Townsend River Walk & Arboretum

Ageratina altissima - White Snakeroot
2022-09-23

Arisaema triphyllum - Jack in the Pulpit - Fall Berries
2022-09-23

Vernonia noveboracensis - Ironweed, New York Ironweed, Tall Ironweed
2022-09-16

Verbesina alternifolia - Yellow Wingstem, Yellow Ironweed
2022-09-16

Lobelia siphilitica - Blue Cardinal Flower, Great Blue Lobelia, Great Lobelia
2022-08-16

Lobelia cardinalis - Cardinal Flower, Indian Pink, Lobelia
2022-08-16

Tipularia discolor - Cranefly Orchid, Crippled Crane-fly
2022-08-04

Verbesina virginica - White Wingstem, White Crownbeard, Frostweed, Frostflower
2022-08-03

Asimina triloba - Pawpaw Tree
The fruit of the Pawpaw Tree is growing and will ripen later this fall.
2022-08-03

Helianthus microcephalus - Small Woodland Sunflower, Small-headed Sunflower
2022-08-03

Goldenrod
2022-08-03

Smallanthus uvedalius - Hairy Leafcup, Bear's Foot, Yellow Leafcup, Uvedalia
2022-08-03

Juglans nigra - Black Walnut Tree
The nut pods on the Black Walnuts are Ripening.
2022-08-03

Rudbeckia fulgida - Orange Coneflower
2022-07-19

Gaillardia pulchella - Indian Blanket, Indian Blanketflower, Firewheel
2022-07-19

Solanum carolinense - Horse Nettle, Bull Nettle, Devil's Tomato
2022-07-08

***HIGHLY POISONOUS***

Monarda clinopodia - White Bergamot, Basil Bee Balm
2022-07-08

Aesculus parviflora - Bottlebrush Buckeye
2022-07-08

Phlox glaberrima - Smooth Phlox, Marsh Phlox
2022-06-07

Zinnia
Pollinator Garden
2022-06-22

Cornus sericea 'Flaviramea' - Yellow Twig Dogwood
Pollinator Garden
2022-06-22

Monarda fistulosa - Bergamot, Bee Balm
Pollinator Garden
2022-06-22

Echinacea purpurea - Eastern Purple Coneflower, Purple Coneflower
Pollinator Garden
2022-06-22

Another successful bluebird egg laying.  The second of the year.  Should hatch in about 14 days.
2022-06-15

Hemerocallis fulva - Common Daylily, Tawny Daylily, Orange Daylily
2022-06-15

Franklinia alatamaha - Franklin Tree
Roadside Specimen Garden
2022-06-15

Anemone virginiana - Thimbleweed
2022-06-15

Carpinus caroliniana - American Hornbeam, Ironwood
2022-06-15

Yucca aloifolia - Spanish Bayonet
2022-05-31

Daucus carota - Queen Anne's Lace, Wild Carrot   (INVASIVE)
2022-05-28

Sanicula canadensis - Canadian Black Snakeroot
2022-05-28

Lathyrus latifolius - Sweet Pea, Everlasting Pea, Perennial Pea
2022-05-27

Leucanthemum vulgare - Ox-Eye Daisy
2022-05-27

Hydrangea quercifolia - Oakleaf Hydrangea
Roadside Specimen Garden
2022-05-27

Sambucus canadensis - American Black Elderberry
Pollinator Garden
2022-05-27

Asclepias tuberosa - Butterfly Milkweed, Butterfly Weed, Pleurisy Root, Orange Milkweed
2022-05-27

Penstemon digitalis - Smooth Penstemon
BLOOMING IN THE POLLINATOR GARDEN!
2022-05-20

Itea virginica "Little Henry" - Virginia Sweetspire
Roadside Specimen Garden
2022-05-09

Euonymus americanus - Hearts-a-Bustin, Strawberry Bush
2022-05-09

Tradescantia virginiana - Virginia Spiderwort
2022-05-09

Coreopsis lanceolata - Lanceleaf Tickseed
2021-05-09

Welcome to our newest Townsend River Walk & Arboretum residents.
They are currently residing in the bluebird box near the pollinator garden.

Liriodendron tulipifera - Tulip Poplar
State Tree of Tennessee
2022-04-27

Cornus sericea 'Flaviramea' - Yellow Twig Dogwood
2022-04-27

Iris - Tennessee State Cultivated Flower
2022-04-19

Arisaema triphyllum - Jack in the Pulpit
2022-04-19

Polygonatum biflorum - Smooth Solomon's Seal
2022-04-15

Maianthemum stellatum - False Solomon's Seal
2022-04-15

Mayapple in Full Bloom.  Look under the Mayapples to see these beautiful blooms.

Phacelia purshii - Miami Mist, Purple Scorpionweed
2022-04-15

Osmorhiza longistylis - Aniseroot or Sweet Anise
2022-04-15

Wood Spirit - Above the Little River and viewable from the trail is our new Wood Spirit.  Thank you Suzie Holmes.

Sedum ternatum - Three Leave Stonecrop
2022-04-15

Geranium maculatum - Wild Geranium
2022-04-15

Viola striata - Pale White Violet
2022-04-11

Nemophila maculata - Five spot
2022-04-11

Aquilegia canadensis - Eastern Red Columbine
2022-04-11

Cornus florida 'Cherokee Chief' - Cherokee Chief Dogwood
2022-04-11

Salvia Farinacea - Blue Sage
2022-04-11

Cercis canadensis 'Pink Pom Poms' - Pink Pom Poms Redbud
2022-04-11

Our bluebirds showing off this year.  First year with 5 egg at one nesting.
2022-040-11

Taxodium distichum - Bald Cypress
2022-03-31

Hyacinthoides hispanica - Spanish Bluebell (White), Wood Hyacinth
2022-03-31

Podophyllum peltatum - Mayapple
2022-03-31

Trillium erectum - White Stinking Benjamin Trillium
2022-03-31

Cercis canadensis - Eastern Redbud
2022-03-31

Cornus florida - Flowering Dogwood
2022-03-08

Halesia tetraptera - Carolina Silverbell
2022-04-07

Erigeron philadelphicus - Philadelphia Fleabane
2022-03-25

Lonicera sempervirens - Trumpet Honeysuckle
2022-03-35

Cercis canadensis 'Alba' - Whitebud
2022-03-25

Trillium luteum - Yellow Trillium
2022-03-25

Potentilla simplex - Common Cinquefoil
2022-03-25

Aesculus Pavia - Red Buckeye
2022-03-25

Forsythia - Easter Tree Forsythia Golden Bells
2022-03-21

Viola sororia - Common Blue Violet
2022-03-15

Anemone acutiloba - Sharp-lobed Hepatica, Liverleaf, Liverwort
2022-03-15

Mertensia virginica - Virginia Bluebells
2022-03-15

Viola sororia - Common Blue Violet
2022-03-15

Pachysandra procumbens - Allegheny Spurge
2022-03-13

Hellebores - Lenten Rose
2022.03.05

Cardamine Concatenata - Cutleaved Toothwort
2022-03-05

Taraxacum - Dandelion
2022-03-10

Cardamine angustata - Slender Toothwort
2022-03-10

Lindera benzoin - Spicebush
2022-03-11

Claytonia perfoliata - Spring Beauty
2022-03-11

Vinca minor - Periwinkle  (INVASIVE)
2022-03-10

Narcissus pseudonarcissus - Daffodil
2022-02-24

Packera aurea - Golden Ragwort
2022-03-10

Muscari armeniacum - Grape Hyacinth
2022-03-10

Thalictrum thalictroides - Rue Anemone
2022-03-10

Phlox divaricate - Blue Phlox
2022-03-11