Typical Plant
Interest and Bloom Times
at River Farm
Year-round
Interest
Ivy Collection, Children’s Gardens, Historic Trees (Osage
orange, Black walnut, Kentucky coffee tree), Display
Gardens, Historic Boxwood.
January & February
Conifer foliage and cones, holly (fruit), camellias,
Japanese apricot, hellebores.
March
Snowdrops, crocuses, irises, Cornelian cherry, hellebores,
daffodils, wildflowers, mahonia.
April
Daffodils, tulips, magnolia, wisteria, pawpaw, azaleas,
Japanese andromeda, lilacs, fothergilla, silver weeping
pear, rhododendron, trillium, tamarisk, redbud, hellebores,
wildflowers, parrotia.
May
Trillium, rhododendron, azalea, dogwoods, crabapples,
peonies, iris, lilac, rose, black locust, herbs, mountain
laurel, dove tree, magnolia, fringetree, tulip tree, roses.
June
Southern magnolia, iris, viburnum, lilies, daylilies, herbs,
firethorn, golden raintree, serviceberry, hops, herbs.
July
Buckeye, crapemyrtle, daylilies, oakleaf hydrangea, purple
coneflower, ornamental grasses.
August
Chaste tree, crapemyrtle, mahonia (fruit), ornamental
grasses, passion flower, pawpaw (fruit).
September
Autumn crocus, iris, viburnum (fruit), asters, sedums.
October
Fall foliage, Viburnum (fruit), conifers, dogwood (fruit),
sternbergia.
November
Fall foliage, conifers, persimmon (fruit), dogwood (fruit).
December
Holly (fruit), heavenly bamboo (fruit), conifers, persimmon
(fruit), ornamental grasses (dried), camellias.
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