Roads Water-Smart Garden (Garden Features)

The Roads Water-Smart Garden is beautiful during May and June. A mix of iris, penstemon and cacti, among many other flowers, bloom this month.

Beehive (Garden Features)

Look up at the wall near the Conservatory to see the beehives. Can you see honeybees flying in and out?

Iris 'Enriched' (Iris)

yellow and lavender flower

Weigela florida 'Red Prince' ( Weigela)

bright scarlet pink tubular blooms

Kerria japonica 'Golden Guinea' (Japanese Rose)

bright golden floewrs on shrub

Allium karataviense 'Red Giant' (Turkestan Onion)

round flower cluster with red flowers

Nexus Garden (Garden Features)

The Nexus Garden is in full bloom in May and June with iceplants, cacti and penstemon.

Syringa reticulata ssp. pekinensis (Pekin Lilac)

white flowering tree

Clematis integrifolia (Solitary Clematis)

blue-purple bell shaped nodding flowers

Lupinus 'Manhattan Lights' (Lupine)

tall flower stalks with red and yellow flowers

Laburnum × watereri 'Vossii' (Goldenchain Tree)

hanging panicles of golden flowers along the pergola

Iris 'Arvada Mist' (Tall Bearded Iris)

yellow standards above pink and purple falls

Syringa × prestoniae 'Ethel M. Webster' (Ethel Webster Lilac)

fragrant pink flowers

Cynanchum ascyrifolium (False Bush Stephanotis)

small shrub with white flowers in small clusters

Eremurus Spring Valley Hybrids (Foxtail Lily)

tall spikes of pastel colored flowers

Cornus controversa 'June Snow-JFS' June Snow™ (Giant Dogwood)

white flowering large shrub

Colorado (Garden Features)

colorful glass sculpture in the Ellipse Garden

Physocarpus opulifolius 'Mindia' Coppertina™ (Ninebark)

white flowers follow pink buds, dark wine red leaves on medium shrub

Asphodelus albus (White Asphodel)

white flowers on tall spikes

The Willow Glade in Celebration of Brandon Mandelbaum (Garden Features)

a waterfall and native plantings create beautiful views into the surrounding gardens

Echinocereus coccineus (Claret Cup Cactus)

one of the many crocus blooming throughout the Gardens - look for others in bright violets, sunshine yellow, white or pink.

Castilleja integra (Paintbrush)

pasque flower are true harbingers of spring - this particular species is exceptionally hairy and when the sun is at the right angle, it nearly glows

Cornus 'KN30-8' VENUS® (Dogwood)

white flowers on small tree

Hieracium tomentosum ssp. tomentosum (Hairy Hawkweed)

bright yellow daisy flowers on silvery foliage groundcover

Acanthus hirsutus ssp. syriacus (Syrian Bear's Breeches)

hellebores bloom early in the season and sometimes you have to tip the flowers upright to enjoy the full experience of their beauty

Rock Alpine Garden (Garden Features)

The Rock Alpine Garden has thousands of different plant varieties growing on about one acre. This areas bursts into color in late spring with plants from many steppe and alpine areas around the world. In the late summer and fall it transforms with brightly colored fruit, golden flowers of the aster family, and the brilliant blues only found in gentians. Winter in the Rock Alpine Garden can teach us how shadows impact the temperatures of the environment. Note how snow remains on the southern border areas while melting quickly in the central meadow.