What's Blooming at Hampton

January

  • Snowdrops
  • Oregon Grapeholly

The Saucer Magnolia in full bloom

February

  • Snowdrops
  • Oregon Grapeholly

 

March

  • Winter Aconites
  • Daffodils
  • Flowering Quince
  • Spicebush
  • Periwinkle
  • Purple-leaf Filbert

 

April

  • Saucer Magnolia
  • Flowering Crabapple
  • Spring Bulbs
  • Yellow, White, and Confederate Violets
  • Flowering Quince
  • Periwinkle
  • Little-leaf Lilac Tree
  • Peonies
  • Hardy Orange

 

May

  • Late spring bulbs
  • Roses
  • Summer-flowering Annuals
  • Southern Magnolia
  • Horse Chestnut
  • Buckeye
  • Common Lilac
  • Empress Tree
  • Herbaciaous Peonies
  • Chinese Wisteria
  • Fringetree
  • Stewartia

 

June

  • Southern Magnolia
  • Sweetbay Magnolia
  • Roses
  • Summer-flowering Annuals
  • Herbaceous Peonies

 

 

 

 

July

  • Southern Magnolia
  • Roses
  • Summer-flowering Annuals
  • Bottle-brush Buckeye
  

August

  • Roses
  • Summer-flowering Annuals
  • Sourwood
  • Porcelain Berry
  

September

  • Roses
  • Summer-flowering Annuals
  

October

  • Fall Foliage
  • Fruit displays on Hardy Orange Poncrius
 

November

  • Fall Folliage
 a view of the mansion from the southeast

December

  • Evergreens
  • Winter forms of deciduous material
  

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Last Modified: Wednesday, 22-Dec-2004 09:39:27 Eastern Standard Time
http://www.nps.gov/archive/hamp/whatsblooming.htm
Author: William Blair Curtis
E-mail: The park's Superintendent