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| Common Name: Blackberry Lily Scientific Name: Belamcanda chinensis Blooming Dates: Summer Comments: This bright orange flower welcomes you to sit down and admire the nearby herb garden. |
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| Common Name: Bradford Pear - Espalier Scientific Name: Pyrus calleryana 'Bartlett' Blooming Dates: Summer Comments: Espalier on the Garden Dependency wall. |
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| Common Name: Bronze Fennel Scientific Name: Foeniculum vulgare Blooming Dates: Summer Comments: In the Mixed Border, the wispy fennel hovers above the Spiraea and Loropetalum without dominating them. |
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| Common Name: Brown Eyed Susan Scientific Name: Rudbeckia fulgida var. fulgida Blooming Dates: July to October Comments: A long-bloomer located in the small yellow bed. A great provider of nectar for butterflies and insects. |
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| Common Name: Chinese Abelia Scientific Name: Abelia chinensis Blooming Dates: Summer Comments: This living butterfly magnet overwhelms the garden with life and blooms. |
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| Common Name: Daffodils Scientific Name: Narcissus Blooming Dates: Spring Comments: Below the mansion in the distance, the daffodils in the Victorian Fence Garden tell all that Spring has arrived. |
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| Common Name: English Bluebells Scientific Name: Hyacinthoides non-scripta Blooming Dates: Spring Comments: Near the walkway under the Larch tree, the bluebell directs you down to the Meditation Terrace. |
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| Common Name: Euphorbia Scientific Name: Euphorbia 'Diamond Frost' Blooming Dates: All Summer Comments: In container - Dainty White Flowers |
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| Common Name: Flowering quince Scientific Name: Chaenomeles speciosa Blooming Dates: Spring Comments: "Orange" you glad it's spring? |
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| Common Name: Flowering Tobacco Scientific Name: Nicotiana alata Blooming Dates: Summer Comments: With Brazilian Verbena as an airy backdrop, Flowering Tobacco grabs passersby for even more attention. |
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| Common Name: Golden Bridalwreath Spiraea Scientific Name: Spiraea thunbergii 'Ogon' Blooming Dates: Spring Comments: 'They call me Mellow Yellow' but at Oatlands we call this Golden Bridalwreath Spiraea. Growing in the Mixed Border, it overlooks the Hourglass Parterre, where many weddings take place through the growing season. Although it blooms in white in early spring, the finely textured foliage is a soft golden yellow throughout the growing season. |
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| Common Name: Grape Hyacinth Scientific Name: Muscari armeniacum Blooming Dates: Spring Comments: With their back up against the wall of the Garden Dependency, you can tell these small and sweet spring bloomers are not intimidated by the large daffodils looking down on them as they stand up sweet and proud. |
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| Common Name: Hopi Crapemyrtle Scientific Name: Lagerstroemia indica 'Hopi' Blooming Dates: Summer Comments: Two of these in the Mixed Border provide height and color in the heat of summer. |
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| Common Name: Joe-Pye Weed Scientific Name: Eupatorium purpureum Blooming Dates: Summer Comments: Scattered through various parts of the garden, this plant softly combines with other plants or makes a fine specimen. |
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| Common Name: Kenilworth Ivy Scientific Name: Cymbalaria muralis Blooming Dates: Spring through Summer Comments: In the crevice between step and riser, this diminutive bloomer starts early and continues many months later...mighty big for bloom time. |
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| Common Name: Naked Ladies Scientific Name: Lycoris squamigera Blooming Dates: Summer Comments: Scattered throughout the garden, this fragrant lady flaunts herself without wearing any foliage. |
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| Common Name: Ornamental Onion Scientific Name: Allium senescens var. glaucum Blooming Dates: Mid to Late Summer Comments: Whoever heard of a subtle onion? With Salvia officinalis 'Tricolor,' this monochromatic combination flanks the breezeway opening of the Garden Dependency...so subtle. |
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| Common Name: Perennial Sweet Pea Scientific Name: Lathyrus latifolius Blooming Dates: Summer Comments: Along the trail to the Cutting Garden, this long bloomer softens the path and decorates the steep embankment. |
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| Common Name: Plumbago Scientific Name: Ceratostigma plumbaginoides Blooming Dates: Summer Comments: Scattered throughout the garden, this intense blue flowering groundcover blooms till late Fall. |
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| Common Name: Purple Coneflower Scientific Name: Echinacea purpurea Blooming Dates: early to mid Summer Comments: Purple Coneflower's rigid texture is softened by the nearby planting of Joe-Pye Weed in the herb garden. |
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| Common Name: Rock Cress Scientific Name: Aubrietia deltoides Blooming Dates: Spring Comments: As you can see, this red-purple, low-growing bloomer in our garden likes it on the rocks. |
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| Common Name: Russian Sage Scientific Name: Perovskia atriplicifolia Blooming Dates: Summer Comments: In the herb garden, this long bloomer grabs everyone's attention. |
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| Common Name: Species tulip Scientific Name: Tulipa specie Blooming Dates: Spring Comments: This sweet, salmon-colored tulip has lost its identification and wants to know its nomenclature. Do you know it? |
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 Oatlands Historic House and Gardens20850 Oatlands Plantation Lane · Leesburg, VA 20175 Tel: 703.777.3174 · FAX: 703.777.4427 · www.oatlands.org |