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Seasonal Highlights

Winter

Halberd-leaf Yellow Violet

Viola hastata Michx

Blooms February through March in the Natural Heritage Garden.

Virginia Springbeauty

Virginia Springbeauty

Claytonia virginica

Blooms in February in the Natural Heritage Garden.

Snow Flurry Camellia

Snow Flurry Camellia

Camellia ‘Snow Flurry’

Blooms December through January in the Camellia Garden.

Marie Bracey Camellia

Marie Bracey Camellia

Camellia japonica ‘Marie Bracey’

Blooms December through February in the Camellia Garden.

Spring

Oconee Bells

Oconee Bells

Shortia galacifolia

Blooms in March in the Natural Heritage Garden.

Bloodroot

Bloodroot

Sanguinaria canadensis

Blooms in March in the Natural Heritage Garden and Arboretum.

Snake-mouth Orchid

Snake-mouth Orchid

Pogonia ophioglossoides

Blooms in May in the Natural Heritage Garden (Longleaf Pine Savannah area).

Carolina jessamine (state flower)

Carolina jessamine (state flower)

Gelsemium sempervirens

Blooms in April at the Front Entrance.

Summer

Woodland Pinkroot

Woodland Pinkroot

Spigelia marilandica

Blooms May through June in the Natural Heritage Garden.

Cup Plant

Cup Plant

Silphium perfoliatum

Blooms in July through August in the Natural Heritage Garden.

Parrot Pitcherplant

Parrot Pitcherplant

Sarracenia psittacina

Blooms in June in the Natural Heritage Garden (Carnivorous Bog area).

Orange Fringed Orchid

Orange Fringed Orchid

Platanthera ciliaris

Blooms in August in the Natural Heritage Garden (Longleaf Pine Savannah area).

Fall

Bitter Snakeroot

Bitter Snakeroot

Eryngium aquaticum

Blooms September through October in the Natural Heritage Garden.

False Purple Thistle

False Purple Thistle

Eryngium leavenworthii

Blooms September through October in the Desert Garden.

Mountain Marigold

Mountain Marigold

Tagetes lemmonii

Blooms in October in the Desert Garden.

Climbing Aster

Climbing Aster

Ampelaster carolinianus

Blooms September through October in the Natural Heritage Garden.

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