Plant-lover's Tour - "Precocious Bloomers"

Presented by Tim Alderton, Research Technician, JC Raulston Arboretum on March 4, 2025.

Love plants? So do we! Late winter and early spring are always exciting times in a garden—between the warm weather rushing us on into spring and the cold clinging fiercely to the winter that was, you never know what flowers you might find in bloom. Join us for this Plant-lover's Tour where our Research Technician and Horticulturist Extraordinaire, Tim Alderton, will take us around the garden to explore the precocious bloomers putting on their show at the beginning of March. Whether we're gasping at the grandeur and magnanimity of magnolias, or quietly appreciating the subtle charms of spring ephemeral bulbs, this is one Plant-lover's tour you don't want to miss!

Plant list:
Cardamine quinquefolia
Helleborus 'Abcrd02'
Helleborus 'Epb 30'
Helleborus 'Epb 29'
Asarum maximum 'Ling Ling'
Iris unguicularis 'Winter Echoes'
Hamamelis ×intermedia 'Tsukuba no Kurenai'
Magnolia maudiae
Illicium anisatum 'Murasaki-no-sato'
Rhodoleia henryi 'Takeshitasei'
Magnolia ×loebneri 'Merrill'
Cardamine bulbosa 'Snow Showers'
Helleborus ×glandorfensis 'COSEH 5000'
Prunus 'First Lady'
Prunus takesimensis
Magnolia 'Goldfinch'

We hold Plant-lover’s Tours on the first Tuesday of every month. Be sure to check our events calendar so you can join us live for the next one!

https://jcra.ncsu.edu/events/calendar...

This program was originally presented live and in-person.