I am just so excited to share with you some images from a botanical garden that I have never been to before – Heronswood Garden, located on the Kitsap Peninsula, near the small town of Port Gamble, Washington. I had only become aware of it last year, and had made up my mind to visit this spring. The garden has limited visiting days and hours, so please visit their website before heading out on your drive. The garden has to be, undoubtedly, one of the most beautiful gardens I have ever visited. There are looped trails through shaded, woodland areas along with a sun filled garden area, complete with a portager. Below are just a few of the many plant and flower species found in the garden.
Peony
Iris
White Lady Slipper Orchids (Cypripedium)
Yellow Lady Slipper Orchid
False Solomon’s Seal
Pleione Orchids
Candelabra Primula
Pink Peony (Paeonia mairei)
Yellow Peony
Red Trilliums
White Trilliums
Wood Anemones
Omphalodes cappadocica – Starry Eyes
Variegated leaf on right – Podophyluum delavayi (Chinese Mayapple)
Blossoms of the Chinese Mayapple
Phlox subulata – Creeping Phlox
There are many other plant species in the garden, but obviously I don’t have enough room to display the many images I took. I plan to go back in June, when there will be a whole new set of flowering plants blooming, including Giant Himalayan Lilies and more. I highly recommend visiting this unique garden!
All photo images property of Peggy A Thompson
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Lovely shots!
The one with the blue stars is Omphalodes cappadocica ‘Starry Eyes’, I think and the last one looks like Phlox subulate. Sorry can’t help with the one you really wanted to know!
Thank you so much for helping me identify the flowers! That “Starry Eyes” is a new one for me. So beautiful! I tend to agree with you about the last image of the pink flowers being a type of Phlox. The leaves definitely look like a Creeping Phlox and so do the center markings of the flower. I’ll go ahead and relabel the images. Thanks, again!
Glad I could help 🙂
The green leaf on the left looks like some sort of Alocasia or Colocasia. It is hart to say. They are so variable. That other leaf looks like one of the weird arums that Plant Delights sells. There are some with those weird leaves that look nothing like the more pinnate sorts. It also looks like a big mayapple leave.
Thanks, Tony! It kinda reminds me of those big Darmera leaves. Maybe next time I am there, I’ll check to see if it’s still there or if it’s changed any. Don’t think it’s an Asian May Apple leaf. Those are shiny and green.
I am normally good about identifying things, but these are odd ones.
Found out what leafy plant this is…Podophyllum delavayi. I added a photo just below it showing its spring blossoms.
So, it really is an Asian mayapple.