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.
Late April
-Cool season annuals (pansies, foxglove, kale, etc.)
-Warm season annuals (coleus, bromeliads, begonias etc.) - but still small
Trees and Shrubs
-Chinese Snowball Viburnum (Flowers) - https://www.brookgreen.org/plant-collection/name/viburnum-macrocephalum
-Doublefile Viburnum (Flowers) - https://www.brookgreen.org/plant-collection/name/viburnum-plicatum-f-tomentosum-summer-snowflake
-Roses (Flowers) - https://www.brookgreen.org/plant-collection/name/rosa-sea-foam
-Bottlebrush (Flowers)
-Fuzzy Deutzia (Flowers) - https://www.brookgreen.org/plant-collection/name/deutzia-scabra
-Florida Leucothoe (Flowers) - https://www.brookgreen.org/plant-collection/name/agarista-populifolia
-European Cranberrybush (Flowers) - https://www.brookgreen.org/plant-collection/name/viburnum-opulus-roseum
-Red Buckeye (Flowers) - https://www.brookgreen.org/plant-collection/name/aesculus-pavia
-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
-Oakleaf Hydrangea (Flowers) - https://www.brookgreen.org/plant-collection/name/hydrangea-quercifolia
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
-Columbine (Flowers)
-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)
-Indian Blanket (Flowers) - https://www.brookgreen.org/plant-collection/name/gaillardia-pulchella
-Golden Alexander (Flowers) - https://www.brookgreen.org/plant-collection/name/zizia-aurea