THIS MONTH:
Our Horticulture team is in the process of swapping out cool season plantings for warm season plants. The plants in the annual beds will be smaller, and you will still see some cool season annuals, like the foxgloves and pansies, around in some gardens, still putting on a great show.
Early May
-Cool season annuals (pansies, foxglove, monkeyflower, etc.)
-Warm season annuals (coleus, bromeliads, begonias etc.)
Trees and Shrubs
-Roses (Flowers) - https://www.brookgreen.org/plant-collection/name/rosa-koraruli-sunny-sky-eleganza%25C2%25AE
-Fuzzy Deutzia (Flowers) - https://www.brookgreen.org/plant-collection/name/deutzia-scabra
-European Cranberrybush (Flowers) - https://www.brookgreen.org/plant-collection/name/viburnum-opulus-roseum
-Chilean Jessamine (Flowers) - https://www.brookgreen.org/plant-collection/name/cestrum-parqui
-Confederate Jasmine (Flowers) - https://www.brookgreen.org/plant-collection/name/trachelospermum-jasminoides
-Virginia Sweetspire (Flowers) - https://www.brookgreen.org/plant-collection/name/itea-virginica-henrys-garnet
-Bigleaf Hydrangeas (Flowers) - https://www.brookgreen.org/plant-collection/name/hydrangea-macrophylla-penny-mac
-Oakleaf Hydrangea (Flowers) - https://www.brookgreen.org/plant-collection/name/hydrangea-quercifolia
-Southern Magnolia (Flowers) - https://www.brookgreen.org/plant-collection/name/magnolia-grandiflora-little-gem
-Carolina Allspice (Flowers) - https://www.brookgreen.org/plant-collection/name/calycanthus-raulstonii-hartlage-wine
-Pomegranate (Flowers) - https://www.brookgreen.org/plant-collection/name/punica-granatum-wonderful
Perennials
-Yellow Pitcher Plant (Foliage) - https://www.brookgreen.org/plant-collection/name/sarracenia-flava-var-flava
-Phlox 'Minnie Pearl' (Flowers) - https://www.brookgreen.org/plant-collection/name/phlox-minnie-pearl
-Carolina Phlox (Flowers) - https://www.brookgreen.org/plant-collection/name/phlox-carolina-kim
-Strawberry Begonia (Flowers) - https://www.brookgreen.org/plant-collection/name/saxifraga-stolonifera
-Japanese Painted Fern (Foliage) - https://www.brookgreen.org/plant-collection/name/athyrium-niponicum-var-pictum
-Catmint (Flowers) - https://www.brookgreen.org/plant-collection/name/nepeta-racemosa-novanepjun-junior-walker%25E2%2584%25A2
-Baby Sage (Flowers) - https://www.brookgreen.org/plant-collection/name/salvia-microphylla-san-carlos-festival
-Mealycup Sage (Flowers) - https://www.brookgreen.org/plant-collection/name/salvia-farinacea-henry-duelberg
-Autumn Sage (Flowers) - https://www.brookgreen.org/plant-collection/name/salvia-greggii-balmirsal-mirage%25E2%2584%25A2-salmon
-Wild Sweet William (Flowers) - https://www.brookgreen.org/plant-collection/name/phlox-divaricata-opelousas
-Amaryllis (Flowers)
-Bear's Breeches (Flowers) - https://www.brookgreen.org/plant-collection/name/acanthus-summer-beauty
-Indian Pink (Flowers) - https://www.brookgreen.org/plant-collection/name/spigelia-marilandica
-Lanceleaf Tickseed (Flowers)
-Gaura (Flowers) - https://www.brookgreen.org/plant-collection/name/oenothera-lindheimeri-kleau04263-bellezar-dark-pink
-Red Cat's Tail (Flowers) - https://www.brookgreen.org/plant-collection/name/acalypha-chamaedrifolia
-Daylily (Flowers) - https://www.brookgreen.org/plant-collection/name/hemerocallis-thank-you-mrs-weed
-Yarrow (Flowers) - https://www.brookgreen.org/plant-collection/name/achillea-summer-pastels-group
-Staghorn Fern (Foliage) - https://www.brookgreen.org/plant-collection/name/platycerium-bifurcatum
-Lizard's Tail (Flowers) - https://www.brookgreen.org/plant-collection/name/saururus-cernuus
-Golden Globes Loosetrife (Flowers and Foliage) - https://www.brookgreen.org/plant-collection/name/lysimachia-congestiflora-waikiki-sunsettm