NPG May 15, 2016

New York Botanical Garden's Native Plant Garden - May 15, 2016

Guest post by Joel Nevis y Flores

A cool day in the upper 50's F, cloudy with passing sprinkles. I had twelve people on my 12:30p tour and 8 people on my 2:30p tour. Here is what we saw in bloom:

Acorus calamus Sweet flag
Amsonia tabernaemontana Bluestar

Amsonia tabernaemontana

Anemonella thalictroides, formerly Thalictrum thalictroides Rue Anemone

Anemonella thalictroides

Aquilegia canadensis Eastern columbine by the entrance and elsewhere throughout the NPG
Aquilegia chrysantha Golden columbine in the Glade

Aquilegia chrysantha

Asarum canadense Wild Ginger

Asarum canadense

Baptisia alba White wild indigo by the entrance and lower basin of the water feature
Camassia scilloides Atlantic camas, wild hyacinth

Carex muskingumensis Palm sedge
Carex pensylvanica Oak sedge in the woodland garden
Cerastium arvense villosissimum Hairy field chickweed grows in serpentine soils that are high in nickel and chromium but low in nitrogen, potassium, phosphorus, and otherwise toxic for other plants; look for these on the rocks near the educational pavilion

Cerastium arvense villosissimum

Chionanthus virginicus Fringetree by the education pavilion
Chrysogonum virginianum Green and gold on the unpaved rosebay trail
Clematis ochroleuca Curlyheads
Cornus florida Flowering dogwood
Cornus sericea Red osier dogwood
Crataegus viridis Green hawthorn by the school group entrance
Cypripedium parviflorum Yellow lady's slipper
Cypripedium parviflorum parviflorum Lesser yellow lady's slipper
Delphinium tricorne Dwarf larkspur
Dicentra eximia Wild Bleeding heart
Diphylleia cymosa Umbrella leaf in the Glade
Erigeron Daisy fleabane

Erigeron

Geranium maculatum Cranesbill geranium
Geum triflorum Prairie smoke by the Split Rock
Gymnocarpium dryopteris Oak Fern
Half High Blueberry
Houstonia caerulea Azure bluets
Iris cristata Dwarf crested iris in the Glade
Iris hookeri Beach-head iris - I am not sure of this identification but these are growing in the water of the wetland garden
Leucothoe axillaris Doghobble, Fetterbush
Maianthemum racemosum False Solomon's Seal
Maianthemum stellatum Starry false Solomon's Seal
Mertensia virginica Virginia bluebells had only a few flowers left
Orontium aquaticum Golden club in the wetland garden
Osmundastrum cinnamomeum Cinnamon fern
Parthenium integrifolium Wild Quinine near the Split Rock
Penstemon hirsutus Hairy beardtongue by and on the exposed Manhattan schist
Phacelia bipinnatifolia Fernleaf phacelia, purple phacelia in the Glade
Phlox divaricata Blue phlox
Plantago lanceolata English plantain, narrowleaf plantain
Podophyllum peltatum Mayapple shows a few flowers still but the fruits are now growing
Polemonium caeruleum Jacob's ladder
Polemonium reptans  Creeping Jacob's ladder
Polygonatum biflorum Solomon's Seal
Primula meadia Shooting stars in white and pink
Prunus maritima Beach plum by the stream connecting to the Rock Garden
Rhododendron canescens Pinxter Azalea
Rhododendron minus minus Piedmont rhododendron, Carolina rhododendron
Sarracenia flava Yellow pitcher plant
Sarracenia purpurea Purple pitcher plant, northern pitcher plant
Sedum nevii Nevius Stonecrop
Sisirynchium angustifolium Narrowleaf blue-eyed grass shows are few blossoms in the Glade but not blooming up by the Rock Garden yet
Stylophorum diphyllum Celandine poppy had maybe two flowers left; its seed pods are becoming prominent

Stylophorum diphyllum

Tiarella cordifolia  Foamflower

Tiarella cordifolia

Toxicodendron radicans Poison ivy as you enter the woodland garden
Tradescantia Spiderwort in the meadow

Tradescantia Spiderwort

Trillium flexipes Bent trillium
Trillium erecta Stinking Benjamin
Trillium grandiflorum White trillium; lots of the double white trillium are in bloom
Trillium luteum Yellow trillium
Trillium recurvatum Bloody butcher, prairie trillium

Trillium recurvatum

Uvularia grandiflora Bellwort
Vaccinium angustifolium Lowbush blueberry
Vaccinium corymbosum Northern highbush blueberry
Viola blanda Sweet white violet - not sure of the species but I like the nectar lines for the bees

Viola blanda

Viola walteri Walter’s violet, Appalachian violet
Zizia aptera Heartleaf golden alexanders

The NYBG gardeners will be busy with these non-natives:

Chelidonium majus Greater celandine is an invasive lookalike for Stylophorum diphyllum Celandine poppy until the seeds form
Convallaria majalis Lily of the valley
Oxalis acetosella Wood sorrel, white oxalis
Oxalis stricta Yellow woodsorrel
Rumex acetosella Sheep's sorrel, red sorrel see last post
Taraxacum officinale Dandelion

Here is one I could not identify. It was in the woodland on the rose bay path near a patch of mayapples.

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NYBG NPG May 5, 2016

NPG MAY 5, 2016   Today felt cold, cloudy, 50 degrees. Six visitors on the tour. Blooming today:

At the top of the steps, in front of the rhododendron, a white bell-like flower whose name I used to know. [Clematis ochroleuca]
Alabama Croton - Croton alabamensis [on right metal descending path]
Alexanders, Golden Zizia aurea
Azaleas: Pinxter, Flame Azalea etc. Rhododendron
Beetleweed Galax urceolata
Bellwort Uvularia perfoliata
Black Chokeberry Aronia melancarpa
Blueberry Vaccinium augustifolium
Bluestar Amsonia tabemaemontana
Bluets Houstonia longifolia

Celandine Poppy Stylophorum dyphyllum

Chickweed, Hairy Cerastium arvense

Chokeberry, Black Aronia melanocarpa

Columbine Aquilegia canadense
     [looks like 5 doves; flower turns up when full of seeds which are disbursed by the wind]

Doghobble, Coastal  Leucothoe axillaris

Dogwood Cornus florida

Dwarf Crested Iris Iris cristata

Foamflower Tiarella cordifolia [the seedhead looks like a tiara]

Globeflower Troilus laxus  [look down where the boardwalk turns left]

Graves Beach Plum Prunus maritima  [past the meadow, on your right]
Green Hawthorne [budding]

Jacobs Ladder Polemonium van-bruntiae

Jacob’s Ladder, variegated Polemonium reptans

Lady Slipper, Yellow Cypripedium calceolus

Larkspur Delphinium tricorne

Leatherleaf Chamaedaphne calyculata

Mayapple Podophyllum peltatum [all poisonous parts except the ripe apple “beloved of pigs, raccoons and small boys” (Asa Gray)]

Phlox Phlox stolonifera

Plume/False Solomon’s Seal Smilacina racemosa
     [called false because it did not have the medical properties of  Polygonatum biflorum]

Prairie Smoke Geum triflorum

Rhododendron

Robin’s Fleabane erigeron pulchellus

Rue Anemone Anemonella thalictroides, Thalictrum thalictroides

Scylla 

Shooting Star Primula meadia

Silverbell Halesia tetraptera

Solomon’s Seal Polygonatum biflorum

Starry False Solomon’s Seal Maianthemum stellatum

Stonecrop Sedum ternatum

Trillium, Red Trillium erectum

Trillium, White Trillium grandiflorum

Trillium, Yellow Trillium luteum

Turkey Corn Dicentra eximia  [Hey, we call it Wild Bleeding Heart]

Viola walteri

Violet, Birdfoot Viola pedata

Virginia Bluebells Mertensia virginica

Wild Geranium Geranium maculatum
     [don’t be fooled by similar flower, very different leaves on Jacob’s Ladder]

Wild Ginger Asarum arvense [a top favorite, spread the leaves to see the amazing flower]

Wild Indigo Baptisia alba
     [also called Shoofly because farmers used the flexible stem to chase flies from the horse.]

Yellow Mandarin/Fairybells Prosartes lanuginose

Croton alabamensis Alabama Croton

Globeflower Troilus laxus

Halesia tetraptera Silverbell

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