What's Blooming: September 2023

Here are some of the plants you will find in bloom this month at the Elizabeth Lawrence House & Garden.

fall-blooming camellia (hedge)

The Camellia sasanqua seedlings Elizabeth Lawrence planted at the sidewalk in 1949 will begin blooming this month.

wishbone flower

Torenia fournieri “ELH&G strain” has been in bloom since July.

red spider lily

Lycoris radiata

hybrid tea olive

Osmanthus ‘San Jose’

Japanese anemone

Anemone hupehensis var. japonica

hardy blue ageratum

Eupatorium coelestinum weaves its way through the sunny borders.

hardy cyclamen

Cyclamen hederifolium has been blooming on and off since July, but begins its show in earnest this month.

lazy mahonia

Mahonia gracilipes is fun and floriferous.

meadow saffron

Colchicum byzantinum ‘Album’ can be found in the back of the garden.

late-blooming hosta

Hosta tardiflora

meadow saffron

Colchicum ‘Neptun’

daylily

Hemerocallis 'Orange Man’ is one of the earliest daylilies to flower, and usually reblooms this month.

tall aster

Aster tataricus

obedient plant

Physostegia virginiana ‘Vivid’