We've created beautiful decorations for all of our buildings and exteriors with the help of a talented volunteer crew and are preparing to host Candlelight in a few days! For more details on all the amazing tours and events happening this holiday season, check out the Holidays Happenings section and our calendar!
While the gardens are slowing down in a traditional sense, our winter and late fall bloomers are putting on a show! Check out the beautiful camellias across the site, the Leopard Plants across the whole of the site and the busy buzzy fatsias, especially in the Latham Garden and Hawks Allee. The Pleached Allee is especially beautiful with red yaupon berries covering the entire arch! Make sure to spend some time enjoying the beautiful gardens and fall colors- the gardens are also included with your decor tour ticket!
If you’re looking for an outside hobby and way to give back to your community, consider joining us as a garden volunteer! We are looking for volunteers for pruning, planting, raking, mulching, watering, weeding. It’s a great way to learn some gardening tips and tricks, especially for our area! If that sounds like your cup of tea, please contact me at hadley.cheris@dncr.nc.gov.
We hope to see you soon! Happy Gardening,
Hadley Merizalde Cheris, Tryon Palace Director of Facilities and Gardens
Annuals
- Artemisia Sea Salt, SunFern Olympia
- Banana ‘Musa’
- Batchelor’s Buttons (Centaurea cyanus) blue, black, purple
- Dianthus- Super Parfait Raspberry, Zing Rose; Jolt Pink Magic; Jolt Cherry; Jolt Purple; Venti Parfait Blueberry Eye
- Dusty Miller ‘Silver Dust’
- Euphorbia “Starblast”, “Starblast Pink”
- Flowering Kale “Redbor”, “Crane Red”, “Black Magic”
- Gazania ‘Pink Shades’, ‘Colorado’, ‘Sunny Side Up’, ‘New Magic’, ‘New Day Mix Tiger’, ‘New Day Yellow’, ‘Enorma Mix’
- Johnny-jump-up (Viola tricolor) purple and yellow
- Mustard “Japanese Giant Red” (Brassica juncea)
- Snapdragons (Antirrhinum majus) Snaptastic Mix- various; Snapshot White; Sonnet White
- Stipa ‘Pony Tails’
- Sweet William (Dianthus barbatus) Telstar Mix; red, white, pink
- Violas: Color Max Mix Lemonberry; Sorbet XP Spring Select
Perennials
- Asters (Aster frickarti & Symphyotrichum sp ) blue, pink
- Bachelor’s Button (Centaurea montana) blue
- Bath’s Pink (Dianthus gratianopolitanus) pink
- Betony “Hummelo” purple
- Black-eyed Susans (Rudbeckia hirta) yellow, black seed heads
- Bleeding Heart (Dicentra eximia) pink/white
- Bog Sage (Salvia uliginosa) light blue
- Bugleweed (Ajuga reptans) blue
- Callirhoe/ Purple Poppy Mallow pink
- Cape Leadwort (Plumbago capensis) blue
- Carnation (Dianthus sp.) various
- Cigar or cigarette flower (Cuphea ignea) red, purple, white.
- Clara Curtis Mum (Chrysanthemum rubellum) pink
- Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) various
- Copper Canyon Daisy (Tagetes lemmonii) yellow, scented
- Creeping Jenny (Lysimachia numularia) yellow foliage
- Dusty Miller- gray foliage, yellow flowers
- Forsythia Sage (Salvia madrensis)
- Japanese Anemone (Anemone x hybrida) pink
- Lenten Rose (Helleborus X orientalis) pink, white, purple
- Moondance Hybrid Lenten Rose (Helleborus x iburgensis ‘Moondance’) white
- Leopard plant (Farfugium japonicum) yellow
- Mexican Bush Sage (Salvia leucantha) fuzzy purple or purple & white
- Hairy Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum pilosum) Small white flowers
- Narrow Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum tenuifolium) Small white flowers
- Obedient Plant (Physotegia virginiana) white, purple
- Ornamental Grasses (Various)
- Pineapple Sage/ Salvia elegans
- Poet’s Laurel (Danae racemes) orange berries
- Purple Heart (Setcreasea pallida)
- Salvia (Salvia greggii) red, pink
- Salvia (Salvia microphylla ‘Hot Lips’) red & white
- Salvia x jamensis Maraschino/ Maraschino Bush Sage pink-red
- Sweet Box (Sarcocca confusa) – white fragrant
- Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata) pink, white ** May have monarch caterpillars**
- Sweet William (Dianthus barbatus) red, white, pink
- Tropical Milkweed (Asclepias curassavica) red, yellow, orange
- Valerian (Centranthus ruber) red
- Vervain (Verbena bonariensis) purple
- Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) white, pastels
Bulbs, Corms and Rhizomes
- Bearded Iris "Immortality" white
- Blackberry Lily (Iris domestica) orange speckled, with blackberry like seed pods
- Fall Crocus (Colchicum sp.) Pink
- Solomon’s Seal (Polygonatum biflorum or P. multiflorum) variegated foliage, white blooms
- Toad Lily (Tricyrtis hirta, Tricyrtis sp. ) pink, purple, blue
- Variegated Shell Ginger (Alpinia zerumbet)
Vines
- Coral Honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens) red and yellow, NATIVE attractant for hummingbirds
Roses
- Drift Roses (Rosa 'Meigalpio')
- Knock out Roses (Rosa ‘RADrazz’)
- Old Blush Rose (Rosa chinensis) pink
Trees and Shrubs
- Glossy Abelia (Abelia grandiflora) pink, white
- Beautyberry (Callicarpa americana) purple berries
- Camellia (Camellia sasanqua sp.) white & pink
- Camellia (Camellia sasanqua ‘Setsugekka’) white
- Camellia (Camellia sasanqua ‘Yuletide’) red
- Chinese Mahonia (Mahonia fortunei) yellow
- Encore Azaleas (Rhodendron Hybrid) red, fuchsia, white
- Japanese Fatsia (Fatsia japonica) white
- Fringetree (Chinonanthus sp) blue drupes
- Fragrant Osmanthus (Osmanthus fragrans) yellow **Smells AMAZING**
- Hollies (Ilex sp.): Yaupon (I. vomitoria) red, yellow; Winterberry (I. verticillata) red; Dahoon (I. cassine) red; Dwarf Burford Holly (Ilex cornuta) red berries
- Leatherleaf Viburnum (Viburnum rhytidophyllum) white
- Loquat (Eriobotrya japonica) cream
- Nandina (Nandina domestica) red, yellow
- Oak-leaf Hydrangea (Hydrangea quercifolia) white, dried blooms**Brilliant foliage**
- Pomegranate (Punica granata) coral blooms, reddish fruit
- Tea plant (Camellia sinenses) white
- Winterberry (Ilex verticilliata) red berries
Kitchen Garden:
- Carrots, parsley, Swiss chard, cardoon, leeks, onions, mints, oregano, thyme, salad burnet, yarrow, chamomile, winter squash, kale, cabbage, Brussel sprouts, collards.
- Cover crops are being planted for overwintering. Fall/ winter vegetables are going in.