2022 What's Blooming

Gaillardia pulchella - Indian Blanket, Indian Blanketflower, Firewheel blooming at the Townsend River Walk & Arboretum

Blanketflower, Orange Coneflower, Passion Flower, Bear Paw and more blooming at the Townsend River Walk & Arboretum. Stop by for a look!

Click on any of the pictures to see the images in a slideshow gallery.

Lindera benzoin - Spicebush - Berries
2022-09-23
Lindera benzoin - Spicebush - Berries
Ageratina altissima - White Snakeroot
2022-09-23
Ageratina altissima - White Snakeroot
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
Asimina triloba - Pawpaw Tree
Helianthus microcephalus - Small Woodland Sunflower, Small-headed Sunflower
2022-08-03
Goldenrod
2022-08-03
Goldenrod
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
Juglans nigra - Black Walnut Tree
Rudbeckia fulgida - Orange Coneflower
2022-07-19
Rudbeckia fulgida - Orange Coneflower
Gaillardia pulchella - Indian Blanket, Indian Blanketflower, Firewheel
2022-07-19
Solanum carolinense - Horse Nettle, Bull Nettle, Devil's Tomato
2022-07-08

***HIGHLY POISONOUS***
Solanum carolinense - Horse Nettle
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
Zinnia
Cornus sericea 'Flaviramea' - Yellow Twig Dogwood
Pollinator Garden
2022-06-22
Monarda fistulosa - Bergamot, Bee Balm
Pollinator Garden
2022-06-22
Monarda fistulosa - Bergamot, Bee Balm
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
Franklinia alatamaha - Franklin Tree
Anemone virginiana - Thimbleweed
2022-06-15
Anemone virginiana - Thimbleweed
Carpinus caroliniana - American Hornbeam, Ironwood
2022-06-15
Yucca aloifolia - Spanish Bayonet
2022-05-31
Yucca aloifolia - Spanish Bayonet
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
Leucanthemum vulgare - Ox-Eye Daisy
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
Liriodendron tulipifera - Tulip Poplar
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.
Mayapple in Full Bloom
Phacelia purshii - Miami Mist, Purple Scorpionweed
2022-04-15
Osmorhiza longistylis - Aniseroot or Sweet Anise
2022-04-15
sweet anise
Wood Spirit - Above the Little River and viewable from the trail is our new Wood Spirit. Thank you Suzie Holmes.
Wood Spirit
Sedum ternatum - Three Leave Stonecrop
2022-04-15
Sedum ternatum - Three Leave Stonecrop
Geranium maculatum - Wild Geranium
2022-04-15
Geranium maculatum - Wild Geranium
Viola striata - Pale White Violet
2022-04-11
Viola striata - Pale White Violet
Nemophila maculata - Five spot
2022-04-11
Nemophila maculata - Five spot
Aquilegia canadensis - Eastern Red Columbine
2022-04-11
Cornus florida 'Cherokee Chief' - Cherokee Chief Dogwood
2022-04-11
cherokeechiefdogwood
Salvia Farinacea - Blue Sage
2022-04-11
Salvia Farinacea - Blue Sage
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
Taxodium distichum - Bald Cypress
Hyacinthoides hispanica - Spanish Bluebell (White), Wood Hyacinth
2022-03-31
Podophyllum peltatum - Mayapple
2022-03-31
Podophyllum peltatum - Mayapple
Trillium erectum - White Stinking Benjamin Trillium
2022-03-31
Cercis canadensis - Eastern Redbud
2022-03-31
redbud
Cornus florida - Flowering Dogwood
2022-03-08
Cornus florida - Flowering Dogwood
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
Cercis canadensis 'Alba' - Whitebud
Trillium luteum - Yellow Trillium
2022-03-25
Trillium luteum - Yellow Trillium
Potentilla simplex - Common Cinquefoil
2022-03-25
Potentilla simplex - Common Cinquefoil
Aesculus Pavia - Red Buckeye
2022-03-25
Aesculus Pavia - Red Buckeye
Forsythia - Easter Tree Forsythia Golden Bells
2022-03-21
Viola sororia - Common Blue Violet
2022-03-15
Viola sororia - Common Blue Violet
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
Viola sororia - Common Blue Violet
Pachysandra procumbens - Allegheny Spurge
2022-03-13
Hellebores - Lenten Rose
2022.03.05
Hellebores - Lenten Rose
Cardamine Concatenata - Cutleaved Toothwort
2022-03-05
Taraxacum - Dandelion
2022-03-10
Taraxacum - Dandelion
Cardamine angustata - Slender Toothwort
2022-03-10
Cardamine angustata - Slender Toothwort
Lindera benzoin - Spicebush
2022-03-11
Lindera benzoin - Spicebush
Claytonia perfoliata - Spring Beauty
2022-03-11
Claytonia perfoliata - Spring Beauty
Vinca minor - Periwinkle (INVASIVE)
2022-03-10
Vinca minor - Periwinkle (INVASIVE)
Narcissus pseudonarcissus - Daffodil
2022-02-24
Narcissus pseudonarcissus - Daffodil
Packera aurea - Golden Ragwort
2022-03-10
Packera aurea - Golden Ragwort
Muscari armeniacum - Grape Hyacinth
2022-03-10
Muscari armeniacum - Grape Hyacinth
Thalictrum thalictroides - Rue Anemone
2022-03-10
Thalictrum thalictroides - Rue Anemone
Phlox divaricate - Blue Phlox
2022-03-11
Phlox divaricate - Blue Phlox

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Lindera benzoin - Spicebush - Berries
2022-09-23

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

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