastels

Bulbs, Corms, Rhizomes

  • Asiatic Lilies (Lilium sp.) reds, yellows, orange, pink
  • Daylilies (Hemerocallis sp.) variety
  • Elephant Ear (Colocasia) ‘Black Coral’, ‘Hawaiian Punch’
  • Gladiolus specie byzantinus
  • Ground Orchid (Bletilla striata) purple or white
  • Iris:

• Bearded Iris (Iris germanica) variety

• Bearded Iris “Immortality” white, reblooming

• Cemetery Iris (Iris schreekuppe) white

• Japanese Iris (Iris ensata) white

• Japanese roof iris (Iris tectorum) white, purple

• Louisiana Iris (Iris hexagona) purple, pink, black

• Siberian Iris (Iris siberica) purple, mix

• Yellow Flag Iris (Iris pseudacorus) yellow

  • Solomon’s Seal (Polygonatum biflorum or P. multiflorum) variegated foliage, white blooms
  • Variegated Shell Ginger (Alpinia zerumbet)

Vines

Star or Confederate Jasmine makes this the best smelling doorway onsite!
  • Clematis (Clematis sp.) purple, white, lavendar
  • Star or Confederate Jasmine (Trachelospermum jasminoides) white, fragrant
  • Coral Honeysuckle (Lonicera sumpervirens) native, red and yellow
  • Crossvine (Bignonia capreolata) orange

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
  • Arrowwood Viburnum (Viburnum dentatum) white
  • Blackhaw or Walter Viburnum (Viburum obovatum)
  • Carolina Silverbell (Halesia caroliniana) creamy white
  • Chinese Snowball (Viburnum macrocephalum ‘Sterile’) green to white
  • Deutzia (Deutzia sp.) white
  • Dogwood (Cornus florida) white
  • Elderberry (Sambucus sp.) white
  • False Indigo Bush (Amorpha fruticosa)
  • Fringetree (Chionanthus virginicus) white, native
  • Fragrant Osmanthus (Osmanthus fragrans) yellow **Smells AMAZING**
  • Henry Anise Tree (Illicium henryii) pink
  • Hollies (Ilex sp.) cream
  • Japanese Snowbell (Styrax japonicas) white
  • Japanese Snowball Viburnum (Viburnum plicatum)
  • Kerria (Kerria japonica) single yellow & (Kerria japonica pleniflora) Double yellow
  • Lantaphyllum (Viburnum X rhytidophylloides ‘Alleghany’) white
  • Laurustinus (Viburnum tinus) pink to white: STINK
  • Leatherleaf Viburnum (Viburnum rhytophyllum) white
  • Mockorange (Philadelphus coronaries) white
  • Oakleaf Hydrangea (Hydrangea quercifolia) white, white to pink to red
  • Pawpaw (Asimina triloba)
  • Pineapple Guava (Feijoa sellowiana) pink with red
  • Pomegranate (Punica granata) coral
  • Red Buckeye (Aesculus pavia) red, yellow, native
  • Red Chokeberry (Aronia arbutifolia) small white
  • Southern Magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora) white, fragrant
  • Sweet Bay Magnolia (Magnolia virginiana) white, fragrant
  • Sweet Betsy or Sweet Shrub (Calycanthus florida) rusty red
  • Weiglia (Weiglia florida) pink and white

Kitchen Garden

It's berry season- the strawberries are finishing up as the blackberries (above) and blueberries begin!
  • Apple, Pear & Peach Trees: pink to white.
  • Beets, carrots, lettuce, kale, parsley, Swiss chard, spinach, arugula, artichoke, cardoon, Brussel sprouts, cabbage, collards, strawberries, leeks, onions, mints, oregano, thyme, salad burnet, yarrow, chamomile, basil, peas, heliotrope
  • Transitioning to summer crops
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Hadley Cheris
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